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Oksana Baiul
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Ukrainian figure skater
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Oksana Baiul, born in 1977 in Dnipro, is a Ukrainian figure skater. She competed in ladies' singles and represented Ukraine in the sport. Her competitive career spanned from 1992 to 1994. She is best known for winning the ladies' singles event at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Baiul was trained by Halyna Zmiievska and educated at the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University. She speaks Ukrainian and holds citizenship in both the Soviet Union and Ukraine. In recognition of her achievements, she received the Honored badge of merit of the President of Ukraine.
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Film & TV
Known for
- The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold — Herself2006
- The Gastineau Girls2005
- Strong Medicine — Irina Kostrova2000
- Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits — Self1999
- Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist1998
- The Wizard of Oz on Ice — Dorothy1996
- Arli$$ — Oksana Baiul1996
- A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story — Self1994
- Nutcracker on Ice — Clara1994
- Intimate Portrait — Self1993
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Key facts
- Native name
- Оксана Баюл
- Born
- ( 1977-11-16 ) 16 November 1977 (age 48) , Dnipropetrovsk , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union (now Dnipro , Ukraine )
- Height
- 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
- Country
- Ukraine
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Place of birth
- Dnipro
- Occupation
- figure skater
- Educated at
- National Pedagogical Dragomanov University
- Languages spoken
- Ukrainian
- Sport
- figure skating
- Country for sport
- Ukraine
- Official website
- oksanabaiul.com
- Image
- OksanaBaiul.jpg
- Height
- 160
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- Commons category
- Oksana Baiul
- date of birth
- 1977-11-16
- sports discipline competed in
- ladies' singles
- competition won
- figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – ladies' singles
- name in native language
- Оксана Сергіївна Баюл
- social media followers
- 3401
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Figure Skating
- trained by
- Halyna Zmiievska
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- end of work period
- 1994-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul-Farina (née Baiul; born November 16, 1977) is a Ukrainian retired competitive figure skater. She was the 1993 world champion and the 1994 Olympic champion in ladies' singles.
Baiul is the first Olympic Champion from Ukraine to compete under the Ukrainian flag. Baiul is the second skater representing Ukraine to win gold at the Winter Olympics after Viktor Petrenko in 1992. She is also the first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine in any sport.
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