NOC Announces Ukraine's Squad for the 2026 Youth Olympic Games: Meet the Team and Its Leaders
An overview of Ukraine's official delegation for the Games in Dakar.
The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine has approved the squad for the Summer Youth Olympic Games, which will take place from October 31 to November 13 in Senegal. The NOC announced this on its website.
Dakar 2026 — the first Olympic competition on the African continent. The Games will bring together three cities — Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly — with about 2,700 athletes from 207 countries.
Ukraine will be represented by 38 athletes in 14 of the 35 sports: 11 boys and 27 girls. The delegation also includes 22 coaches and specialists, 14 staff members and three referees.
Ukraine's Squad for the 2026 Youth Olympic Games
Badminton
- Girls: Varvara Poperezhay
Basketball 3x3
- Girls: Mariia Huliamova, Dalila Murzova, Dominika Murzova, Mariia Markiv
Breaking
- Girls: Nicole Dzhuryk
Boxing
- Girls: Polina Kovera, Yevanhelina Petruk
Road Cycling
- Girls: Anastasiia Saturova
- Boys: Dmytro Starovoytov
Rowing
- Girls: Viktoriia Radchenko
- Boys: Mykola Tomchay
Artistic Gymnastics
- Girls: Yana Protsenko
- Boys: Maksym Borysov
Judo
- Boys: Khazar Heydarov
Athletics
- Girls: Milaniia Kokhan, Daryna Kozka, Anastasiia Kovalchuk
- Boys: Vitalii Tarasiuk
Swimming
- Girls: Taisiia Larionova
- Boys: Kyrylo Malesyk
Beach Wrestling
- Girls: Iryna Bukhitna
- Boys: Dmytro Holovenko, Mykyta Kuzmenko, Tymur Malishevsky, Kiril Nagirny
Wushu
- Boys: Nikita Kucheriuk
Fencing
- Girls: Alina Dmytruk
Futsal
- Girls: Adelina Vlasenko, Alina Hordiienko, Kira Hulenko, Evelina Zavhorodnia, Anhelina Zaporozhets, Marharyta Ruchka, Polina Serykh, Oksana Shevchuk, Yeva Shchavinska, Valeriia Yukhovets
Ukraine's Athletes to Watch at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, According to DeTalks
- Alina Dmytruk — fencer, world vice-champion among cadets in the individual event and a team “gold” medallist at the Junior World Championships.
- Milaniia Kokhan — hammer thrower, U18 European champion and Ukrainian champion among girls.
- Khazar Heydarov — judoka, European champion and bronze medallist at the World Championships among cadets. Champion of the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival.
- Varvara Poperezhay — badminton player, silver medallist at the European U17 Championships.
- Vitalii Tarasiuk — race walker, Ukrainian champion in the boys' 5000m race walk and bronze medallist at the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival.
Youth Olympic Games: Ukraine's Past Results
- Across the three previous Summer Youth Olympic Games, Ukrainian athletes won 87 medals — 26 gold, 26 silver and 35 bronze.
- At the previous Games in Buenos Aires (2018), Ukraine won 18 medals. That's five gold, seven silver and six bronze. That year, the Ukrainian squad was represented by a delegation of 36 athletes.