Ukraine Wrapped Up the World Junior Diving Championships with Two Medals: Medal Table

The National Team’s Haul: a “Silver” and a “Bronze”

Ukraine’s diving team wrapped up its campaign at the Junior World Championships, held August 21–28 in Rijeka, Croatia. By the end of the competition, the “blue-and-yellows” had won two medals: a “silver” and a “bronze.”

Earlier, in June, the national team placed among the top three teams at the junior European Championships. At the time, the Ukrainians won a total of 14 medals, including three golds.

Ukraine's Diving Team Finishes in the Top Three of the 2026 European Junior Championships Medal Table

The European Junior Diving Championships have wrapped up in Budapest — all of Ukraine's medals and the full 2026 medal table. Read more in DeTalks' article.

Who Won Ukraine’s Medals at the 2026 Junior World Diving Championships

• Ukraine entered 12 athletes in this year’s championship, five of whom had already won medals at the previous world championships in Rio de Janeiro.

• Specifically, in 2024, Mark Hrytsenko and Kseniia Bochek became champions, Valerii Malieiev won “silver,” and Sofiia Vystavkina, Dmytro Stepanov, and Diana Shevchenko took bronze.

• On Independence Day, Kseniia Bochek won Ukraine’s first medal of the 2026 Junior World Championships. In the 3-meter springboard final, the athlete scored 409.70 points, finishing just 0.25 points short of second place.

• Another medal came three days later, courtesy of Mark Hrytsenko — this time on the platform. The Ukrainian competed in Group A (ages 16–18) and scored 583.90 points, one of his best results of the season.

• Three times, Ukrainians fell just short of the podium. Specifically, Yelyzaveta Diadiuk (1m springboard, Group A), Yelyzaveta Diadiuk and Kseniia Bochek (3m synchronized springboard), and Nazarii Kononenko (1m springboard, Group B) each finished fourth in their events.

2026 Junior World Diving Championships Medal Table

1. Russia (7+4+2)
2. Mexico (3+5+4)
3. China (3+3+2)

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7. Ukraine (0+1+1)

The Junior World Championships in Rijeka was the final competition of the 2026 season for the divers.