Well, not being a big fan of sports I am sort of able to deliver a couple of names of Ukrainian sportsmen. I’m listing those below in alphabetic order (no offence, guys):
1. Oleh Blokhin
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A legendary Ukrainian football player, USSR football champion in 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, owner of “the Gold ball”, Super cup, two Cup of Cups, a forward. A chief coach of the National team of Ukraine from September 2003 till December 2008.
2. Serhiy Bubka
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An outstanding Ukrainian pole vaulter who represented the Soviet Union until its breakdown in 1991. Having successively won 6 IAAF World Championships, he was fatally unlucky on the Olympics. Serhiy broke the world record in pole vaulting 35 times, cleared 6.0 metres first and is the only to have cleared 6.10 (as of March 2009). A really really cool guy, a successful businessman and a great patriot.
3. Vladimir Klichko
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One of the great Klichko brothers, a professional heavyweight boxer since 1996, currently holds the IBF, WBO, IBO and Ring Magazine world heavyweight titles. Appeared in motion pictures and music videos, involved in charity projects, UNESCO activities. Unlike his big bro Vitaliy is still a sportsman. Respect.
