Ukraine at the 2025 Winter World University Games

Ukraine competed at the 2025 Winter World University Games in Turin, Italy, from 13 to 23 January 2025. The team won 12 medals and finished 10th.У Турині завершилася ХХХІІ Всесвітня зимова Універсіада-2025. Збірна України в медальному заліку замкнула ТОП-10, Lviv State University of Physical Culture, 24 January 2025 (in Ukrainian, with photos). This marked the best result since the 2011 Winter Universiade, when Ukraine won 15 medals including 6 golds and finished 3rd. Ukraine debuted in curling and won its first Universiade medals in freestyle skiing.

Competitors At the Games, 52 Ukrainian athletes took part. Ukrainians did not compete in cross-country skiing, para alpine skiing, para cross-country skiing, short track speed skating, ski mountaineering, and ski orienteering. The team included one Olympian (Anastasiya Shepilenko).

SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 2 1 3Biathlon 5 4 9Curling 5 — 5Figure skating 2 2 4Freestyle skiing 2 1 3Ice hockey 21 — 21Snowboarding 6 1 7 Total 43 9 52

List of Ukrainian athletes at the 2025 Winter World University Games Athlete Date of birth Sport University Sex Ice hockey Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture M Ice hockey Kharkiv National Academy of Urban Economy M Freestyle skiing Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University F Snowboarding Ivano-Frankivsk College of Physical Education M Snowboarding Ivano-Frankivsk College of Physical Education M Freestyle skiing National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport M Biathlon Sumy State University M Ice hockey Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture M Biathlon Hlukhiv National Pedagogical University of Oleksandr Dovzhenko M Ice hockey National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport M Biathlon Chernihiv State T.G. Shevchenko Pedagogical Institute F Biathlon Sumy State University M Ice hockey Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture M Figure skating Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv F Curling National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport M Ice hockey Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture M Snowboarding Ivano-Frankivsk College of Physical Education M Ice hockey Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics M Biathlon Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture M Ice hockey Prydniprovsk State Academy of Physical Culture and Sport M Curling Odesa National Polytechnic University M Ice hockey National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport M Ice hockey Kherson State Agrarian University M Ice hockey National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport M Ice hockey National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute M Ice hockey Prydniprovsk State Academy of Physical Culture and Sport M Snowboarding National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport M Figure skating National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport M Biathlon Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture F Snowboarding Bogomolets National Medical University M Curling National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport M Alpine skiing Lviv State University of Physical Culture M Snowboarding National University Odesa Law Academy F Figure skating Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture F Figure skating Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture M Ice hockey Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture M Ice hockey Ukrainian Academy of Customs M Snowboarding Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University M Biathlon Sumy State University F Ice hockey Prydniprovsk State Academy of Physical Culture and Sport M Curling National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport M Alpine skiing Lviv State University of Physical Culture F Alpine skiing Uzhhorod National University M Biathlon National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport F Freestyle skiing International University of Economics and Humanities M Ice hockey Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav M Curling National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport M Biathlon Sumy State University M Ice hockey Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture M Ice hockey Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture M Ice hockey Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav M Ice hockey State Biotechnological University M

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate Biathlon Men's short individual Biathlon Single mixed relay Biathlon Men's pursuit Biathlon Women's mass start Freestyle skiing Men's big air Freestyle skiing Women's big air Biathlon Men's pursuit Biathlon Women's mass start Biathlon Women's short individual Biathlon Men's sprint Biathlon Women's pursuit Yevhenii AbadzhianRasim AbdullaievDenys BorodaiVladyslav BrahaOleksandr FilimonovArtem HrebenykZakhar KasatonovDmytro KobylnykHlib KrivoshapkinNikita KruhliakovIllia KrykliaAndrii KryvonozhkinDanylo MakarenkoSerhii PoimanovArtem PortnoiTymofii SavytskyiSerhii StetsiuraMykyta SydorenkoArtem TselohorodtsevHlib VaravaOleksandr ZarubaIce hockeyMenJanuary 22

Medals by sportSport TotalBiathlon 4239Freestyle skiing 0202Ice hockey 0011

Alpine skiing

Anastasiya Shepilenko competed at her second Winter World University Games.

Men AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDmytro ShepiukCombined 1:01.95 40 43.51 35 1:45.46 35Super-G colspan="4" 1:00.75 32Giant slalom 1:06.90 60 1:08.23 58 2:15.13 55Slalom colspan="6" Oleksandr PatsahanCombined 1:06.03 51 colspan="4" Super-G colspan="4" 1:06.81 44Giant slalom 1:10.06 78 1:10.99 68 2:21.05 68Slalom colspan="6"

Women AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnastasiya ShepilenkoCombined 1:02.76 =11 51.62 5 1:54.38 7Super-G colspan="4" 1:02.73 =7Giant slalom 1:05.27 12 1:04.14 8 2:09.41 8

Biathlon

Being fifth-largest team at the Games, Ukraine became the most successful one in biathlon.Україна виграла медальний залік Універсіади-2025 у біатлоні з найбільшим доробком за 18 років, Suspilne, 22 January 2025 (in Ukrainian). Stepan Kinash, Vladyslav Chykhar, Roman Borovyk, and Liliia Steblyna competed at their second Winter World University Games.

Men AthleteEventTimeMissesRankBohdan BorkovskyiShort individual38:40.93 (0+0+1+2)Sprint23:39.71 (0+1)Pursuit37:48.94 (0+2+1+1)Serhii SuprunShort individual39:31.12 (0+1+0+1)4Sprint23:59.60 (0+0)6Pursuit38:17.84 (0+0+2+2)Vladyslav ChykharShort individual39:58.93 (1+1+0+1)5Sprint25:50.62 (1+1)26Pursuitcolspan=3 Roman BorovykShort individual41:52.35 (1+2+1+1)16Sprint24:19.41 (1+0)10Pursuit41:05.46 (1+2+3+0)14Mass start44:47.77 (1+1+3+2)11Stepan KinashShort individual42:21.14 (0+1+1+2)20Sprintcolspan=3 Mass start45:22.24 (0+1+0+3)14

Women AthleteEventTimeMissesRankDaryna ChalykShort individual39:04.24 (1+0+2+1)Sprint24:15.45 (3+2)9Pursuit38:38.35 (0+1+3+1)Mass start41:46.63 (1+1+1+0)Oleksandra MerkushynaShort individualcolspan=3 Sprint23:45.93 (1+2)5Pursuit38:59.04 (1+1+0+2)4Mass start42:25.52 (1+0+0+1)Liliia SteblynaShort individual40:29.26 (2+2+1+1)10Sprint25:45.07 (4+3)23Pursuit42:06.77 (1+2+2+2)15Mass start45:44.48 (1+3+1+3)15Kseniia PrykhodkoShort individualcolspan=3 Sprintcolspan=3

Mixed AthleteEventTimeMissesRankOleksandra MerkushynaSerhii SuprunSingle mixed relay39:52.50+8

Curling

Ukraine debuted in the sport at Winter World University Games.Road to Turin 2025 (video), Ukrainian Curling Federation on Facebook (in English).Ukraine's curling team, Ukrainian Curling Federation on Facebook, 16 January 2025 (in Ukrainian). In the round robin, Ukraine finished 8th out of 10 team ahead of Great Britain and China.

Summary TeamEventGroup stageSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankEduard NikolovYaroslav ShchurArtem SuhakVladyslav KovalArtem HasynetsMen's tournamentL 4–7L 6–8W 6–5L 1–7L 6–8W 7–5L 4–6L 1–7W 6–38Did not advance

Figure skating

Anastasia Hozhva competed at her second Winter World University Games.

AthleteEventTotal Points Rank Points Rank Points RankKyrylo MarsakMen's singles55.5825colspan=4 Anastasia HozhvaWomen's singles43.5219 Q90.8516134.3719Mariia PinchukMykyta PogorielovIce dance61.39494.134155.524

Freestyle skiing

Ukraine won its first ever medals in freestyle skiing at the Winter Universiades.Універсіада-2025: Україна здобула два "срібла" у фристайлі, rbc.ua, 19 January 2025 (in Ukrainian).

Slopestyle AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRankOleh BoikoMen's67.5068.7568.758 Q60.00DNI60.008Danylo Stepaniuk17.7553.2553.2511 Q36.25DNI36.2511Mariia AniichynWomen's85.25DNI85.253 Q79.00DNI79.005Anastasiia Melnyk45.0052.5052.508colspan=4

Big Air AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRankOleh BoikoMen's68.2580.7580.755 Q86.00DNI86.00Danylo Stepaniuk8.2540.0040.0012 Q33.2582.0082.004Mariia AniichynWomen's13.7575.5075.502 Q87.0089.2589.25Anastasiia Melnyk65.50DNI65.507colspan=4

Ice hockey

Denys Borodai, Artem Hrebenyk, Hlib Kryvoshapkin, Artem Tselohorodtsev, and Hlib Varava played at their second Winter World University Games. Ukraine won its first medal in ice hockey since 2001.Збірна України з хокею повертається з Універсіади-2025 з «бронзою», Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, 23 January 2025 (in Ukrainian).

Team rosterUkraine's entries at the 2023 Winter World University Games Head coach: Artem Gnidenko

No.Pos.NameHeightWeightBirthdateTeam21F HK Kremenchuk15D HK Kremenchuk19F (C) HK Kremenchuk23F (A) Sokil Kyiv6F HK Kremenchuk4D Sokil Kyiv3D Mont-Blanc25GK HC Kharkiv Berserks11D HC Storm Odessa8D HK Kremenchuk10F HC Storm Odessa24F HC Kyiv Capitals20GK HC Kryzhynka Kyiv9F HC Storm Odessa13D HC Storm Odessa7D (A) HC Storm Odessa5F Sokil Kyiv12F HC Storm Odessa22F HC Storm Odessa18F HK Kremenchuk16D Forus/Sandnes

Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemi-finalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankUkraine men's teamMen's tournamentL 2-4W 8-2L 4-7L 1-54 QW 4-3 OTL 1-3W 5-3

Snowboarding

Ivan Malovannyi and Hlib Mostovenko competed at their second Winter World University Games.

Snowboard cross AthleteEventSeedingEliminationSemifinalFinalTimeRankPointsPositionPositionRankIvan MalovannyiMen's32.5415 Q147colspan=3 Hlib Mostovenko53.3226813colspan=3

Parallel AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTotal timeRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankMykhailo KabaliukMen's parallel giant slalom1:13.2716 Q PinkW KrashniakL DSQcolspan=3 Men's parallel slalom1:16.8710 Q DorfmannL +1.02colspan=4 Oleksandr PopadychMen's parallel giant slalom1:12.5114 Q BurgstallerL +2.37colspan=4 Men's parallel slalom1:18.3914 Q ZamfirovW BilousL +1.49colspan=3 Nestor BilousMen's parallel giant slalom1:15.4219colspan=5 Men's parallel slalom1:17.6511 Q Geon-hoW PopadychW DorfmannL +1.23 KrashniakL DSQ4Sviatoslav BazhanMen's parallel giant slalom1:18.8024colspan=5 Men's parallel slalom1:21.5519colspan=5 Eleonora PavliukWomen's parallel giant slalom1:16.217 Q KaciczakL +5.24colspan=4 Women's parallel slalom1:21.105 Q PiwowarczykW KainzL DSQcolspan=3

References

External links Ukrainian entries at the 2025 Winter World University Games