Ukraine competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025. Ukraine ranked third in the medal tally (behind China and Germany) with 16 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 14 bronze medals.
Competitors Ukrainians did not compete in air sports, archery, beach handball, beach and indoor korfball, billiard sports, boules sports, canoe polo, disc golf, duathlon, fistball, flag football, floorball, inline hockey, lacrosse, lifesaving, parkour, powerboating, racquetball, roller sports, softball, tug of war. The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
SportMenWomenTotalAcrobatic gymnastics 7 6 13Aerobic gymnastics 1 1 2Canoe marathon 1 0 1Cheerleading 2 2Dancesport 3 4 7Dragon boat 6 6 12Finswimming 5 7 12Freediving 0 1 1Ju-jitsu 2 0 2Karate 3 1 4Kickboxing 2 2 4Muaythai 2 1 3Orienteering 1 1 2Sambo 5 2 7Sport climbing 4 0 4Squash 1 1 2Trampoline gymnastics 3 1 4Wakeboarding 1 1 2Wushu 1 1 2 Total 48 38 88
Medalists
| width=78% align=left valign=top | Medal Name Sport Event Date Yevfrosyniia KryvytskaIvan Labunets Acrobatic gymnastics Mixed pairs Ryzvan Talibov Karate Men's kumite +84 kg Mixed Dragon boat Open 8-seater 500 metres Mixed Dragon boat Mixed 10-seater 2000 metre Sofiia Hrechko Finswimming Women's 200 metre surface Bohdan Mochulskyi Ju-jitsu Men's fighting 62 kg Dmytro Shelesko Muaythai Men's 57 kg Sofiia Hrechko Finswimming Women's 400 metre surface Andrii Kucherenko Sambo Men's 71 kg Vladyslav Rudniev Sambo Men's 79 kg Petro Davydenko Sambo Men's 88 kg Hlib Mazur Kickboxing Women's K1 style 63.5 kg Roman Shcherbatiuk Kickboxing Women's K1 style +91 kg Oleksandr VoropaievAndrii KucherenkoVladyslav RudnievPetro DavydenkoAnatolii Voloshynov Sambo Men's team Anatolii Novopysmennyi Powerlifting Men's classic heavyweight Konstiantyn Musiienko Powerlifting Men's equipped heavyweight Anzhelika Terliuga Karate Women's kumite 55 kg Ruzanna VecherukAnhelina Cherniavska Acrobatic gymnastics Women's pairs Mixed Dragon boat Mixed 10-seater 500 metres Sofiia Sokolova Wakesurfing Women's skim Yurii PushTaras YarushStanislav KukurudzYuriy Savka Acrobatic gymnastics Men's groups Oleksii Zakharov Finswimming Men's 400 m surface Serhii SmishchenkoOleksandr KuzmenkoDavyd YelisieievOleksii Zakharov Finswimming Men's 4 × 50 m surface relay Anna Yakovleva Finswimming Women's 400 metre surface Serhii SmishchenkoOleksandr KuzmenkoDavyd YelisieievOleksii Zakharov Finswimming Men's 4 × 100 m surface relay Vitalii Kolomiiets Powerlifting Men's equipped middleweight Tetiana Bila Powerlifting Women's equipped lightweight Larysa Soloviova Powerlifting Women's equipped middleweight Volodymyr Rysiev Powerlifting Men's equipped heavyweight Daria Rusanenko Powerlifting Women's equipped super heavyweight Mixed Dragon boat Mixed 10-seater 200 metres Yelyzaveta HrechykhinaSofiia HrechkoViktoriia UvarovaAnastasiia Makarenko Finswimming Women's 4 × 100 m surface relay Artur Artamonov Finswimming Men's 50 metre bi-fins Sofiya Lamakh Finswimming Women's 100 metre bi-fins Anastasiia Makarenko Finswimming Women's 100 metre surface Yelyzaveta HrechykhinaSofiia HrechkoViktoriia UvarovaAnastasiia Makarenko Finswimming Women's 4 × 50 m surface relay Daryna Ivanova Kickboxing Women's K1 style 52 kg Alina Martyniuk Kickboxing Women's K1 style 60 kg Oleksandr Voropaiev Sambo Men's 64 kg Anhelina LysenkoYevheniia Pozdnia Sambo Women's team Anastasiia KurashviliStanislav Halaida Aerobic gymnastics Mixed pairs Mykola Barannik Powerlifting Men's equipped middleweight Anastasiia Derevianko Powerlifting Women's equipped lightweight Oleksii Bychkov Powerlifting Men's equipped super heavyweight
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Medals by sportSport TotalSambo 4 0 26Powerlifting 2 5 310Finswimming 2 4 511Dragon boat 2 1 14Kickboxing 2 0 24Acrobatic gymnastics 1 2 03Karate 1 1 02Ju-jitsu 1 0 01Muaythai 1 0 01Wakeboarding 0 1 01Aerobic gymnastics 0 0 11 Total 16 14 14 44
Acrobatic gymnastics
Ukraine qualified athletes through the 2024 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. The team was the biggest one at the Games, competed in all events and became the most successful one, as well. Push, Yarush, Kukurudz, and Savka won their second consecutive medal. It were third Games for Push, Yarush, and Kukurudz. AthletesEventQualificationFinalBalance exerciseDynamic exerciseTotalFinal exerciseResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankSofronii DavydenkoIvan HorlachMen's pairs26.660624.580651.2406colspan=2 Yurii PushTaras YarushStanislav KukurudzYuriy SavkaMen's groups28.640228.120356.7603 Q28.860Anhelina CherniavskaRuzanna VecherukWomen's pairs27.600227.760155.3602 Q28.270Elina KozachanskaKarina OstrovskaAlina Puhach Women's group26.480527.550454.0305 rcolspan=2 Yevfrosyniia KryvytskaIvan LabunetsMixed pairs29.340129.380157.7201 Q29.110
Aerobic gymnastics
Ukraine qualified athletes through the 2024 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships. Ukraine won its first ever medal in aerobics.
Kurashvili and Halaida competed at the 2022 Games, although in another event.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankAnastasiia KurashviliStanislav HalaidaPairs18.9004 Q18.900
Canoe marathon
Canoe marathon AthleteEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankMaksym RedkoMen's short distance15:27.688colspan=2 Men's long distancecolspan=2 1:42:00.6914
Cheerleading
AthleteEventSemifinal round 1Semifinal round 2Semifinal totalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAnastasiia MaloshenkoYelyzaveta TymofieievaMixed pom83.210583.360583.3005 Q84.1405
Dancesport
Standard AthletesEventFirst roundSemi-finalsFinalsWaltzTangoViennese WaltzSlow FoxtrotQuickstepTotal pointsRankWaltzTangoViennese WaltzSlow FoxtrotQuickstepTotal pointsRankWaltzTangoViennese WaltzSlow FoxtrotQuickstepTotal pointsRankAnna LubianetskaEmanuele CannistraroStandard34.0034.1734.0834.3333.92170.5013 Q34.0034.0033.6733.8333.58169.0814colspan=7 Veronika MyshkoEarle Williamson32.7532.5832.5532.5832.92163.3921colspan=14
Breaking
AthleteNicknameEventRound robinQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOleg Kuznietsov KuzyaB-BoysL 0–2W 2–0W 2–02 QL 0–2Did not advanceKateryna Pavlenko KateB-GirlsW 2–0T 1–1L 0–23Did not advanceAnna Ponomarenko StefaniW 2–0L 0–2L 0–23Did not advance
Dragon boat
Ukraine have qualified a berth in the 2025 World Games through its performance in the mixed 10-seater races at the 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships. Ukraine had participated in both previous events (2005 and 2009). This time, the Ukrainian team won its first medals in the sport and became second most successful team at the Games behind Indonesia. AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankOlesia MatviienkoYurii BardashevskyiSerhii SemeniukOleksandr KalmusDanylo KukharukMykola VerkhovetskyiOlha BurahoViktor SvyrydiukKateryna PetrenkoOlena SkvortsovaOpen 8-seater 200 metres1:10.784 q SF49.202 Q47.395Open 8-seater 500 metres2:07.762 Q Fcolspan=2 2:05.53Open 8-seater 2000 metrescolspan=4 9:28.254Olesia MatviienkoYurii BardashevskyiSerhii SemeniukOleksandr KalmusDanylo KukharukMykola VerkhovetskyiOlha BurahoViktor SvyrydiukKateryna PetrenkoOlena SkvortsovaAnastasiia MazurenkoSnizhana ZhyhailoMixed 10-seater 200 metres49.982 Q Fcolspan=2 48.85Mixed 10-seater 500 metres2:08.322 Q Fcolspan=2 2:07.02Mixed 10-seater 2000 metrescolspan=4 9:19.87
Finswimming
Ukraine was the biggest team at the Games and became most successful in terms of number of medals, finishing 3rd in the medal tally.
Sofiia Hrechko defended her title in 200 m surface from 2022. Smishchenko, Zakharov, Uvarova, Hrechko, Makarenko, Tymoshenko competed at their second Games.
AthleteEventTimeRankArtur ArtamonovMen's 50 m bi-fins18.83Men's 100 m bi-fins42.108Oleksii ZakharovMen's 200 m surface1:22.957Men's 400 m surface2:57.03Serhii SmishchenkoOleksandr KuzmenkoDavyd YelisieievOleksii ZakharovMen's 4 × 50 metre surface relay1:00.26Men's 4 × 100 metre surface relay2:18.73Viktoriia UvarovaWomen's 50 m apnoea16.576Women's 100 m surface39.644Women's 200 m surface1:34.007Sofiia HrechkoWomen's 200 metre surface1:27.90Women's 400 m surface3:11.88 WRAnna YakovlevaWomen's 400 m surface3:12.27Sofiya LamakhWomen's 100 m bi-fins47.87Yevheniia TymoshenkoWomen's 100 m bi-fins48.236Anastasiia MakarenkoWomen's 100 m surface39.14Yelyzaveta HrechykhinaSofiia HrechkoViktoriia UvarovaAnastasiia MakarenkoWomen's 4 × 50 metre surface relay1:10.06Women's 4 × 100 metre surface relay2:36.82
Freediving
Ukraine qualified one athlete. AthleteEventMetersRankKateryna SadurskaWomen's Dynamic no Finscolspan=2 Women's Dynamic with Fins209.09
Ju-jitsu
Bohdan Mochulskyi won his third gold medal in his third appearance at the Games. Men AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Bohdan Mochulskyi 62 kg W 50–0 DSQ W 16–7 1 Q W 13–11 W 17–12 Kostiantyn Shutko 69 kg ne-waza L 2–4 L 0–2 3 colspan=3
Karate
Zaplitnyi, Chobotar, and Terliuga qualified as medallists of the 2023 World Karate Championships, while Talibov qualified through the ranking. Terliuga competed at her second Games and won her second medal. Talibov competed at his second Games (in 2022, he finished 4th).
In the semifinal, China's Wei was declared winner with score 9–1. However, the Ukrainian team filed a protest, claiming that Wei had violated the line at some point during the bout.Тренер Терлюги розповів, як вдалося задовольнити протест щодо півфіналу Всесвітніх ігор – допомогли друзі з Канади, football24.ua, 8 August 2025 (in Ukrainian). This protest was upheld, and Terliuga subsequently won the semifinal.
Men AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Andrii Zaplitnyi 75 kg L 0–1 W 1–0 L 0–2 4 colspan=3 Valerii Chobotar 84 kg L 0–3 W 4–0 L 6–12 3 colspan=3 Ryzvan Talibov +84 kg W 6–2 W 5–3 W 3–0 1 Q W 4–0 W 4–0
Women AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Anzhelika Terliuga 55 kg W 0–0 KI L 0–5 2 Q W 4–3 L 1–3
Kickboxing
Ukraine qualified athletes through the 2024 European Championships. Ukrainians competed in K1 style only. The team finished 2nd in the medal tally behind Israel but became the most successful in terms of number of medals. Shcherbatiuk, Ivanova, and Martyniuk won their second consecutive medal at the World Games. Men AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Hlib Mazur 63.5 kg W 1–1 KO W 2–1 W 3–0 Roman Shcherbatiuk +91 kg W 3–0 W 3–0
Women AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Daryna Ivanova 52 kg W 3–0 L 0–3 W 3–0 Alina Martyniuk 60 kg W 3–0 L 0–3 W 3–0
Muaythai
Together with Turkey and United States, Ukrainian team was second largest team behind host China. Oleksandr Yefimenko took part in the Games for the second time. Men AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Dmytro Shelesko 57 kg W 29–28 W 29–28 W 30–287 Oleksandr Yefimenko 71 kg W 29–28 L RSCB L 28–29 4
Women AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal/Bronze medal boutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAnastasiia Mykhailenko 48 kg L 27–30 colspan=3
Orienteering
Ukraine did not compete in the mixed relay. Olena Babych competed at her second consecutive Games.
Men AthleteEventTimeRankIllia OtreshkoSprint17:3523Middle distance1:05:4522
Women AthleteEventTimeRankOlena BabychSprint20:4934Middle distance55:1416
Powerlifting
Classic