Oksana Baiul
Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul-Farina (Ukrainian: Оксана Сергіївна Баюл-Фаріна; born 16 November 1977) is a Ukrainian figure skater. She is retired. She won a gold medal in the 1994 Winter Olympics.
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| Native name | Оксана Баюл | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | 22x20px Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 1977
(aged 48) Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Dnipro, Ukraine) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Galina Zmievskaya Valentyn Nikolayev Stanislav Koritek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Sarah Kawahara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former training locations | Simsbury, Connecticut Odesa Dnipro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Baiul was born on 16 November 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.[2]
Her grandfather died in 1987. Her grandmother died in 1988. In 1991, her mother died because of ovarian cancer.[3][4]
After moving to Odessa, Baiul lived in a dormitory. In 1993, she lived with her coach, Galina Zmievskaya.[5]
Move to the United States
After the 1994 Winter Olympics, Baiul moved to the United States. In the late 1990s, she moved to Richmond, Virginia.[6] Fourteen years later, Baiul moved to Pennsylvania.[7]
In January 1997, Baiul was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing her car into a tree.[8][9][10] Later, Baiul did an alcohol education program. In May 1997, she went through rehabilitation.[11] In 2004, she said she had been sober for six years.[8]
References
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/06/sports/figures-on-ice-oksana-baiul-a-little-bit-of-heaven-on-ice.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Longman, Jere (1994-02-06). "FIGURES ON ICE; Oksana Baiul: A Little Bit of Heaven on Ice" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/06/sports/figures-on-ice-oksana-baiul-a-little-bit-of-heaven-on-ice.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ https://ua.tribuna.com/others/1027708286/
- ↑ Lipson, Karin (2007-05-13). "For Oksana Baiul, a Role Close to Life" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/13artsli.html?_r=0&pagewanted=print. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
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- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Longman, Jere (1998-10-16). "FIGURE SKATING; Striving for Recovery From Grip of Alcohol" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/16/sports/figure-skating-striving-for-recovery-from-grip-of-alcohol.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
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