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Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul-Farina [a] (née Baiul; born November 16, 1977) is a Ukrainian retired competitive figure skater. She is the 1993 world champion and the 1994 Olympic champion in ladies' singles. Baiul is the first Olympic Champion from Ukraine to compete under the Ukrainian flag.
Many remember Ukrainian figure skater Oksana Baiul as the slight 16-year-old clad in a white costume. Swirling gracefully during her signature "Swan Lake" short program in the 1994 Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal.
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In 1994, at barely 16 years old, the world watched literally (Oksana Baiul holds the record for most watched Olympic performance in history) as Oksana captivated our hearts & won the Olympic Gold Medal, proving that she is the Best in the World!
In 1994, a 16-year-old Oksana Baiul became only the second youngest figure skater in history to win the gold medal in women's figure skating, after Sonja Henie.
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There are two distinct moments set under bright lights that Oksana Baiul-Farina remembers with great emotion. The first was when she took the ice before winning the gold medal at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. The second was when she gave birth to her daughter Sophia.
A world champion at 15 and an Olympic gold medal winner a year later at the Lillehammer Olympic Winter Games, Ukrainian figure skater Oksana Baiul fought adversity all the way to the top. Oksana Baiul was born and bred in Dniepropetrovsk , Ukraine. Her father left the family home when she was only two.
Oksana Baiul is a Ukrainian figure skater who at age 16 won the Olympic gold medal for women’s figure skating at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Known as the “Swan of Odessa,” Baiul is one of the most graceful and artistically accomplished skaters in the history of the sport.
In her rookie year, she won Ukranian title, placed second at the European Championships, and grabbed a surprise world title in Prague. At the Winter Olympics, a year later, she found herself in a media circus surrounding the women’s figure skating.