Successful people athletes from Ukraine

I suppose a successful person is he or she who

works hard every day to become better and cleverer. We are all born equal. Nobody is going to hand you success on a plate. You should use your own energy, your own head and your own ambitions. Even if you’d like to be a yard worker you must be the best one in the world. Try, try, and try again to achieve your aim.

Footballer of the Year in 2004. One of the most

proficient strikers in the game, Shevchenko (also affectionately known as Sheva by fans and teammates), is amongst the top scorers in the history of European club competition. His prestigious club career has seen him play for Dynamo Kyiv, Milan and Chelsea, while his international career saw Shevchenko captain his Ukrainian national team to the quarter finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
On 28 July 2012, Shevchenko announced that he was quitting football for politics. He was standing for election to the Ukrainian Parliament in the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. But his party failed to win parliamentary representation.

heavyweight champion. He has the highest knockout percentage (95%) of

any heavyweight boxing champion in overall fights. He also holds the distinction of being a three time world heavyweight champion, having previously held the WBO and WBC titles, and has never been knocked out or knocked
down in any professional boxing bout.
Vitali is the first professional boxing
world champion to hold a Ph.D. (in
sports science).
His younger brother, Wladimir
Klitschko, is a Ukrainian heavyweight
boxer. Klitschko is the unified IBF, WBO,
IBO and Ring Magazine Champion of the world.

is widely regarded as one of the best gymnasts in

history. She is the proud owner of 45 gold, 21 silver and 14 bronze medals.

Ukraine. In 2007, Bessonova became world champion at the World

Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship in Patras winning the all-around gold medal. She won the bronze individual all around medals at the 2008 Beijing and 2004 Athens Olympics. Over the course of her career she has won 24 World Championship medals, 2 Olympic medals, 24 European Championship medals and 10 World Cup medals (60 in total).

and 1997), European champion in 1986 and Olympic champion in

1988. He broke the world record for men's pole vaulting 35 times (17 outdoor and 18 indoor records). He was the first to clear 6.0 metres and the first and only to clear 6.10 metres (20 ft). He holds the current outdoor world record of 6.14 metres (20 feet 1 3/4 inches), set on 31 July 1994 in Sestriere, Italy and the current indoor world record of 6.15 meters, set on 21 February 1993 in Donetsk, Ukraine.

five Olympic medals. 4 gold medals came in the 200

meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at
the 2000 and 2004
Summer Olympics.
Her silver medal
came in the 800
meter freestyle at
the 2000 Summer
Olympics.

won five Olympic medals. 4 gold medals came in the

200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at
the 2000 and 2004
Summer Olympics.
Her silver medal
came in the 800
meter freestyle at
the 2000 Summer
Olympics.

competed in the finals of the World's Strongest Man contest

in 2003 (3rd place) and 2004 (1st place). As well he won the 2007 IFSA Strongman World Championship.

that the main success factor is health. If a person

has any talent, I think success does not make him wait for a long time.