List of Ukrainian Jews
Presented below are lists of famous or notable Ukrainian people of Jewish descent and other Jews born in the territory of present-day Ukraine, before 20 century borderland region in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (later in Russian Partition and Austrian Partition). == Athletes == Oksana Baiul, figure skater, Olympic gold Alexei Beletski, Ukrainian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian Oleksii Bychenko, Ukrainian-born Israeli, figure skater, 2016 European silver medallist, Olympian Artem Dolgopyat, Ukrainian-born Israeli, Olympic gold (artistic gymnast - floor) for Israel Olena Dvornichenko, Israel/Ukraine, rhythmic gymnastics Grigoriy Gamarnik, Ukrainian-born Soviet, world wrestling champion (Greco-Roman lightweight), world championship gold and silver Samuel Gerson, Ukrainian-born US, Olympic silver wrestling (freestyle featherweight) Natalia Gudina, Ukrainian-born Israeli, figure skater, Olympian Vadym Gutzeit (born 1971), saber fencer, Olympic champion, Youth and Sport Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Ishchenko ("Wild Man"), Ukraine/Israel, bantamweight & lightweight boxer, 2x European Amateur Boxing Championships medalist, and European Games medalist Moisei Kas’ianik, Ukrainian-born USSR, world weightlifting champion Marina Kravchenko, Ukrainian-born Israeli, Soviet and Israel national table tennis teams Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born US swimmer, 4x Olympic champion (100 m backstroke, 200-m backstroke, twice 4x100-m medley relay); 3x world champion (100 m and 200-m backstroke, 4×100-m medley) and 2x silver (4×100-m medley, 50-m backstroke); 3 world records (50-, 100-, and 200-m backstroke) Grigory Kriss (born 1940), Ukrainian Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals, including a gold medal Tatiana Lysenko, USSR/Ukraine gymnast, 2x Olympic champion (balance beam, team combined exercises), bronze (horse vault) Valeria Maksyuta, Ukraine/Israel gymnast, multiple World Cup medalist, Israeli Olympian, Maccabiah Games champion Valentyn Mankin, Soviet/Ukraine, only sailor in Olympic history to win gold medals in three different classes (yachting: finn class, tempest class, and star class), silver (yachting, tempest class) Faina Melnik, Ukrainian-born USSR, 11 world records; Olympic discus throw champion Andriy Oberemko, soccer/football midfielder (Mariupol & U21 national team) Igor Olshansky, NFL American football defensive end Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukraine, sprinter, world 100-m & 200-m champion Katerina Pisetsky, Israel/Ukraine, rhythmic gymnast Maxim Podoprigora, Ukrainian-born Austrian swimmer Ian Rubin, Ukraine/Australia, Russia national rugby league team Igor Rybak, Ukrainian-born USSR, Olympic weightlifting champion (lightweight) David Tyshler (1927–2014), Ukraine-born Soviet sabre fencer, Olympic bronze medalist Yulen Uralov (1924–2026), Ukrainian Soviet Olympic foil fencer, and USSR champion Iosif Vitebskiy (born 1938), Soviet Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion épée fencer, and current US fencing coach Alexei Zhitnik, Ukraine-born Russia, hockey defenseman (NHL) Aleksandr Kolchinsky, heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympic gold.