The composition of the official delegation of the Ukrainian national team for the IV Dakar 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games has been approved

Of these:

• 38 male and female athletes;
• 21 coaches, doctors, physiotherapists and other specialists;
• 14 members of the Ukrainian national team’s support staff;
• 3 referees;
• 2 specialists to provide organizational, informational support and practical assistance to the official delegation.

The IV Dakar 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games will take place from 31 October to 13 November 2026 in Senegal. The competitions, which will be held across three cities — Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly — will see around 2,700 young athletes competing in 35 sports.

The list of participants in the official delegation of the Ukrainian national team for the Games was drawn up on the recommendation of the national federations and approved by the Executive Committee of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. 

Ukraine will be represented at the Games by 38 athletes – 11 boys and 27 girls – in 14 sports:

• Badminton (1): Varvara Poperezhay
• 3x3 basketball (4): Hulyamova Mariia, Markiv Mariia, Murzova Dalila, Murzova Dominika  
• Breaking (1): Nicole Dzhurik
• Boxing (2): Polina Kovera, Evangelina Petruk
• Cycling [road] (2): Dmytro Starovoitov, Anastasia Satorova
• Rowing (2): Mykola Tomchai, Viktoriia Radchenko
• Artistic gymnastics (2): Maksym Borysov, Yana Protsenko
• Judo (1): Khazar Heydarov
• Athletics (4): Vitalii Tarasiuk, Daryna Kozka, Milaniia Kokhan, Anastasiia Kovalchuk
• Swimming (2): Kirill Malesik, Taisiia Larionova
• Beach wrestling (5): Dmytro Holovenko, Mykyta Kuzmenko, Timur Malishevskyi, Kiril Nahirnyi, Iryna Bukhtina
• Wushu (1): Nikita Kucheruk
• Fencing (1): Alina Dmytruk
• Futsal (10): Adelina Vlasenko, Alina Gordienko, Kira Gulenko, Evelina Zavgorodnia, Angelina Zaporozhets, Margaryta Ruchka, Polina Serykh, Oksana Shevchuk, Eva Shchavinska, Valeriia Yukhnovets

It should be noted that during their participation in the Summer Youth Olympic Games, Ukrainian athletes won 87 medals — 26 gold, 26 silver and 35 bronze.