Oksana Baiul

Oksana Baiul (born November 16, 1977 in Dnipro[1]) is a Ukrainian figure skater. She came first at the 1993 world championships and at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Oksana Baiul
Personal information
Full name	Ukrainian: Оксана Сергіївна Баюл; Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul Russian: Оксана Сергеевна Баюл; Oksana Sergeyevna Baiul
Alternative names	Oksana Baiul-Farina
Country represented	Ukraine
Born	(1977-11-16) 16 November 1977 Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Former coach	Galina Zmievskaya Valentyn Nikolayev Stanislav Koritek
Former choreographer	Sarah Kawahara
Former training locations	Simsbury, Connecticut Odesa Dnipro
Retired	1994
Medal record Figure skating: Ladies' singles Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer Ladies' singles World Championships 1993 Prague Ladies' singles European Championships 1993 Helsinki Ladies' singles 1994 Copenhagen Ladies' singles

Baiul's grandfather gave her first skates to her when she was three years old. When her mother died, she became an orphan. But she kept skating, and won the World Championships when she was only 15 years old. She became famous for her artistic ability when she skated as "The Swan" to win the Olympics when she was 16.

She has skated for many professional shows such as Champions on Ice and Stars on Ice. A television movie was made about her - A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story. She moved to New Jersey. She still skates professionally, and also makes figure skating clothes.