title: Ukraine at the 2009 World Games
text: # Ukraine at the 2009 World Games
  
  Ukraine competed at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, from 16 to 26 July 2009. Ukraine has qualified the national beach handball team for the women's tournament. Ukrainian athletes competed also in acrobatic gymnastics, bodybuilding, dancesport, dragon boat, finswimming, ju-jitsu, powerlifting, rhythmic gymnastics, sport climbing, sumo, trampoline gymnastics, tug of war, and water skiing.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Main programme
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Mykola Cherbak Serhiy Popov | Acrobatic gymnastics | Men's pairs |
  | Gold | Alevtyna Tytarenko | Bodybuilding | Women's fitness |
  | Gold | Ihor Soroka | Finswimming | Men's 50 m apnoea |
  | Gold | Viktor Panov Dmytro Shekera Ihor Soroka Dmytro Sydorenko | Finswimming | Men's 4 x 100 m surface relay |
  | Gold | Serhiy Pevnev | Powerlifting | Men's heavyweight |
  | Gold | Larysa Soloviova | Powerlifting | Women's heavyweight |
  | Gold | Iryna Yavorska | Powerlifting | Women's super heavyweight |
  | Gold | Alina Boykova | Sumo | Women's lightweight |
  | Gold | Iuliia Domchevska Olena Movchan | Trampoline gymnastics | Women's synchro |
  | Silver | Viacheslav Makohon | Bodybuilding | Men's 70 kg |
  | Silver | Dmytro Sydorenko | Finswimming | Men's 100 m surface |
  | Silver | Arkadiy Shalokha | Powerlifting | Men's lightweight |
  | Silver | Andriy Naniev | Powerlifting | Men's middleweight |
  | Silver | Oleksandr Shepel | Powerlifting | Men's super heavyweight |
  | Silver | Tetyana Prymenchuk | Powerlifting | Women's middleweight |
  | Silver | Anna Bessonova | Rhythmic gymnastics | Rope |
  | Silver | Anna Bessonova | Rhythmic gymnastics | Ball |
  | Silver | Anna Bessonova | Rhythmic gymnastics | Ribbon |
  | Silver | Maryna Pryshchepa | Sumo | Women's middleweight |
  | Silver | Olha Davydko | Sumo | Women's heavyweight |
  | Silver | Olha Davydko | Sumo | Women's openweight |
  | Bronze | Andriy Bilozor Denys Kriuchkov Andrii Lytvak Roman Urazbakiyev | Acrobatic gymnastics | Men's groups |
  | Bronze | Kateryna Kalyta Yuliya Odintsova Natalia Vinnyk | Acrobatic gymnastics | Men's pairs |
  | Bronze | Nataliia Dichkovska | Bodybuilding | Women's 55 kg |
  | Bronze | Olha Shliakhovska | Finswimming | Women's 200 m surface |
  | Bronze | Olha Shliakhovska | Finswimming | Women's 400 m surface |
  | Bronze | Valeriy Karpov | Powerlifting | Men's super heavyweight |
  | Bronze | Zhanna Ivanova | Powerlifting | Women's middleweight |
  | Bronze | Maksym Styenkovyy | Sport climbing | Men's speed |
  | Bronze | Kostiantyn Iermakov | Sumo | Men's middleweight |
  | Bronze | Viktor Kyforenko | Trampoline gymnastics | Men's tumbling |
  
  ## Doping sanctions
  
  On 26 October 2009, the IWGA announced sanctions against the following Ukrainian competitors:
  
  * Beila Balog, middleweight gold medalist, who tested positive twice on various anabolic steroids, diuretics and SERMs – disqualification of results at the 2009 World Games, forfeiture of medals and permanent lifetime suspension from The World Games;
  * Oleksandr Bilous, heavyweight gold medalist, who tested positive on various masking agents/diuretics and testosterone – disqualification of results at the 2009 World Games, forfeiture of medals and permanent lifetime suspension from The World Games.
  