Oksana Masters

Oksana Masters
Masters at 2012 Summer Paralympic Games
Personal information
Birth nameOksana Alexandrovna Bondarchuk
NationalityAmerican
Born (1989-06-19) June 19, 1989 (age 35)
Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) (2012)
Weight122 lb (55 kg) (2012)
WebsiteOksana Masters athlete bio
Sport
CountryUSA
SportAdaptive rowing, Para-cycling, Cross-country skiing, Biathlon
EventMixed Sculls
TeamU.S. Paralympic
PartnerAaron Pike
Coached byJustin Lednar, Bob Hurley, Roger Payne, Brad Alan Lewis
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2012 Summer Paralympics: Trunk and arms mixed double sculls – Bronze, 2014 Winter Paralympics: Nordic Ski Cross Country – Silver & Bronze and Biathlon, 2016 Summer Paralympics: Cycling
Medal record
Representing  United States
Winter Paralympic Games
Women's para cross-country skiing
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang 1.5km sprint classic sitting
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang 5 km sitting
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing 4 × 2.5 km mixed relay
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi 12 km sitting
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing 15 km sitting
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing 1.5 km sprint sitting
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing 10 km sitting
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 5 km sitting
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang 12 km sitting
Women's para biathlon
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing 6 km sitting
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing 12.5 km sitting
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang 6 km sitting
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang 12.5 km sitting
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing 10 km sitting
Summer Paralympic Games
Women's pararowing
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Trunk and arms mixed double sculls
Women's para-cycling
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Road time trial H4–5
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Road race H5
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Road race H5

Oksana Masters (born June 19, 1989) is an American multi-sport Paralympic athlete of Ukrainian descent from Louisville, Kentucky.[1] Having primarily specialized in rowing and cross-country skiing, she won the first ever United States medal in trunk and arms mixed double sculls at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.[2] She was also a part of the U.S. Nordic skiing team at the 2014 Winter Paralympics and the 2018 Winter Paralympics. She won two Paralympic medals in 2014 and five Paralympic medals in 2018, including two gold.[3] She switched to para-cycling after the 2012 Paralympics and competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning two gold medals at the latter. She competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, winning a gold medal in Biathlon – Women's 6 kilometres, sitting.[4]

Oksana won the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability in 2020.[5]

  1. ^ USRowing (2012), Oksana Masters, archived from the original on March 5, 2014, retrieved September 11, 2012
  2. ^ Johnson, Stephen (September 5, 2012). "Lovettsville veteran wins bronze in Paralympics". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Leesburg, Virginia: Times Community Media. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  3. ^ U.S. Olympic Committee (February 21, 2013). "2014 U.S. Paralympic Team Named". TeamUSA.org. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  4. ^ OlympicTalk (March 5, 2022). "Oksana Masters wins first U.S. gold of Winter Paralympics". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  5. ^ "PAST WINNERS". Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.

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