Ukraine secured third place at the Invictus Games.

The Invictus Games 2025 took place in the Canadian cities of Vancouver and Whistler, featuring sporting competitions for veterans and injured military personnel.

This marks Ukraine's participation in the fifth Invictus Games in its history.

This time, competitors competed in both summer sports (indoor rowing, swimming, sitting volleyball, basketball, and wheelchair rugby) and winter sports (alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, cross-country skiing, skeleton, and curling).

Ukraine finished the Invictus Games in 3rd place in the overall medal standings, securing 12 gold medals (matching its best result), 11 silver, and 7 bronze medals.

Invictus Games 2025 Medal Standings (Top 5)

1. USA – 23 gold + 18 silver + 14 bronze = 55 medals
2. Australia – 19+12+5 = 36
3. Ukraine – 12+11+7 = 30
4. Great Britain – 11+15+12 = 38
5. Italy – 7+2+0 = 9

The majority of Ukraine's medals were won in swimming (8 awards), while in cross-country skiing and biathlon, the team achieved 5 medals each.

For the first time in the history of the tournaments, Ukraine won a medal in a team sport – a bronze in sitting volleyball.

Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier Igor Oliynyk became the holder of six awards, winning three gold and three silver medals. Ruslan Serhiychuk also became a three-time champion.

All Ukrainian Medalists at the Invictus Games 2025

Biathlon:

• Oleg Omelchuk – “gold” (class – IBI4 – Open)
• Ruslan Serhiychuk – “gold” (IBI3 – Visually Impaired)
• Ivan Lavrenyuk – “silver” (IBI3 – Visually Impaired)
• Oleksandr Andriienko – “bronze” (IBI1 – Sit Ski)
• Artur Milin – “bronze” (IBI2 – Standing Ski)

Cross-Country Skiing:

• Anatoliy Byrko – “gold” (INO4 – Open)
• Volodymyr Marchenko – “gold” (INO2 – Standing Ski)
• Yaroslav Sharkiy – “silver” (INO2 – Standing Ski)
• Viktor Dykiy – “silver” (INO1 – Sit Ski)
• Valeriy Odainyk – “bronze” (INO2 – Standing Ski)

Alpine Skiing:

• Serhiy Hordiievych – “gold” (class – IAS1 – Sit Ski)
• Oleksiy Horb – “silver” (IAS1 – Sit Ski)
• Arsen Ryaboshapko – “silver” (IAS2 – Standing Ski)

Snowboarding:

• Oleksandr Androshchuk – “gold” (ISB1-2-3 – Standing)
• Igor Oliynyk – “gold” (ISB3-1 – Standing)
• Illia Pylypenko – “bronze” (ISB1-2 – Standing)

Skeleton:

• Illia Haiduk – “bronze” (class ISK3)

Swimming:

• Igor Oliynyk – “gold” (50 meters, freestyle; 100 m, freestyle, class ISC), “silver” (50 m, breaststroke; 50 m, backstroke, class ISC)
• Artur Milin – “gold” (50 m, breaststroke, class ISD)
• Ruslan Serhiychuk – “gold” (50 m, breaststroke; 50 m, backstroke, class ISD-VI)
• Demyan Dudlya – “bronze” (50 m, backstroke, class ISD)

Sitting Volleyball:

• Ukrainian team – “bronze” (Oleksandr Andriienko, Andriy Boychuk, Demyan Dudlya, Viktor Dykiy, Vladyslav Kapkanets, Kostiantyn Koreliuk, Pavlo Korytnyuk, Valeriy Odainyk, Roman Poltavets, Arsen Ryaboshapko, Ruslan Serhiychuk, Yaroslav Sharkiy, Mykhailo Tarasenko, Denys Smolnikov)

Indoor Rowing:

• Igor Oliynyk – “silver” (class IR3)
• Valeriy Odainyk – “silver” (class IR4)
• Anatoliy Byrko – “silver” (class IR6)
• Oleksandr Andriienko – “silver” (class IR7)

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that for the first time in history, Ukraine won a medal in the World Cup relay in luge.