Oksana Masters

Oksana Masters leaves me genuinely speechless. Born in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, adopted into America, she has competed across rowing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, and cycling - a Paralympian who refuses to be confined to a single season or sport. Winning the first-ever U.S. medal in trunk-and-arms mixed double sculls at London 2012 was a watershed moment. To me, strength isn't measured in wins but in the number of times you get back up, and by that measure she is in a class of her own. Her career reads less like a record sheet and more like proof of what resilience actually looks like.

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Name (English)

Oksana Masters

Name (Japanese)

オクサナ・マスターズ

Reading

おくさな・ますたーず

Born

June 19, 1989 (age 37)

Origin

Khmelnytskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine

Height

174 cm

Occupation

rower / biathlete / cross-country skier / sport cyclist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Snake

High school

Atherton High School

• Official sitehttps://www.oksanamastersusa.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/oksanamasters/
• Xhttps://x.com/oksanamasters
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oksana%20Masters
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2930380

Tags

• Khmelnytskyi Oblast
• rower
• biathlete
• cross-country skier

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.