Who is Oksana Masters?

Oksana Masters is a paralympic athlete from the United States who competed in cross-country skiing, rowing, cycling, and biathlon. She has won multiple medals in world cups, world championships, and paralympic summer-winter sports and was a part of the US summer Paralympic squad.

Oksana Masters began rowing at the age of 13 in 2002, shortly before her right leg was amputated, and she continued after that. She went on to compete in the CRASH-B Sprints in 2010, where she set a world record.

Oksana Masters- Birth, Parents, Siblings & Education

Oksana Masters was born on June 19, 1989, in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, with several radiation-induced defects at the time of her birth, including tibial hemimelia (different leg lengths), calves without weight-bearing shinbones, webbed fingers with no thumbs, and six toes on each foot.

As a result of these defects, her biological parents abandoned her at a Ukrainian orphanage, where she lived until she was seven years old. Gay Masters, an unmarried American speech therapist professor at the University of Buffalo, NY, adopted her after that.

According to several internet sources, Oksana completed her education at Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2008, and subsequently graduated from DeVry University with a degree in Business Management.

Net Worth of Oksana Masters? Salary, Earnings

Oksana’s net worth is estimated to be $500 thousand based on her earnings as an athlete, according to public sources. Aside from being an athlete, she also gets money by endorsing ads for brands like Toyota and Proctor & Gamble.

Oksana Masters- Relationship, Married Life, Boyfriend/ Girlfriend

Oksana has been in a relationship with a fellow skier, Aaron Pike, since the year 2014, according to web sources.

Despite living together for nearly five years, Oksana and Aaron Pike have no plans to marry, and they each proclaim their love on their respective social media accounts.

Body Measurement- Height, Weight, Hair Colour

Oksana’s weight in kilograms is 55 kg and height in feet inches is 5′ 8″.

Oksana Masters- Professional Career

She began rowing at the age of 13 in 2002, shortly before her right leg was amputated, and she continued after that. She went on to compete in the CRASH-B Sprints in 2010, where she set a world record.

She has created a reputation for herself by becoming the first adaptive sculler to compete in the Indianapolis Rowing Club’s ‘Head of the Eagle’ race, where she won the women’s open singles category.

In 2011, Oksana finished second in the Adaptive World Championship trials in West Windsor, New Jersey, with her teammate Augusto Perez. Oksana linked up with Rob Jones, a US Marine Corps veteran who lost his legs in an IED blast in Afghanistan, while training for the 2012 London Paralympic Games.

Then they were known as ‘Team Bad Company,’ and they went on to win the Adaptive World Championships Trials as well as the Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta by large percentages.

With a final time of 4:05.56 at the 2012 London Paralympics, they finished third and became the first-ever United States medalist in trunk and arms mixed double sculls. Since winning a bronze medal at the 2012 London Paralympics, Oksana has retired from competitive rowing due to a back ailment. She began paracycling and cross-country skiing after that.

Oksana Masters has two bronze World Cup medals under her belt, as well as a bronze medal at the UCI Para-Cycling Worlds. She competed in hand-cycling events at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, where she placed fourth in the road race and fifth in the timed trial. She then won gold medals in the timed trial and road race at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Oksana tried cross-country skiing after winning a medal in rowing at the 2012 Paralympics. She earned a silver medal in the 12 km Nordic and a bronze medal in the 5 km Nordic at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.

She later finished fourth and eighth in two biathlon races before recovering from a back ailment and retiring from rowing. Then, as part of her recuperation, she started cycling.

After numerous disappointments, Oksana earned her first Paralympic gold medal in the cross-country skiing women’s 1.5 km sprint classical event at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Then, three weeks before the Games, she damaged her elbow and had to withdraw from a biathlon event the day before after falling during the race.

She went on to win five medals in those Games, three in cross-country skiing and two in biathlon. She won a gold medal in the 5 km sitting event of cross-country skiing and a bronze medal in the 12 km sitting event of cross-country skiing.

In the 6 km sitting biathlon and the 12.5 km sitting biathlon, she won silver medals. In the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer, Norway, she earned silver in the women’s 6 km sitting biathlon event. She also took bronze in the women’s ten-kilometer seated biathlon. She earned the gold medal in the women’s long-distance sitting event in cross-country skiing.

Oksana Masters- Social Media Status

Oksana has social media accounts on Instagram, Twitter (since July 2021), and Facebook, according to reports, with 31.3K, 5989, and 9.5K followers, respectively. Her life inspiring tale has been covered in different media outlets, including Spirit, Southwest Airlines’ in-flight magazine, and Sports Illustrated, taking into account her media appearance.

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Quick Facts of Oksana Masters

• Oksana Masters is an American Paralympian athlete trained in cross-country skiing, rowing, cycling, and biathlon and she was considered as a multi- medalist in world cups, world championship, and paralympic summer- winter sports and was a member of the US summer Paralympic team.
• Oksana was born on 19th June 1989 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
• Due to a back injury, Oksana has given up competitive rowing since winning a bronze medal at the 2012 London Paralympics.
• She has taken up para-cycling and cross-country skiing.
• Oksana has been nominated twice for an ESPY for her Nordic skiing in the category of Best Female Athlete with a Disability.