Dynamo (Ukraine)

Physical culture and sports association "Dynamo" - Ukraine (Ukrainian: ФСТ «Динамо» України, romanized: FST "Dynamo" Ukrayiny) or Dynamo - Ukraine (Ukrainian: Динамо Україна) is a sports club that was established in the Soviet Union as part of the Soviet sports society "Dynamo". It was created on October 31, 1924, in Kharkiv. Since that time, the sports club has stayed as one of the best clubs in Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union. Among the six existing sports associations in Ukraine, Dynamo can be considered the leading. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, out of 245 sportspeople of Ukraine, 125 represented Dynamo. Eighty-two sportspeople represented law enforcement agencies. Forty-one out of 125 athletes were from the city of Kyiv and Donetsk Oblast. Dynamo's members were honorary national banner carriers for the opening and closing ceremonies.