[1] Dmytrenko's father left the family when she was five years old, leaving her mother, Inna, to raise Oksana as a single parent.
Dmytrenko has one younger brother, who was born in Ukraine after Oksana moved to the United States.
Oksana began competing as a Latin and ballroom dancer with partner Artem Plakhotnyi and later Igor Kantsedal.
[10] In 2016, the BBC announced Platero would join Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer in series 14.
[14] Dmytrenko married fellow dancer and So You Think You Can Dance alum Jonathan Platero in 2014.