Georgy Prokopenko

Georgy Yakovlevich Prokopenko (Russian: Георгий Яковлевич Прокопенко, Ukrainian: Георгій Якович Прокопенко; 21 February 1937 – 5 May 2021) was a Soviet swimmer who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.

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Prokopenko in 1966
Personal information
Born(1937-02-21)21 February 1937
Kobeliaky, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died5 May 2021(2021-05-05) (aged 84)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubDynamo Lviv[1]

In 1964 he won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.[2][3] He set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke in 1964.[1]

Prokopenko was born in Kobeliaky, Poltava Oblast, then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union.[4] He died on 5 May 2021 at the age of 84.[5]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. Olma Media Group. p. 211. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
  2. Heorhiy Prokopenko Archived November 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  3. Georgiy PROKOPENKO. les-sports.info
  4. "Прокопенко Георгий Яковлевич" (in українська). dynamo.su. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  5. (in uk) Помер львівський олімпієць Георгій Прокопенко. dyvys.info. 5 May 2021. https://dyvys.info/2021/05/05/pomer-lvivskyj-olimpiyets-georgij-prokopenko/. Retrieved 5 May 2021.