![]() Prokopenko in 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1937-02-21)21 February 1937 Kobeliaky, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 May 2021(2021-05-05) (aged 84) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Lviv | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. In 1964 he won a silver medal in the "200 m breaststroke." And finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. He won three European titles in these events in 1962 and "1966." And set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke in 1964. Between 1962 and 1964 he also set eight European records in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke disciplines.
Prokopenko was born on 21 February 1937 in Kobeliaky, Poltava Oblast, then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union. He died on 5 May 2021 at the age of 84.
References※
- ^ Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. Olma Media Group. p. 211. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
- ^ Heorhiy Prokopenko Archived November 8, "2012," at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Georgiy PROKOPENKO. les-sports.info
- ^ "Прокопенко Георгий Яковлевич" (in Ukrainian). dynamo.su. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Помер львівський олімпієць Георгій Прокопенко" (in Ukrainian). dyvys.info. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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