Georgy Prokopenko
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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[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[2] He won three European titles in these events in 1962 and 1966,[3] 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.[1]
Prokopenko was born on 21 February 1937 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]
References
- ^ a b 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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- 1926: Erich Rademacher (GER)
- 1927: Erich Rademacher (GER)
- 1931: Toivo Reingoldt (FIN)
- 1934: Erwin Sietas (GER)
- 1938: Jochen Balke (GER)
- 1947: Roy Romain (GBR)
- 1950: Herbert Klein (FRG)
- 1954: Klaus Bodinger (GDR)
- 1958: Leonid Kolesnikov (URS)
- 1962: Georgy Prokopenko (URS)
- 1966: Georgy Prokopenko (URS)
- 1970: Klaus Katzur (GDR)
- 1974: David Wilkie (GBR)
- 1977: Gerald Mörken (FRG)
- 1981: Robertas Žulpa (URS)
- 1983: Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)
- 1985: Dmitry Volkov (URS)
- 1987: József Szabó (HUN)
- 1989: Nick Gillingham (GBR)
- 1991: Nick Gillingham (GBR)
- 1993: Nick Gillingham (GBR)
- 1995: Andrey Korneyev (RUS)
- 1997: Aleksandr Gukov (BLR)
- 1999: Stéphan Perrot (FRA)
- 2000: Dmitry Komornikov (RUS)
- 2002: Davide Rummolo (ITA)
- 2004: Paolo Bossini (ITA)
- 2006: Sławomir Kuczko (POL)
- 2008: Grigory Falko (RUS)
- 2010: Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
- 2012: Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
- 2014: Marco Koch (GER)
- 2016: Ross Murdoch (GBR)
- 2018: Anton Chupkov (RUS)
- 2020: Anton Chupkov (RUS)
- 2022: James Wilby (GBR)
- 2024: Lyubomir Epitropov (BUL) and Erik Persson (SWE)
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