Georgy Prokopenko

Georgy Prokopenko

Prokopenko in 1966
Personal information
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)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Dynamo Lviv[1]
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Summer Olympics 1964 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke European Championships 1962 Leipzig 4×100 m medley 1962 Leipzig 200 m breaststroke 1966 Utrecht 200 m breaststroke

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][6]

References

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 Ukrainian). dynamo.su. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
5. "Помер львівський олімпієць Георгій Прокопенко" (in Ukrainian). dyvys.info. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
6. Ross, Andy. "Passages: Olympic Silver Medalist Georgy Prokopenko Dies at Age 84." Swimming World Magazine, 7 May 2021. [1]

The winning 4 × 100 m medley team at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships: Leonid Ilyichov, Viktor Mazanov, Valentin Kuzmin and Gennady Prokopenko