Name Georgy Prokopenko Club Dynamo Sports Club Weight 71 kg | Height 1.80 m Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 21 February 1937 (age 87) ( 1937-02-21 ) Poltava, Ukraine Olympic medals Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
Georgy Yakovlevich Prokopenko (Russian: Георгий Яковлевич Прокопенко, Ukrainian: Георгій Якович Прокопенко; born 21 February 1937) is a retired 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.
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