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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.

References

Georgy Prokopenko Wikipedia


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