Georgy Prokopenko

Georgy Prokopenko

Prokopenko in 1966
Personal information
Born	21 February 1937 Poltava, Ukraine
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 breststroke 1966 Utrecht 200 m breststroke

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.^[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]

References

1. Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. Olma Media Group. p. 211. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
2. Heorhiy Prokopenko. sports-reference.com
3. Georgiy PROKOPENKO. les-sports.info

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