Georgy Prokopenko

{{Short description|Soviet swimmer (1937–2021)}}

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|caption=Prokopenko in 1966

|birth_date={{birth date|1937|2|21|df=y}}

|birth_place=Kobeliaky, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

|death_date={{death date and age|2021|5|5|1937|2|21|df=y}}

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| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|71|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|sport=Swimming

|club= Dynamo Lviv

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{{MedalCompetition|Summer Olympics}}

{{MedalSilver|1964 Tokyo | 200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1962 Leipzig | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalGold| 1962 Leipzig | 200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalGold| 1966 Utrecht | 200 m breaststroke}}

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Georgy Yakovlevich Prokopenko ({{langx|ru|Георгий Яковлевич Прокопенко}}, {{langx|uk|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. 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.

Prokopenko was born on 21 February 1937 in Kobeliaky, Poltava Oblast, then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union.{{cite web|title=Прокопенко Георгий Яковлевич|url=https://www.dynamo.su/sportsman/25943/|publisher=dynamo.su|accessdate=5 May 2021|language=uk}} He died on 5 May 2021 at the age of 84.{{cite news|title=Помер львівський олімпієць Георгій Прокопенко|url=https://dyvys.info/2021/05/05/pomer-lvivskyj-olimpiyets-georgij-prokopenko/|publisher=dyvys.info|date=5 May 2021|accessdate=5 May 2021|language=uk}}

Ross, Andy. "Passages: Olympic Silver Medalist Georgy Prokopenko Dies at Age 84." Swimming World Magazine, 7 May 2021. [https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/passages-olympic-silver-medalist-georgy-prokopenko-dies-at-age-84/]