Karin Prokop
{{short description|Austrian handball player (born 1966)}}
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| birth_place = Tulln an der Donau, Austria
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Karin Maria Ilona Prokop (born 11 February 1966) is an Austrian handball player, handball coach and politician.
She was born in Tulln an der Donau, a daughter of Austrian athlete Liese Sykora-Prokop and Austrian handball coach Gunnar Prokop.
Handball Career
Karin Prokop was active between 1977 and 1995.
From 1982 she played for the first team of the Austrian top club Hypo Niederösterreich.
In 1984 she became a part of the Austrian national team.
She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Austria placed 5th and at the 1984 Summer Olympics where Austria finished 6th.{{cite sports-reference|title=Karin Prokop |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/karin-prokop-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418044242/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/karin-prokop-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=16 January 2016 }}
She also participated in the 1994 European Women's Handball Championship in Germany.
From 1994 to 1996 she worked as a sporting coordinator for the Austrian Handball Federation, where she was responsible for the 1995 World Women's Handball Championship in Austria.
Political Career
Like her mother Karin Prokop went into politics after her playing career in ÖVP.[http://www.krone.at/Oesterreich/Team_Stronach_Von_Minister-Tochter_bis_SPOe-Rohrspatz-Bunte_Runde-Story-335618 Team Stronach: Von Minister-Tochter bis SPÖ-Rohrspatz], 27. September 2012, www.krone.at
She was elected in the Municipality Council of Maria Enzersdorf.
In 2012 she joined the party Team Stronach.[http://derstandard.at/1345165109887/Es-werden-noch-prominente-Namen-folgen "Es folgen noch prominente Namen"], 24. August 2012, derstandard.at
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Category:Sportspeople from Tulln an der Donau
Category:Handball players from Lower Austria
Category:Austrian female handball players
Category:Olympic handball players for Austria
Category:Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Austrian People's Party politicians
Category:21st-century Austrian women politicians
Category:Austrian sportsperson-politicians
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