Naum Prokupets
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{{MedalSport | Men's canoe sprint }}
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{{MedalBronze | 1968 Mexico City|C-2 1000 m }}
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{{MedalGold | 1971 Belgrade|C-2 10000 m }}
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Naum Leybovich Prokupets ({{Langx|he|נאום לייבוביץ' פרוקופץ}}; born March 20, 1948) is a Moldovan-born Israeli former sprint canoeist who competed for the Soviet Union in the late 1960s.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/naum-prokupets-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052917/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/naum-prokupets-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Naum Prokupets Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date= |accessdate=February 1, 2011}} He is Jewish.{{cite book |title=Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists |author=Taylor, Paul |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |year=2004 |isbn=9781903900888 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=t0KzECrIQDQC&dq=%22Jews+and+the+Olympic+Games%22+prokupets&pg=PA240}}
Biography
Naum Prokupets was born in Basarabeasca, a small town in Moldova. At the age of 17, he was spotted by a canoeing trainer who encouraged him to move to Moscow to train with the national USSR canoeing team. In 1991, after working in senior positions in the sports administration for several years and after the break-up of the Soviet Union, Prokupets immigrated to Israel. Initially he worked as a security guard and a pool lifeguard. Now he is a production worker at the Flextronics electronics plant in Migdal HaEmek. He lives with his family in Nazareth Illit.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4273167,00.html "Nazareth Illit's secret Olympic champion"], YNet News
Canoeing career
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event.
Prokupets also won a gold medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1971 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade.
See also
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External links
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2010-01-05 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 }}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-11-09 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/naum-prokupets-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052917/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/naum-prokupets-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
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