Georgy Yakovlevich Prokopenko (, ; 21 February 1937 – 5 May 2021) was a Soviet swimmer who competed at the 1960 and

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. 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,

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, then part of the

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, in the

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. He died on 5 May 2021 at the age of 84. Ross, Andy. "Passages: Olympic Silver Medalist Georgy Prokopenko Dies at Age 84." ''Swimming World Magazine'', 7 May 2021

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1937 births 2021 deaths Ukrainian male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Soviet male breaststroke swimmers People from Kobeliaky Sportspeople from Poltava Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-swimming-bio-stub