Svitlana Serhiïvna Prokopova (Світлана Сергіївна Прокопова; born ) is a retired Ukrainian group

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, fle ...

Career

She represented

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at the 2013 World Championships in

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, Russia, where she took 13th place in Group All-around. At the 2011 World Championships, she was 7th in Group All-around. Prokopova participated at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London and took 5th place in Group All-around Final, together with Olena Dmytrash, Yevgeniya Gomon, Valeriia Gudym, Viktoriya Lenyshyn and Viktoria Mazur. She competed at the

2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships The 2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from August 28 to September 1, 2013 at the Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Palace of Sports. Yana Kudryavtseva of the Russia, Russian Federation became the youngest individual ...

, winning the silver medal in the bronze in the 10 clubs event. She finished 15th in Group All-around.

Personal life

After retirement from competitive sport, she moved to

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and founded Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy in San Diego, California, where she is currently the head coach.

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* * * 1993 births Living people Ukrainian rhythmic gymnasts Place of birth missing (living people) Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Ukraine Sportspeople from Donetsk Gymnasts from Donetsk Oblast Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics FISU World University Games silver medalists for Ukraine FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen {{Ukraine-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub