# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/georgy-prokopenko
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:56:48.471Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/georgy-prokopenko"
name: "Georgy Prokopenko"
slug: "georgy-prokopenko"
description: "Georgy Yakovlevich Prokopenko 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."
tagline: "Soviet swimmer (1937–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georgy_Prokopenko_1966.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1937-02-21"
deathDate: "2021-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.27185066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Прокопенко Георгій Якович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heorhi_Prokopenko"
    title: "Heorhi Prokopenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heorhij_Prokopenko"
    title: "Heorhij Prokopenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B9_%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%BF"
    title: "Γκεόργκι Προκοπένκο"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Prokopenko"
    title: "Georgy Prokopenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gueorgui_Prokopenko"
    title: "Gueorgui Prokopenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Prokopenko"
    title: "Georgi Prokopenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "جئورگی پروکوپنکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Prokopenko"
    title: "Georgi Prokopenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heorhij_Jakovics_Prokopenko"
    title: "Heorhij Jakovics Prokopenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgij_Prokopenko"
    title: "Georgij Prokopenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heorhij_Prokopenko"
    title: "Heorhij Prokopenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Prokopenko"
    title: "Georgy Prokopenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Прокопенко, Георгий Яковлевич"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Prokopenko"
    title: "Georgy Prokopenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3813316"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump