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Yulia Prokopchuk

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Yulia Prokopchuk
Prokopchuk in Kyiv, 2019
Personal information
Full nameYulia Anatoliyivna Prokopchuk
Born (1986-10-23) 23 October 1986 (age 38)
Ukrainka, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
SportDiving

Yulia Anatoliyivna Prokopchuk (Ukrainian: Юлія Анатоліївна Прокопчук, also transliterated Yuliia or Iuliia; born 23 October 1986) is a retired Ukrainian diver. She has won seven gold medals at the European Championships and two medals (silver and bronze) at the World Championships.

Career

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Prokopchuk participated in the 10 m platform event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

With her partner, Viktoriya Potyekhina, she won the silver medal in the 10 m synchro event of the European Aquatics Championships.[2] A few months later, Prokopchuk appeared at the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the 10 m platform event and in the 10 m platform synchronized event with Potyekhina.[3]

Prokopchuk won bronze in the 10 m platform event at the 2013 World Championships and silver in the team event at the 2015 World Championships.

She finished 14th in the 10 m platform event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yuliya Prokopchuk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Final results: 10m Synchro Platform Women" (PDF). omegatiming.com.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Iuliia Prokopchuk". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Iuliia Prokopchuk". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016.
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