Anastasiya Prokopenko Explained

Anastasiya Prokopenko should not be confused with Anastasia Prokopenko.

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Anastasiya Prokopenko
Fullname:Anastasiya Samusevich-Prokopenko
Nationality:Belarusian
Birth Date:20 September 1985
Birth Place:Slutsk, Byelorussia, Soviet Union
Height:1.64 m
Weight:60 kg
Sport:Modern pentathlon
Club:SK VS Minsk
Coach:Anatoli Tkachenka
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Anastasiya Prokopenko, nee Samusevich (Belarusian: Настасся Валер’еўна Пракапенка (Самусевіч); Łacinka: Nastassia Samusievič Prakapienka; born 20 September 1985) is a Belarusian modern pentathlete who competed at three Summer Olympics.

Career

In 2018, she was awarded the bronze medal of the women's competition at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing,[1] following the disqualification of Ukraine's Viktoriya Tereshchuk, due to a doping offense. She finished sixth in 2012. Prokopenko also set a world record time of 10:20.90 in the combined running and shooting segment.[2]

Prokopenko also won a team gold medal at the 2007 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Berlin, Germany, along with her compatriots Tatsiana Mazurkevich and Hanna Vasilionak.

At the 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Mexico City, Prokopenko won the world title in the women's individual event [3] as well as in the Women's Relay event (together with compatriot Iryna Prasiantsova)[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anastasiya Prokopenko (BLR) receives Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze medal. 17 September 2018. Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM).
  2. Web site: Olympic Modern Pentathlon Records – Olympic & World Records . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130123122123/http://www.london2012.com/modern-pentathlon/event/women/records/index.html . 23 January 2013 . London 2012 . 12 August 2012 . 17 August 2012.
  3. Web site: UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Championships: Prokopenko (BLR) on top of the world at last. 12 September 2018. Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM).
  4. Web site: UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Championships: Belarus make history in Pentathlon Stadium with Women's Relay gold. 8 September 2018. Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM).