Yulia Prokopchuk Explained

Yulia Prokopchuk
Full Name:Yulia Anatoliyivna Prokopchuk
Birth Date:23 October 1986
Birth Place:Ukrainka, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport:Diving
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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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Yuliya Prokopchuk . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203202351/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/yuliya-prokopchuk-1.html . 2016-12-03 . dead.
  2. Web site: Final results: 10m Synchro Platform Women . omegatiming.com.
  3. Web site: Iuliia Prokopchuk . London2012.com . . 8 August 2012 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728000336/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/prokopchuk-iuliia-1038874/ . July 28, 2012.
  4. Web site: Iuliia Prokopchuk . Rio2016.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160814110707/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/iuliia-prokopchuk . 14 August 2016 . dead.