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.
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]