Maksym Prokopenko

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Maksym Prokopenko
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Representing Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Szeged C-2 1000 m
Representing Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Dartmouth C-2 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Poznań C-2 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Szeged C-2 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Szeged C-2 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Szeged C-1 4 x 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Dartmouth C-2 500 m
European Championships
Representing Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Milan C-2 1000 m
Representing Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Trasona C-2 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Trasona C-2 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Belgrade C-2 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Brandenburg C-2 500 m

Maksym Serhiyovych Prokopenko (Максим Сергійович Прокопенко; born March 23, 1984, in Vilshanka, Kirovohrad Oblast) is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani sprint canoe ist who has competed since 2002.

Competing for Ukraine, Prokopenko was the Canadian canoe C-1 500 m silver medallist at the 2002 Junior European Championships in Zagreb. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged.

He also competed in two Summer Olympics for Ukraine, earning his best finish of eighth in the C-2 500 m event at Beijing in 2008.

Prokopenko moved to Azerbaijan after the 2008 Summer Olympics and won two medals for his new nation at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, with a silver in the C-2 1000 m and a bronze in the C-2 500 m events. He also won a silver in the C-2 500 m event at the 2010 World Championships.

He and teammate Serhiy Bezuhliy finished fourth for Azerbaijan in the men's C-2 1000 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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