Anastasiya Prokopenko, nee Samusevich ( be, Настасся Валер’еўна Пракапенка (Самусевіч);
Łacinka: Nastassia Samusievič Prakapienka; born 20 September 1985) is a Belarusian
modern pentathlete
The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...
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, following the disqualification of Ukraine's
Viktoriya Tereshchuk
Victoria Anatoliïvna Tereshchuk (''Терещук Вікторія Анатоліївна''; born 18 February 1982) is a female former modern pentathlete from Ukraine. A competitor since 1999 she was awarded a bronze medal in the women's moder ...
, due to a doping offense. She finished sixth in
2012
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. Prokopenko also set a world record time of 10:20.90 in the combined running and shooting segment.
Prokopenko also won a team gold medal at the
2007 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in
Berlin, Germany, along with her compatriots
Tatsiana Mazurkevich
Tatsiana Mazurkevich ( be, Таццяна Міхайлаўна Мазуркевіч Елізарава; Łacinka: Tacciana Michajłaŭna Mazurkievič Jelizarava; born September 7, 1983) is a Belarusian modern pentathlete. She competed at the 2004 ...
and
Hanna Vasilionak
Hanna Arkhipenka-Vasilionak ( be, Ганна Архіпенка Васілёнак; born 16 January 1983 in Minsk) is a modern pentathlete from Belarus. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's competition, where she finished in ...
.
At the
2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 6 to 15 September 2018.
Medal summary Medal table
Men
Women
Mixed
Broadcasting rights
References
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World Modern Pentathl ...
in
Mexico City
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, Prokopenko won the world title in the women's individual event as well as in the Women's Relay event (together with compatriot
Iryna Prasiantsova
Iryna Prasiantsova ( be, Ірына Прасянцова; born 29 September 1996) is a Belarusian modern pentathlete.
She participated at the 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships, winning a medal. She has qualified to represent Belarus at ...
)
References
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1985 births
Living people
Belarusian female modern pentathletes
Olympic modern pentathletes of Belarus
Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics
World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists
People from Slutsk
Olympic bronze medalists for Belarus
Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Minsk Region
20th-century Belarusian women
21st-century Belarusian women
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