Yulia Anatoliyivna Prokopchuk ( uk, Юлія Анатоліївна Прокопчук, also

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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 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. With her partner, Viktoriya Potyekhina, she won the silver medal in the 10 m synchro event of the European Aquatics Championships. A few months later, Prokopchuk appeared at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, competing in the 10 m platform event and in the 10 m platform synchronized event with Potyekhina. 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 The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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* * 1986 births Living people Ukrainian female divers Olympic divers for Ukraine Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Universiade medalists in diving Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade People from Ukrayinka Sportspeople from Kyiv Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub