Maksym Serhiyovych Prokopenko (Максим Сергійович Прокопенко; born March 23, 1984, in Vilshanka,

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) is a

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-born

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ist who has competed since 2002. Competing for

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, Prokopenko was the

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C-1 500 m silver medallist at the 2002 Junior European Championships in

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. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the

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. He also competed in two

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for Ukraine, earning his best finish of eighth in the C-2 500 m event at

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. Prokopenko moved to

after the

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and won two medals for his new nation at the

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, 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

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* * * * 1984 births Azerbaijani male canoeists Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Ukraine Olympic canoeists for Azerbaijan Ukrainian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian {{Ukraine-canoe-bio-stub