| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| World Championships | ||
Representing  Ukraine
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2006 Szeged | C-2 1000 m |
Representing  Azerbaijan
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2009 Dartmouth | C-2 1000 m |
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2010 Poznań | C-2 500 m |
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2011 Szeged | C-2 500 m |
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2011 Szeged | C-2 1000 m |
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2011 Szeged | C-1 4 x 200 m |
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2009 Dartmouth | C-2 500 m |
| European Championships | ||
| Representing Ukraine
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2008 Milan | C-2 1000 m |
| Representing Azerbaijan
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2010 Trasona | C-2 1000 m |
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2010 Trasona | C-2 500 m |
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2011 Belgrade | C-2 500 m |
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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 canoeist 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.
References
- Canoe09.ca profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 8, 2011)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maksym Prokopenko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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