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Full name | Anastasiya Samusevich-Prokopenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Belarusian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Slutsk, Byelorussia, Soviet Union |
20 September 1985 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SK VS Minsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Anatoli Tkachenka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 15 November 2012. |
Anastasiya Samusevich-Prokopenko (Belarusian: Настасся Самусевіч Пракапенка; Łacinka: Nastassia Samusievič Prakapienka; born 20 September 1985 in Slutsk) is a Belarusian modern pentathlete who competed at two Summer Olympics. She narrowly missed the medal podium for the women's competition at the Olympics, when she finished fourth in 2008, and sixth in 2012. 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 and Hanna Vasilionak. She lives with her husband, Mikhail, also a modern pentathlete, and a son.