Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Austin Martin "Gus"•Prokop |
Used name | Gus•Prokop |
Born | 22 February 1921 in Tarrytown, New York (USA) |
Died | 2 August 1980 in Goldens Bridge, New York (USA) |
Affiliations | Fencers Club, New York (USA) |
NOC | United States |
Gus Prokop fenced for the Fencers Club of New York, after graduating from Stuyvesant High School. He won national titles in team foil with the Fencers Club in 1949-50. Prokop served as a lieutenant in the US Army during World War II from February 1943 to August 1945, serving in North Africa, Italy, Germany, and France.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1948 Summer Olympics | Fencing | USA | Gus Prokop | |||
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) | United States | 4 |