- Liese Prokop
Infobox Person
name = Liese Prokop
birth_date = birth date|1941|3|27|mf=y
birth_place = Vienna, Austria
death_date = death date and age|2006|12|31|1941|3|27|mf=y
death_place = Sankt Pölten, Austria
occupation = Austrian Minister of the Interior (2004 - 2006)Liesel ("Liese") Prokop-Sykora (
March 27 1941 —December 31 2006 ) was anAustria n athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and, later in her life, anAustria n politician.Born as Liese Sykora in
Vienna , she competed for Austria in the1968 Summer Olympics held inMexico City ,Mexico in the Pentathlon where she won the silver medal. In 1965 she married her former coach, Gunnar Prokop. The couple had two sons and a daughter.Later she started a political career in
Lower Austria . Since December 2004 she had been Austrian Minister of the Interior for the conservative People's Party (ÖVP).She died unexpectedly of
aortic dissection while being rushed to aSankt Pölten hospital on New Year's Eve, 2006.She was the sister of
Maria Sykora , who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and aunt of Winter Olympic bronze medalistThomas Sykora .References
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/01/sports/EU_SPT_ATH_Obit_Prokop.php "International Herald Tribune"] (January 1, 2007).
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/liese-prokop-sykora-1.html sports-reference]
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