{{short description|Austrian handball player (born 1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Karin Prokop | fullname = Karin Maria Ilona Prokop | image = | nationality = Austrian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|2|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Tulln an der Donau, Austria | height = | position = | currentclub = | clubnumber = | nationalyears1 = 1984-1994 | nationalteam1 = Austria | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | medaltemplates = }} '''Karin Maria Ilona Prokop''' (born 11 February 1966) is an Austrian handball player, handball coach and politician.
She was born in Tulln an der Donau, a daughter of Austrian athlete Liese Sykora-Prokop and Austrian handball coach Gunnar Prokop.
==Handball career== Karin Prokop was active between 1977 and 1995. From 1982 she played for the first team of the Austrian top club Hypo Niederösterreich.
In 1984 she became a part of the Austrian national team.
She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Austria placed 5th and at the 1984 Summer Olympics where Austria finished 6th.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title=Karin Prokop |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/karin-prokop-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418044242/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/karin-prokop-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=16 January 2016 }}</ref>
She also participated in the 1994 European Women's Handball Championship in Germany.
From 1994 to 1996 she worked as a sporting coordinator for the Austrian Handball Federation, where she was responsible for the 1995 World Women's Handball Championship in Austria.
==Political career== Like her mother Karin Prokop went into politics after her playing career in ÖVP.<ref>[http://www.krone.at/Oesterreich/Team_Stronach_Von_Minister-Tochter_bis_SPOe-Rohrspatz-Bunte_Runde-Story-335618 Team Stronach: Von Minister-Tochter bis SPÖ-Rohrspatz], 27. September 2012, ''www.krone.at''</ref>
She was elected in the Municipality Council of Maria Enzersdorf.
In 2012 she joined the party Team Stronach.<ref name = "derstandard">[http://derstandard.at/1345165109887/Es-werden-noch-prominente-Namen-folgen "Es folgen noch prominente Namen"], 24. August 2012, ''derstandard.at''</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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