Petro Zakovorot

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Antonovych and the family name is Zakovorot.

Petro Antonovych Zakovorot (Ukrainian: Петро́ Анто́нович Заковоро́т, Russian: Пётр Анто́нович Заковоро́т; 1871 – 5 March 1951)^[1] was a Ukrainian fencer. Born in Kup'ievakha village, now the Kharkiv region in Ukraine, he competed in the individual masters sabre event at the 1900 Summer Olympics representing Russia, and finished 7th.^[2]

Petro Zakovorot

Personal information
Full name	Petro Antonovych Zakovorot
Born	1871 Kup'ievakha, Russian Empire
Died	5 March 1951 (aged 79–80)[1] Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Country	Russian Empire
Sport	Fencing
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1900 Summer Olympics

Petro Zakovorot was a student of Julian Michaux.^[3]

After the 1900 Olympics, he became a instructor at the Main Gymnastics and Fencing School and the Naval Cadet Corps of Saint Petersburg.Since 1918 he was the instructor of the first Soviet gymnastics and fencing courses for command and enlisted personnel of the Red Army.^[3]

In 1935 Zakovorot won the title of champion of the Ukrainian SSR among rapiers.^[3]