Liese Prokop

Liese Prokop
Foto: June, 2006
Minister of the Interior
In office
22 December 2004 – 31 December 2006
PresidentHeinz Fischer
ChancellorWolfgang Schüssel
Preceded byErnst Strasser
Succeeded byWolfgang Schüssel (Acting)
Personal details
Born(1941-03-27)27 March 1941
Tulln District, Austria (under the German Empire)
Died31 December 2006(2006-12-31) (aged 65)
Sankt Pölten, Austria
Political partyPeople's Party
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Liese Prokop
Medal record
Representing  Austria
Women's Athletics
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Pentathlon
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1969 Athens Pentathlon
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1967 Tokyo Pentathlon

Liesel "Liese" Prokop-Sykora (27 March 1941 – 31 December 2006) was an Austrian athlete and, later in her life, a politician. She competed mainly in the pentathlon.