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.

[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.

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