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unusual facts about pentathlon



1970 Bolivarian Games

The athlete's oath was sworn by athlete Brígido Iriarte, who the gold medal in pentathlon at the 1951 Bolivarian Games.

1970 World Modern Pentathlon Championships

The 1970 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Warendorf, West Germany.

Aeronautical pentathlon

Aeronautical pentathlon is a sporting event at some multi-sport events, such as the Military World Games.

Amélie Cazé

She won the Gold medal of the individual event at the 2007, 2008 and 2010 World Championships and 2009 and 2010 European Modern Pentathlon Championships.

Canada at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Frank Lukeman, originally fourth in the pentathlon, received a bronze medal in 1913 when pentathlon winner Jim Thorpe was disqualified; Lukeman retained his upgraded placing even after Thorpe's reinstatement.

Chloe Esposito

Her father is Daniel Esposito, an Olympic competitor in the modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Christine Laser

Christine Laser, néé Bodner, (born 19 March 1951 in Mattstedt, near Apolda, Thüringen) is a former German athlete who mainly competed in the pentathlon.

Csilla Füri

Füri is a two-time national modern pentathlon champion, and also, led her team to win multiple medals at the World Modern Pentathlon Championships, including two golds (2002 in San Francisco, California, and 2003 in Pesaro, Italy).

Daniel Awde

In 2002 Awde, who competes for the Woodford Green with Essex Ladies athletics club, won the bronze medal in the under-15 event at the South of England Indoor Pentathlon competition.

Dietmar Schauerhammer

Dietmar Schauerhammer (born 12 August 1955; Neustadt an der Orla, Thuringia) is an East German two-time Winter Olympic champion, pentathlete, decathlete and bob pusher for six-time World champion, two-time Olympic champion, four-time European champion, two-time German champion and five-time GDR champion Wolfgang Hoppe who competed during the 1980s.

Donata Rimšaitė

She got a Silver at the Women’s Final of the Modern Pentathlon World Cup 2010, held in Medway.

Equestrian at the Friendship Games

Events were held on three venues in Poland: Jumping events were held in Sopot between 6 and 10 August, dressage – at the Książ Landscape Park near Wałbrzych between 17 and 19 August, while eventing was held at the Modern Pentathlon and Equestrian Centre of the Lubusz Sports Club "Lumel" in Drzonków on 23–26 August 1984.

Georgina Harland

Harland was chosen as a non-travelling reserve for the 2000 Summer Olympics, with Steph Cook and Kate Allenby taking the two British spots in the women's modern pentathlon.

Heide Rosendahl

Heidemarie Ecker-Rosendahl (born 14 February 1947 in Hückeswagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and long jump.

J. Ira Courtney

Today, the 1912 Olympics are best remembered as the "Jim Thorpe Olympics," due to the Native-American's wins in both the pentathlon and the decathlon.

Jean Pickering

Desforges was an eight-time British champion in athletics, having won the 80 m hurdles four time (1949, 1952, 1953 and 1954), the long jump twice (1953 and 1954), and the pentathlon twice (1953 and 1954).

Karolina Tymińska

Her personal best in indoor pentathlon result is 4769 points, achieved in July 2008 in Spała.

Levavasseur

Charles-Jean LeVavasseur (1892-?), pentathlon competitor in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics

Logan's Challenge

Logan's Challenge is a modern-day 'People’s Pentathlon' set up by former Scotland international rugby player and Strictly Come Dancing star Kenny Logan.

Michal Michalík

In the following year, he was admitted to the national team, and continued to achieve his best results in modern pentathlon, including his third-place finish at the 2003 World Championships in Pesaro, Italy, and two team and relay medals at the 2007 World Championships in Berlin, Germany.

Nachman Wolf

Nachamn has competed at a total of five Paralympics for Israel, his first games in Stoke Mandeville/New York in 1984 were his most successful as he picked up gold in the discus and shot putt and silver in the javelin and pentathlon missing out on gold to Sweden's Raymond Clark in both events.

Naval pentathlon

The Naval pentathlon is a multisport which is practiced only by military athletes at the World Military Championships and Military World Games, both events organized by the international federation that governs military sport, the Conseil International du Sport Militaire.

Oxana Skaldina

She married Dmitry Svatkovsky, one of the athletes on the CIS silver medal-winning 1992 pentathlon team and the 2000 individual Olympic gold medalist in modern pentathlon.

Sally Jones

In 1976, she became a member of Oxford's first women's modern pentathlon side, which defeated Cambridge in the Varsity match at Uppingham School.


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