A pentathlete is an athlete who competes in the modern pentathlon, a multi-sport event that includes five disciplines: Fencing, swimming, equestrian show jumping, and a combined event of pistol shooting and cross-country running. The modern pentathlon was introduced at the 1912 Olympics and is designed to test a competitor's versatility, endurance, and skill across varied sports. Athletes train extensively in each discipline to excel in this challenging and diverse competition.
Igor Novikov - pentathlete - died in 2007.
Igor Novikov - pentathlete - was born in 1929.
Xiu Xiu - pentathlete - was born in 1987.
Imre Nagy - pentathlete - was born in 1933.
Jim Fox - pentathlete - was born in 1941.
László Fábián - pentathlete - was born on 1963-02-18.
Most people do not know that, before he was a US General, George S. Patton represented the USA as a pentathlete at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic games.
I was a pentathlete in the Michigan pentathlon.
That was Alex Watson who was barred for 'excessive caffeine levels'.
Modern pentathlete Boris Onishchenko of the Soviet Union was disqualified at the 1976 Summer Olympics when he was found to have a switch on the handle of his fencing épée which he could press and set off the light that turns on when the tip of the épée touches the opponent. He broke the Olympic Oath by cheating.
New Zealand joined the United States and other countries in boycotting the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. There were four New Zealand athletes, kayakers Ian Ferguson, Alan Thompson, and Geoff Walker, and modern pentathlete Brian Newth, that competed as independents under the flag of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association.
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