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MEDIA GUIDE 2012 pentathlon.org/london2012 #modpen2012 2 3 Table of Contents

Overview of ...... 6

Key Dates for Media ...... 9

Event Schedule ...... 10

Olympic Venues ...... 12

100 Year Information ...... 15

Olympic Pentathlon Facts ...... 16

Qualified Women Athletes ...... 20

Athlete Profiles - Women ...... 22

Qualified Men Athletes ...... 44

Athlete Profiles - Men ...... 46

Laser Shooting Information ...... 68

Qualification Information ...... 69

Past Olympic Champions ...... 70

Past World Champions ...... 72

2012 Results ...... 75

World Records ...... 76

Olympic Game World Records ...... 77

Current World Rankings ...... 79

World Championship Results ...... 82

Medal Statistics ...... 86

Contact Information ...... 88 4 5 Overview of Modern Pentathlon The sport was invented as the ultimate physical and mental test of an Olympic athlete by the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Baron Pierre The athletes head to the Aquatics de Courbertin, in 1912. While the sports chosen 100 years ago remain, the Centre for the second event - a 200m rules have evolved to make Modern Pentathlon even more challenging for the freestyle swim. The races are seeded, athletes and even more exciting for spectators. with the fastest swimmers competing in the final heat. All five events now take place over a single day, instead of five days, and the shooting and elements have been combined to create a thrilling climax A time of 2:30 is worth 1,000 pentathlon to the event. Points awarded to athletes in the first three events are converted points; every third of a second faster into a time handicap for the final combined event, with every four points giving or slower than this time will be worth a a one second advantage. plus or minus score of four points. So a one-second advantage over a rival So if you’re new to the sport, just remember that the first athlete to cross the in the pool would give a competitor finish line in the final combined event wins the Gold medal. a three-second head start in the combined event. At London 2012, both the men’s and women’s events will feature 36 Riding competitors. The men's Modern Pentathlon is on Saturday 11 August, with the women competing the following day for what will be the final Gold medal The final three disciplines of the of the Olympic Games. London 2012 Modern Pentathlon are being staged in Greenwich Park. The competition format is as follows: In the riding event, the athletes have to complete a course that includes 12 obstacles in a set time. To make things harder, the athletes ride unfamiliar horses that The day kicks off with fencing in the are assigned randomly. Each athlete Copper Box venue. Each athlete gets just 20 minutes and five practice fences against all his or her rivals with jumps to get to know the horse in the an electric épée in bouts that last up warm-up ring, before coming out to to a minute. Just one hit is needed compete. to win each contest. If neither fencer A clear round within the time allowed has scored a hit after 60 seconds is worth 1,200 pentathlon points. then both register a defeat so the Competitors lose 20 points for each action can get pretty frenetic in the jump they knock down, 40 points final seconds. for a refusal to jump and 60 points An athlete who wins 25 of their 35 for a fall. They also lose four points bouts will get 1,000 pentathlon for each second they are over the points, with each victory or defeat allotted time. above or below this number worth a That means knocking down a plus or minus score of 24 points. single bar will cost athletes a five- That makes every fencing victory second handicap in the combined worth a six-second head start in the event, while a fall is equivalent to a final combined event. 15-second handicap. 6 7 Combined event: running and shooting For the climax of the competition, athletes Key Dates for Media run a total distance of 3,000m, stopping to shoot at five targets before each 1,000m leg. Athletes can start running the next 1,000m leg once they’ve hit all five targets. If they still haven’t hit five targets after one minute 10 seconds they What When Time Where are allowed to continue, but any hopes of a medal will have gone. At London 2012, New Balance House laser guns are being used instead of air UIPM Media Altitude 360 pistols for the first time in an Olympics. 8th August 10:00-12:00 Hospitality Morning Millbank Tower The competitor who’s amassed the most 21-24 Millbank points in the first three events starts the combined event first, with the rest of the UIPM Press field facing a one second handicap for 9th August 11:30 Main Press Centre every four pentathlon points by which Conference they trail the leader. Media Opportunities This ensures that the first person to cross at Fencing, Swimming the finish wins the Gold medal. 6th-10th August 9:00-17:50 Brentwood School and Combined Event Training Sessions Media Opportunities at Modern Pentathlon 6th-10th August 9:00-16:45 Greenwich Park Riding Training Sessions Copper Box, Aquatics Men’s Final 11th August 8:45-15:44 Centre & Greenwich Park

Men’s Medallists 11th August 20:10 Greenwich Park Press Conference

Copper Box, Aquatics Women’s Final 12th August 8:00-18:59 Centre & Greenwich Park

Women’s Medallists 12th August 19:25 Greenwich Park Press Conference

8 9 Event Schedule

Event Men's Final Women's Final Saturday 11 August 2012 Sunday 12 August 2012

Fencing 08:45-11:42 8:00-10:57 Copper Box

Swimming 13:20-13:44 12:35-12:59 Aquatics Centre

Riding 15:56-17:44 15:11-16.59 Greenwich Park

Combined Event 18:44-19:04 17:59-18:19 Greenwich Park

Medal Ceremony 19:24-19:44 18:24-18:59 Greenwich Park

10 11 Olympic Games Venues

Swimming The swimming element will be held at the Aquatics Centre, designed by internationally acclaimed architect Zaha Hadid and built within the Olympic Park for London 2012. With room for 17,500 spectators beneath its spectacular, wave- like roof a large crowd will be on Aquatics Centre hand to watch the 200m swimming modern pentathlon event. Olympic Park London, E20 2AQ United Kingdom

Fencing The fencing element of the competition will be held at the 7,000-capacity Copper Box, built within the Olympic Park especially Copper Box for London 2012. Designed by Olympic Park Make Architects, a London-based architectural practice, the Copper London, E20 3HB Box will feature more than 3,000 United Kingdom square metres of external copper cladding, giving it a distinctive appearance and a rich natural colour. After the Games, it will be converted into a multi-sports venue for everything from international competition to community sports.

12 13 Riding & Combined 100 Years at the The riding and combined event will be held in Greenwich Park, part of the Maritime Greenwich World Olympic Games Heritage Site that also includes the Old Royal Naval College and the National Maritime Museum. Included in the 1912 Olympic Games specifically at Baron Pierre de A temporary 23,000 seater arena Greenwich Park Coubertin’s request, the Modern Pentathlon completes one hundred years of unbroken participation in the Olympic Games in London in 2012. As one of is being built in the park for the Greenwich Modern Pentathlon and Equestrian the core sports, it had the privilege of being the Games’ opening event from events. It is London’s oldest London, SE10 8QY 1912 until 1992. Since 1996, when the sport became a one day event, it has become the closing competition of each Games. In its early history, Modern Royal Park, dating back to 1433, United Kingdom Greenwich Park contains the Royal Pentathlon was dominated by Sweden who provided every individual gold Observatory, which is the home of medallist except one from 1912 until 1956 when Hungary and the Soviet Greenwich Mean Time. During the Union then became the dominant countries. running element, the athletes will In the early years of the sport, the organising committee was made up of run alongside the meridian line. representatives of the five sports within the IOC but the special demands of Modern Pentathlon soon required an independent organising body. Thus the UIPM was formed in 1948 and annual World Championships began the following year. Until 1981 the World Pierre De Coubertin Championships were exclusively for men but women had their own competition from that date forward. Since 2000, both men and women pentathletes have participated in Olympic competitions. Modern Pentathlon has constantly evolved over the century of its Olympic participation. It began as a five day competition with one event held each day. In 1993 the first one day competition took place and further modernisation of the shooting event has seen a shift from 0.22 pistols through air pistols to the laser pistol that is used today. The combined event which now joins the shooting and running skills in a single concluding finale has made the Modern Pentathlon even more exciting. Even after one hundred years of Olympic competition, Modern Pentathlon’s ability to move with the times has made it the true test of the all-round Olympic super athlete.

14 15 15. Only two pentathletes Modern Pentathlon Olympic Games Facts 14. Only four women have have ever won the Olympic title competed in every Olympic twice. (SWE) won in 1952 event so far (2000, 2004, 2008) and 1956 and Andrei Moiseev (RUS) They are Paulina Boenisz (POL), won in 2004 and 2008. Moiseev is Tatiana Muratova (RUS), Zsuzsa in line to win an unprecedented 2. Women started to Vörös (HUN) and Elena Rublevska third consecutive Olympic title in compete in the 3. The pentathlete with (LAT). Rublevska will participate London in 2012. Olympic Games in the the most Olympic medals in her fourth Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney is Pavel Lednev of the USSR. London 2012. 1. London 2012 will Olympic Games. Between 1968 and 1980 he won crown the 23rd Modern seven medals, one silver and three Pentathlon male Olympic bronze medals in the individual 13. Only one Champion and the 4th event and two gold and silver in pentathlete has competed in female Olympic the team event. five Olympics. Peter Macken Champion. (AUS) took part in the 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games. 12. Only Great Britain 4. The average age has been represented at all 22 Olympic outings 5. The youngest female of Modern Pentathlon so far. Just behind (on 21) 11. The countries with the most competitor in London 2012 Olympic Champions are: are Sweden, France, Italy Olympic medals are Sweden and is Tamera Vega (MEX) who Men 26.73 and Women 25.25 years. and USA. Hungary who each have won 21 is 19 and the oldest is Elena medals (including 9 gold). In third place 6. The youngest male Rublevska who is 36. is the with 15 medals. competitor in London 2012 However, since the break-up of the is Esteban Bustos (CHI) who Soviet empire, former members of is 19 and the oldest Rustim that union have won a further 13 Sabirkhouzine (KAZ) who medals. is 34. 9. The youngest ever 10. (USA), gold medallist was Anatoli at 39, was the oldest female 8. The oldest competitor was Carl Starostin (URS) who, at only competitor at the Olympic Games. 7. The youngest ever Paulsen (GER) who at 53 competed at 20 years old, won the 1980 In 2008 in , she was competing competitor at the Olympic Stockholm in 1912. However, since he title. in her fourth Olympic Games in her third Games was Aya Medany (EGY) dropped out after the opening shooting sport. In 1996 she was a gold medallist who was only 15 at the time of event, he didn’t have time to show his in the swimming relay and in 2000 and her debut in 2004. Aya remains remarkable ‘evidence of elasticity at that 2004 she competed in . In Bei- one of the leading pentathlon age’ mentioned in the local press of jing she won two events (swimming women at London 2012. the time. and riding) but won only 4 of her 35 bouts in the fencing.

16 17 17. Until the 1996 Olympic Games, the Modern Pentathlon had always been the first Olympic event to take place in the programme. From the advent of the One Day Event in 1996, it has changed to being the final

16. Vaho Yagorashvili Olympic event. Olympic athlete competed in Modern Pentathlon at three different Medany (EGY) Aya Olympic Games representing three 18. The two great Soviet different countries – USSR (1988), Union competitors, Igor Novikov Georgia (1996) and USA (2004). and Pavel Lednev each won the World Championship four times but neither ever achieved an individual Olympic gold medal. Youngest ever Modern Pentathlon Youngest 19. The most iconic pentathlete ever András Balczó (HUN) who has five individual World Champion 20. 1912 is the only occasion title and also won Olympic when competitors have been Gold in Münich. allowed to ride their own horses in the riding event.

18 19 Qualified Women Athletes

Name Nation Age World Ranking Name Nation Age World Ranking Chloe ESPOSITO AUS 20 11 Gintare VENCKAUSKAITE LTU 19 45 Anastasia PROKOPENKO BLR 26 8 Tamara VEGA MEX 19 58 Hanna VASILIONAK BLR 29 48 Sylvia GAWLIKOWSKA POL 29 14 Yane MARQUES BRA 28 3 Katarzyna WOJCIK POL 29 36 Melanie MCCANN CAN 22 23 Ekaterina KHURASKINA RUS 22 18 Donna VAKALIS CAN 32 33 Evdokia GRETCHICHNIKOVA RUS 29 16 Qian CHEN CHN 25 24 Victoria TERESHUK UKR 30 5 Yihua MIAO CHN 24 34 Iryna KHOKHLOVA UKR 22 31 Natalie DIANOVA CZE 23 25 Margaux ISAKSEN USA 20 44 Aya MEDANY EGY 23 29 Suzanne STETTINIUS USA 24 63 Amelie CAZE FRA 27 10 Elodie CLOUVEL FRA 23 13 Mhairi SPENCE GBR 26 2 Samantha MURRAY GBR 22 7 Lena SCHONEBORN GER 26 4 Annika SCHLEU GER 22 9 Adrienn TOTH HUN 21 21 Sarolta KOVACS HUN 21 6 Natalya COYLE IRL 21 35 Sabrina CROGNALE ITA 27 26 Claudia CESARINI ITA 26 42 Shino YAMANAKA JPN 22 150 Narumi KUROSU JPN 20 139 Soo jin YANG KOR 23 22 Elena RUBLEVSKA LAT 36 20 Laura ASADAUSKAITE LTU 28 1

20 21 22 23 Athlete Profiles: Women LTU GBR BRA GER

Laura Asadauskaite Mhairi Spence Yane Marques Lena Schöneborn Qualified at 2011 European Championships Qualified at 2012 World Championships Qualified at 2011 Pan American Championships Qualified at 2011 World Cup Final

Residence: Vilnius, Residence: Bath, Great Britain Residence: Recife, Brazil Residence: Berlin, Germany Date of birth: 28 February 1982 - Age 28 Date of birth: 31 August 1985 - Age 26 Date of birth: 7 January 1984 - Age 28 Date of birth: 11 April 1986 - Age 26 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2003 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Modern Pentathlon since: 2002 Coaches Name: Istvan Nemeth, Katie Burton, Mark Coaches Name: Alexandre França Coaches Name: Kim Raisner, Peter Deutsch, Bernd Skimming, Alex Natera, Chris McLeod and Jabenna Maslin. Uhlig, Gerhard Schröter. Coaches Name: Jevgenij Kliosov & Andrejus Profession: Military Zadneprovskis. Profession: Athlete Profession: Student (Master in International Marketing Career Highlights: Management). Profession: Vilnius Pedagogical University-Physical Career Highlights: 3rd World Cup Final 2012 Culture and Sports, Romerio University-European Union 1st World Championships 2012 2nd Pan American Championships 2011 Career Highlights: Policy Sciences. 2nd World Cup #1 2011 2nd World Military Championship 2010 & 2011 Gold medallist Beijing Olympics 2008 Career Highlights: 2nd World Cup #3 2010 1st Pan American Championships 2007 & 2010 1st World Cup Final 2010 & 2011 1st World Cup Final 2012 1st World Championships Relay 2007 1st European 6th World Championship 2010 1st European Championships 2011 3rd World Championships 2007 Championships Team 2009 2nd Junior World 2nd World Cup Final 2009 1st World Cup #1, 4, 5 2010 3rd World Championships 2009 & 2010 2nd World Championships 2009 Championships 2006 Preferred Discipline(s): Riding 3rd European Championships 2006 1st Junior World Championships 2005 Preferred Discipline(s): Combined Event Why you started the sport: I was invited to take part in Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing, Riding & Running Why you started the sport: Got introduced through Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing a Biathle competition then was introduced into Modern swimming. Why you started the sport: I was inspired to try it after Pentathlon. Why you started the sport: By accident... I was actually looking for alternative clubs to train swimming. But once I watching the 2000 Olympic Games and the success of Heroes/most influential person: Gustavo Kuerten, Interesting Story: Has a new born child with and found a club for swimming (SSF Bonn) I ended up in their the British women there. Brazilian Player. is married to Modern Pentathlon legend Andrejus Pentathlon team and have been in love with the sport ever Zadneprovskis. Heroes/most influential person: I take inspiration from What do you do the night before competitions: since. Languages Spoken: Lithuanian, Russian, Polish & many people around me. Life is to short to make all the Read and talk to my mum mistakes yourself you must learn from others. Heros/Most influential person: My parents. English Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: There is What do you do the night before competitions: I drink Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 1 What do you do the night before competitions: I about 15 of them that could do well. pack my bag and run through my competition notes, half a glass of wine. Nickname: Relatives call me Nana, it´s like “little Yane”. watch a dvd or read, then sleep. What does competing in the Olympics mean to you? It is Languages Spoken: Portuguese & English What does competing in the Olympics mean to the pinnacle of sport. It is what all the hard work for the you? It is my dream come true. Website: yanemarques.com.br past years are for. Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Twitter: @YanePentatlo What are you looking forward to most in London? The Opening Ceremony and staying in the Olympic Village. Nick Woodbridge Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 3 Nickname: Fencey Spencey- because I love fencing Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Pentathlon all and the entire squad joke about it. depends on the performance on the day. Interesting Story: Was a part of the Scottish team that Interesting Story: I enjoy catching up with friends, coffee won the silver teams medal at the 2010 Commonwealth and reading. Championships. Languages Spoken: German & English Languages Spoken: English Website: lena-schoeneborn.de Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 2 Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 4

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Viktoriya Tereshchuk Sarolta Kovács Samantha Murray Anastaysia Prokopenko Qualified at 2011 European Championships Qualified at 2011 European Championships Qualified at 2012 World Championships Qualified at 2011 European Championships

Residence: Lugansk, Ukraine Residence: Székesfehérvár, Hungary Residence: Bath, Great Britain Residence: , Minsk Date of birth: 18 February 1982 - Age 30 Date of birth: 12 March 1991 - Age 21 Date of birth: 25 September 1989 - Age 22 Date of birth: 20 September 1985 - Age 26 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1999 Modern Pentathlon since: 1999 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2009 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Coaches Name: Turobov Sergii Coaches Name: István Korponai, József Demeter, Coach’s Name: Istvan Nemeth Coach’s Name: Anatolij Tkachenko, Petr Vegera József Szloboda, Domonkos Varga. Profession: Athlete Profession: French & Politics student at University Profession: Athlete Career Highlights: Profession: Student & Athlete of Bath Career Highlights: Bronze medal in Olympic Games 2008 Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 1st World Cup #4 2012 1st World Championships 2011 2nd World Championship 2011 3rd World Championships 2012 3rd World Cup #1 2012 3rd European Championships 2011 1st World Championship Relay 2008 & 2011 3rd World Cup #4 2012 2nd World Cup #2 2011 1st European Championships 2008 1st European Champioship Relay 2010 & 2011 4th World Cup #3 2012 4th 2008 Olympic Games Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming & Running 1st Junior World Championship 2010 & 2011 1st Junior World Championships Team 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): All disciplines except swimming 1st Junior European Championship 2008, 2009 & 2011 1st Junior European Championships Team 2010 Why you started the sport: Because I love all sports, Why you started the sport: I like the diversity of the Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming & Riding 2nd World Championships Team 2010 so it’s great being able to do five in one day. 1st Budapest Indoor Championships 2010 sport and it is a way I can reach my goals. Heros/most influential person: Elena Isinbaeva. Why you started the sport: I started the sport through What does competing in the Olympics mean to parental influence. Preferred Discipline(s): Enjoys all of them Nickname: ‘The Machine’ due to my strong running you? It is the pinnacle of my career. I get to speak with Heroes/most influential person: Zsuzsanna Vörös. Why you started the sport: Tried out and different people from different sports and countries. ability and being able to chase down other athletes in the triathlon through my local swimming club. I could already last stages of the combined event What do you do the night before competitions: ride so decided to give fencing a go. I did my first pentathlon What are you looking forward to most in London? Interesting Story: I Became World Champion in 2011, Go to bed early and think about the 5 events. shortly after and haven't looked back since. Olympic medal and sunny weather after giving birth just over a year before. What does competing in the Olympics mean to Heroes/most influential person: Simone de Beauvoir, Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Languages Spoken: Ukrainian, Russian & English you? It has been a dream ever since I was growing up. Aung San Suu Kyi, Leo Tolstoy, Emily Dickinson, Joan of Laura Asadauskaite, Samantha Murray, Aleksander When I met Suzanna Vörös (2004 Olympic Champion) Arc..to name a few. Lesun & Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 5 she became my idol and I knew I wanted to be like her. What do you do the night before competitions: Interesting Story: My husband is a pentathlete called What are you looking forward to most in London? Normal things: eat, maybe read or watch TV, sleep...dream. Mikhail Prokopenko. We had our first son recently and we Being a part of the Hungarian Olympic team. are both very proud. When he delivered me to the maternity What does competing in the Olympics mean to Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: All the girls hospital he left me there in bathrobe without all prepared stuff you? Its an honour and a privilage to compete at the top as he was so excited he couldn’t think straight! can do well, but in particular Germany, Ukraine, Russia level in something that I'm passionate about. and Great Britain as they are at home. Languages Spoken: English & Russian What are you looking forward to most in London? Nickname: Saci Embracing the spirit of the competition and kicking ass! Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 8 Interesting Story: Enjoys reading and smiling. Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Languages Spoken: Hungarian & English Mhairi Spence, Nick Woodbridge and Sam Weale Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 6 Nickname: Olive; I remind my coach of Olive from Popeye and Smurray- that was just something that came about. Languages Spoken: English & French Twitter: @_samanthamurray Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 7

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Annika Schleu Amelie Cazé Chloe Esposito Elodie Clouvel Qualified through World Rankings Qualified at 2011 European Championships Qualified at 2011 Oceanian Championships Qualification through World Rankings

Residence: Berlin, Germany Residence: Paris, France Residence: Sydney, Australia Residence: Paris, France Date of birth: 3 April 1990 - Age 22 Date of birth: 18 February 1985 - Age 27 Date of birth: 19 September 1991 - Age 20 Date of Birth: 14th January 1989 - Age 23 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1997 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2005 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2008 Coaches Name: Thora Schwarck, Robert Trapp & Coaches Name: Cedric Maillard Coach’s Name: Daniel Esposito (father) and lazlo Petho Coaches Name: Christian Roudaut Kim Raisner. Profession: Sports School teacher (Professor EPS) Profession: Athlete Profession: Athlete Profession: Soldier in the Federal Army/ Student Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 1st World Championships 2007, 2008 & 2010 3rd 2012 World Cup #2 1st World Cup #2 2012 4th World Cup Final 2012 1st European Championships 2009 & 2010 1st 2011 Oceania Championships 3rd World Cup Final 2011 3rd World Cup #4 2011 1st World Cup #1 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): Shooting & Riding 5th World Championships 2011 1st World Championships Team 2011 1st Junior European Championships 2005 1st World Championships Team 2010 Why you started the sport: Always wanted to do 2nd World Championships Relay 2011 3rd Junior World Championships 2006 Preferred Discipline(s): Favorites disciplines are 1st European Championships Team 2010 2nd Junior World Championships 2003, 3rd in 2004 pentathlon ever since she knew her dad went to the Olympic games for pentathlon. fencing because of the fight and of course swimming 2nd Junior European Championships 2008 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing because I like the feeling of gliding. Preferred Discipline(s): Combined event What does competing in the Olympics mean to Why you started the sport: Because my parents knew you? its something so special to and hard to describe, Why you started the sport: Started the sport through Why you started the Sport: When I was 10 years old a the head coach of will be my future club. but so excited and proud to put on the green and gold! swimming, when I narrowly missed out on the 2008 friend of the family took me to a pentathlon practice I liked the Heroes/most influential person: French swimmer French Olympic swimming team. combination of five different disciplines. So I started training What are you looking forward to most in London? Virginie Dedieu and recently Maria Sharapova. The food in the village, competing, the opening and closing Heroes/Most Influential Person: Paula Radcliff, and it keeps being interesting because of the diversity of the Michael Phelps, Parents and Cédric Pla. sport. What do you do the night before competitions: ceremonys, and getting to do that all with het best friend! as she Read a book. qualified in the Australian team for shooting. What do you do the night before competitions: What do you do the night before competitions: I relax and try of get rid of my stress. Try and relax and talk to my coach about the upcoming What does competing in the Olympics mean to you? Nickname: Co Co or chlo competition. The start of a new life! Languages Spoken: English What does competing in the Olympics mean to Interesting Story: I was injured much of 2011, you? It’s my dream and I am so glad to finally do it after I What does competing in the Olympics mean to Website: chloe2012.adcu.com.au just missed out in swimming. you? A dream come true, as it is to all the athletes. which saw my ranking drop. I’m only one World Championships title behind the record and I aim to break Facebook: facebook.com/chloe2012 What are you looking forward to most in London? What are you looking forward to most in London? that in 2012. Twitter: @Chloe2012 My event, where I hope I do well. The opening ceremony and living in the Olympic village. Languages Spoken: French & English Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 11 Nickname: Elo, chouchou, la grande Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Schoneborn, Caze & Tereshuk. Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 10 Interesting Story: I enjoy shopping, watching movies, spending time with my friends. And modelling when I Interesting Story: Next to pentathlon practice and university have the time. there is not too much time for other things. But I really like to relax with a book or meet my friends. In the winter I love skiing Languages Spoken: French & English down hill and cross country. Website: elodieclouvel.fr Languages Spoken: German & English Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 13 Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 9

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Sylvia Gawlikowska Evdokia Gretchichnikova Ekaterina Khuraskina Elena Rublevska Qualified though World Rankings Qualified though World Rankings Qualified at 2011 European Championships Qualified at 2011 European Championships

Residence: Warsaw, Poland Residence: Moscow, Russia Residence: Moscow, Russia Residence: Riga, Latvia Date of birth: 25 February 1983 - Age 29 Date of birth: 9 December 1982 - Age 29 Date of birth: 21 August 1989 - Age 22 Date of birth: 23 March 1976 - Age 36 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1998 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1996 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2001 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1992 Coach’s Name: Stanislaw Pytel, Jan Zolkiewski & Coaches Name: Alexey Khaplanov & Fedotov. Coaches Name: Khaplanov Alex, Gogoleva Olga. Coaches Name: Andris Kuzmins Patrycja Masternak Profession: Student of physical culture at Profession: Student Profession: Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Profession: Master’s degree of Journalism at School of Moscow academy. Career Highlights: Master Degree. International Relations and American Studies Career Highlights: 1st World Cup #4 2011 Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 4th World Championships 2012 1st World Championships Relay 2010 3rd World Cup Final 2007 & 2011 5th World Cup Final 2012 1st World Championships Relay 2010 1st Junior European Championships 2010 1st World Military Games 2010 5th World Championships 2010 & 2011 1st European Championships 2007 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing & Combined Event 3rd World Championships 2000 & 2005 1st World Championships 2010 Mixed Relay & 3rd in 4th World Championships 2009 2nd Olympic Games 2004 Why you started the sport: Because I love sport, so Women’s Relay 1st World Cup #2 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing 17th Beijing Olympic Games 2008 1st World Championships Team 2005 why not do 5! 1st World Championships 2010 Mixed Relay & 3rd in 1st European Championships Team 2004, 2005 Heroes/most influential person: Why you started the Sport: Mother recommended Women’s Relay 1st Junior World Championships 2002 Usain Bolt. it to her. 6th Olympic Games 2004 1st Junior European Championships 2003 What do you do the night before competitions: Heros/most influential person: Suvorov. 4th World Championships 2004 Preferred Discipline(s): Combined Watch a movie and eat lots of chocolate. Interesting Story: I've qualified for the 2012 London Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing Why you started the Sport: I was moved from the What does competing in the Olympics mean to Olympic Games, and if I compete I will be the only Why you started the sport: I chose modern pentathlon swimming to Modern Pentathlon you? It’s going to be the biggest event of my life. women to compete in all 4 women’s Olympic events because so big variety of this discipline was very (2000, 2004, 2008 & 2012). What do you do the night before competitions: What are you looking forward to most in London? interesting and attractive for me. Reading & sleeping. Everything from arriving until leaving. Languages Spoken: Latvian, Russian What does competing in the Olympics mean to & English What does competing in the Olympics mean to Interesting Story: Finished music school, enjoys you? An opportunity to test myself at the highest you? It means everything, it is going to be such a good skiing, reading and embroidery. Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 20 possible level. experiance. Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: What are you looking forward to most in London? Nickname: Ducia Schoneborn and Caze. Meeting my expectations. Languages Spoken: Russian & English Languages Spoken: Russian & English Languages Spoken: Polish, English & Russian Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 16 Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 18 Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 14

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Adrienn Toth Soo Jin Yang Melanie McCann Chen Qian Qualified at 2011 European Championships Qualified at 2111 Asian Championships Qualified through 2011 Qualified at 2011 Asian Championships

Residence: Budapest, Hungary Residence: Chuncheon, Korea Residence: Ottawa, ON (training), Mount Carmel, ON Residence: Suzhou City, Date of birth: 24 November 1990 - Age 21 Date of birth: 2 September 1988 Age 23 (hometown) Date of birth: 14 January 1987 - Age 25 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2004 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2006 Date of birth: 8 October 1989 - Age 22 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Coach’s Name: Kállai Ákos, Hicsák Zsolt, Bognár Coach’s Name: Nam Kyeongwook, Head coach of Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2006 Coaches Name: Wang Ke Gábor, Balaska Zsolt team Korea Coach’s Name: John Hawes Profession: College Student Profession: Student Profession: Pentathlete belong to Korea Land and Profession: Athlete Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Housing Corporation Career Highlights: 2nd World Senior Championships 2012 1st World Championships Relay 2008, 2011 Career Highlights: 4th Pan American Games 2011 - Olympic qualifying 1st World Senior Championships 2009 1st European Championships Relay 2010, 2011 3rd place Asian Championships 2011 event 7th World Senior Championships 2007 2nd European Championships 2011 3rd place Asian Games 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing 5th Beijing Olympic Games 2008 1st Junior World Championships 2007 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing. When I win at the Preferred Discipline(s): Combined Event & Riding 1st Junior European Championships 2007 Why you started the sport: I was recruited at a high fencing event, I am more proud than those of other victories. Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing school track meet to try fencing/shooting as I was Why you started the sport: I got into the sport Why you started the sport: Actually I was a swimmer, already a competitive swimmer. because I love riding. Why you started the sport: I swam, ran and fenced in but I joined Modern Pentathlon at my high school after What do you do the night before competitions: Heroes/most influential person: Her coach Wang Ke. different clubs so I decided to do it all together. suggestion of my coach in the middle school and also Pack my bag, hang out with my teammates, watch a few What do you do the night before competitions: What do you do the night before competitions: my parents. episodes from whatever tv series I am into at that time. Think over about what is going to happen the next day. I Watch movies and listen to songs. Heroes/most influential person: Parents and What does competing in the Olympics mean to also think about the events and remember good feeling pentathlon coaches What does competing in the Olympics mean to about past competitions. you? It's the greatest honour to wear the maple leaf on you? I am trying to treat it just like any other competition. What does competing in the Olympics mean to the world's largest stage. It's achieving a life long goal What are you looking forward to most in London? you? It will be a fight against myself and a dream come true. Languages Spoken: Chinese & English The Olympic atmosphere, everyone has told me what it is like, but I want to experience it myself. I also can’t wait for the Interesting Story: Despite being small, I am a heavy What are you looking forward to most in London? Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 24 fencing, as if I go well in it, I will know that I am a good fencer!! eater, because I eat a lot to keep my fitness The athlete's village and opening ceremonies! Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Languages Spoken: Korean, English(a little) Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Lena Schoneborn, Amelie Caze and Sarolta Kovacs. Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 22 Could be anyone. Interesting Story: When I am thinking of London, I am Interesting Story: I watched the 2008 Olympics from not thinking about results, I just want to have the feeling my summer job in my Dad's office on a small 10 inch tv that I did my best in each event. I am trying to think - not sure I got a whole lot of work done that year! 2010 about where my disciplines have been the best at each I was in Vancouver to cheer on Canada as a spectator competition and try and have those feelings in London. in the stands. This year I will watch the Olympics from What does competing in the Olympics mean to the field of play. you? It was always my aim and I actually wrote it in my Nickname: Mel, Melvin book at school that I wanted to go to the Olympics. My Languages Spoken: English teacher reminded me of this the day I got selected. Twitter: @melaniejmccann Heroes/most influential person: The members of my family Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 23 Languages Spoken: Hungarian & English Facebook: facebook.com/adrienntoth24 Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 21

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Natalie Dionova Sabrina Crognale Aya Medany Iryna Khokhlova Qualified though World Rankings Qualified through World Rankings Qualified at 2011 African Championships Qualified through World Rankings

Residence: Prague, Czech Republic Residence: , Italy Residence: , Residence: Donetsk, Ukraine Date of birth: 1 January 1989 - Age 23 Date of birth: 08 August 1985 - Age 27 Date of birth: 20 November 1988 - Age 23 Date of birth: 29 January 1990 - Age 20 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2001 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1997 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1997 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2008 Coach’s Name: Jakub Kucerav Coach’s Name: Marco Quattrini Coaches Name: Walid Sayed Coaches Name: Sidorov Dmitro, Kirpulyanskyy Profession: Military officer Profession: Athlete & Police Women Profession: Teacher Assistant, logistics department, Konstantin, Mezencev Vitaliy, Paukov Aleksandr Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime. Profession: Athlete 1st European Championships Relay 2009 18th World Championships 2012 Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 1st World Championships Relay 2009 11th World Cup Final 2012 1st World Cup #3 2011 1st World Military Championship 2011 6th World Cup #1 2011 20th World Championships 2011 2nd World Championships 2008 3rd Champion of Champions 2011 12th World Cup Final 2012 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing 1st Junior World Championships 2006, 2008 & 2009 Preferred Discipline(s): All Preferred Discipline(s): Shooting 8th Beijing Olympic Games 2008 Why you started the sport: I started with swimming, 1st World Cup Final 2007 Why you started the Sport: My Parents introduced me Why you started the sport: I like the diversity of the after I know Pietro Serena, a modern pentathlon coach 1st African Championships 2007, 2008 & 2011 to it as they thought I would be good at it. five sports. and he explained to me the other modern pentathlon Heros/most influential person: My Mother. disciplines, so I loved the sport generally and I started Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing What does competing in the Olympics mean to What does competing in the Olympics mean to you? I’m glad that modern pentathlon is an Olympic with this sport. Heroes/most influential person: Her dad (Dr. Mahmoud Medany). you? It’s the biggest event in the world and a great sport and that I’m part of it. It’s a dream of many What does competing in the Olympics mean to chance to make my country proud. athletes and mine too. you? It means I have realised my goal. What does competing in the Olympics mean to you? It's my honour to compete the Olympics as an What are you looking forward to most in London? What are you looking forward to most in London? What are you looking forward to most in London? Hopefully winning an Olympic medal. I’m looking forward to all the Olympic days. I will meet Enjoy myself and make the best sport’s experience of Egyptian & it's enough that I qualified to the highest a lot of my friends there from different sports, so I hope my life. category of competition that every athletes wishes to Nickname: Ira. compete in once in their life. that all of us will do our best in London. Languages Spoken: Italian & English Languages Spoken: Ukrainian & Russian What are you looking forward to most in London? Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: There are Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 26 Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 31 a lot of names that could be in medal positions. I think To be in my top form infront of my family who are going Amelie Caze will be one of them. to watch me for the 1st time competing outside Egypt and with my brother son (Hamza) who gonna watch me Interesting story: Thanks to modern pentathlon, I met for the 1st time and he will be around 2 month old. my boyfriend, also a modern pentathlete Ondrej Polivka. Nickname: Lolo Nickname: Natali Interesting Story: Her Dad was a part of the group that Languages spoken: Czech & English won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for their work on Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 25 Climate Change. Languages Spoken: Arabic & English Website: ayamedany.com Website: ayamedany.com Facebook: facebook.com/ayamedanyofficial Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 29

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Donna Vakalis Miao Yihua Natalya Coyle Katarzyna Wójcik Qualified through World Rankings Qualified through 2011 Asian Championships Qualified through World Rankings Qualified through World Rankings

Residence: Toronto, Canada Residence: Shanghai, China Residence: Dublin, Ireland Residence: Warsaw, Poland Date of birth: 30th December 1979 - Age 32 Date of birth: 11 February 1988 - Age 24 Date of birth: 11 December 1990 - Age 21 Date of birth: 31st March 1983 - Age 29 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2006 Modern Pentathlon since: 2003 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2008 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1998 Coach’s Name: John Hawes Coach’s Name: Shen Kejian Coach’s Name: Lindsey Weedon & Marek Makay Coach’s Name: Patrycja Masternak, Stanisław Pytel, Profession: Intern Architect/PhD Candidate Profession: Student Profession: Athlete and part time student Jan Zółkiewski Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Profession: Teacher Podium finishes at Spiez 2008 and 2011; NORCECA/ 1st Asian Games 2010, 10th World Cup #4 2012 Career Highlights: Guatemala Open Champion 2012 8th World Cup #4 2010 18th World Cup #1 2012 3rd European Championships Relay 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): Run/Ride Preferred Discipline(s): Shooting & Riding 20th World Cup Final 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): Running Why you started the sport: To escape the architecture Why you started the sport: First I start swimming and Preferred Discipline(s): I used to not enjoy it but now What do you do the night before competitions: studio and improve my posture. then changed to pentathlon. fencing is one of my favorites. With 5 sports your never going to Read. get bored anyway! What do you do the night before competitions: Heroes/most influential person: Zhongrong Cao What does competing in the Olympics mean to Relax and read Why you started the sport: I started in my pony club doing you? This is a dream come true What do you do the night before competitions: tetrathlon (4 sports: running, swimming, shooting and riding). I What does competing in the Olympics mean Playing computer games. competed internationally in this and naturally progressed from What are you looking forward to most in London? to you? Ultimately succeeding at balancing fulfilling What does competing in the Olympics mean to there. Sure why not pick up a fifth sport! I would like to achieve a good result. professional/life goals with sports you? I’m very happy I can participate in the Olympics. What do you do the night before competitions: Languages Spoken: Polish What are you looking forward to most in London? Nickname: Kingfisher's feather flower, because the Prepare all my kit for the next day (with 5 sports that Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 36 Enjoying the experience together with my favourite pronunciation of my name is like this. takes awhile!!), make sure I have enough food to keep people me going throughout the day (you can never rely on the Languages Spoken: Chinese & English Interesting Story: By making the Olympic team I packed lunches in a foreign country...) and then relax as consummated a long-running serious bet between Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 34 I've done all the hard work already. myself and a dear old friend with a sense of humour. What does competing in the Olympics mean to Terms cannot be disclosed publicly. you? It's a huge honour that I'm able to compete for Languages Spoken: French/English, tiny bits of Greek Ireland in the Olympics. It's a dream come true. and Mandarin What are you looking forward to most in London? Website: www.ThisIsDonna.com Being able to compete in front of my family and friends. Also being a part of the Irish team, being in an individual Facebook: facebook.com/ThisIsNotDonna sport I never normally have team mates so I'm looking Twitter: @SportIsAllOver forward to cheering on the biggest Irish Olympic team! Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 33 Interesting Story: I was chosen to carry the Olympic flame for my college in the Torch relay when it entered Ireland. Nickname: Tal Languages Spoken: English Facebook: facebook.com/natalyacoyle Twitter: @natalyacoyle Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 35

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Claudia Cesarini Margaux Isaksen Gintare Venckauskaite Hanna Vasilionak Qualified through World Rankings Qualified at 2011 Pan American Championships Qualified through World Rankings Qualified through World Rankings

Residence: Rome, Italy Residence: Colorado Springs, USA Residence: Kaunas, Lithuania Residence: Belarus, Minsk Date of birth: 04 August 1986 - Age 26 Date of birth: 7 October 1991 - Age 20 Date of birth: 04 November 1992 - Age 19 Date of birth: 16 January 1983 - Age 29 Modern Pentathlon since: 2007 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2006 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2007 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Coach’s Name: Maurizio Andreozzi Coach’s Name: Janusz Peciak Coach’s Name: Henrikas Eismontas Coach’s Name: Yrij Berezovskij Profession: Athlete Profession: Student Profession: Student Profession: Athlete & Economist Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 15th European Championships 2011 1st Pan American Games 2011 6th Youth Olympic Games 2010 14th World Championships 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing, riding & running 1st Champion of Champions 2011 3rd Youth European Championships 2010 15th World Cup #4 2012 1st Youth A World Championships 2008 1st Youth European Championships Mixed Relay 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): Riding & Fencing Why you started the sport: When I was a child my 3rd Junior World Championships 2008 1st Youth World Championships Mixed Relay 2010 parents would like swimming for build an harmonious 2nd World Cup #1 2010 Why you started the sport: In order to achieve high body, then my swimming coach had a pentathlon club Preferred Discipline(s): Combined Event level results in sport. Preferred Discipline(s): Running and Swimming so I started modern pentathlon but at the beginning I Why you started the sport: Before the Modern What does competing in the Olympics mean to was very lazy so did not improve at a good rate. Why you started the sport: I found it to be an incredible Pentathlon I was swimmer, so I wanted to try you? Olympics is the result of a lot of hard work over What do you do the night before competitions: test of physical and mental toughness and I wanted to see something different. many years. if I could "conquer" it. I usually go to bed early because during the night I can't What does competing in the Olympics mean to What are you looking forward to most in London? sleep very well. Heroes/most influential person:It always has been, you? My dream come true To improve my results from Beijing. and remains, Janusz Peciak. What does competing in the Olympics mean to What are you looking forward to most in London? Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: you? It means that my dream has come true. What do you do the night before competitions: I expect to get more experience and I hope to have Schoneborn, Khuraskina, Asauduskaite, Prokopenko, What are you looking forward to most in London? Laugh. As much as possible. Watch a movie, read, or catch successful competition. Tereschuk, Lesun, Moiseev, Meliakh up with my good friends. Try not to think about competing. Make the best sport experience of my life Interesting Story: I currently hold the shooting World Languages Spoken: Russian, Belarussian, Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Elodie What does competing in the Olympics mean to you? Record and I’m one of only 2 Modern Pentathletes in English (little) Clouvel and Chloe Esposito It's an honour. I am representing my country, my family, history (Tamara Vega being the other) to compete in both and myself. the Youth Olympic Games and Olympic Games. Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 48 Interesting Story: I love shopping and before a competition I usually buy nice clothes What are you looking forward to most in London? Nickname: Ginta Of course I am looking forward to Opening and Closing Languages Spoken: Lithuanian & English Nickname: Clo Ceremonies, but I am actually VERY excited to compete. Languages Spoken: Italian, English and Spanish All the athletes have been working tirelessly for years for Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 45 this one day. Now it's time to show the world. Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 42 Nickname: Mango, it just stuck. Also, Gar-Moe-The Great Given to her by her Grandfather when she was just a little girl. Languages Spoken: English Interesting Story: Competed in the Beijing Olympic Games when she was only 16. Your website: margauxisaksen.com Twitter: @margauxisaksen Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 44

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Tamara Vega Suzanne Stettinius Narumi Kurosu Shino Yamanaka Qualified through 2011 Pan American Games Qualified through World Rankings Qualified through 2011 Asian Championships Qualified at 2011 Asian Championships

Residence: Mexico City, Mexico Residence: Parkton, Maryland, USA Residence: Shimotsuma City, Japan Residence: Asaka-City, Japan Date of birth: 15 March 1993 - Age 19 Date of birth: 22 January 1988 - Age 24 Date of birth: 22 October 1991 - Age 20 Date of birth: 3 August 1990 - Age 22 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2007 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2005 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2005 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2009 Coach’s Name: Sergio Escalante Coach’s Name: Thomas Bernier, Swimming: Jeff Hiestand, Coach’s Name: Hideki Kurosu Coach’s Name: Saito, Hoshino, Ishikawa, Arakawa, Profession: Athlete Fencing : Bin Lu & Damien Lehfeldt & Riding: Richard Lamb Profession: Athlete Tsuyama, Takeshita, Narita Career Highlights: Profession: Student & Athlete Career Highlights: Profession: Self Defence Official 1st Youth A World Championships 2011 Career Highlights: 29th place in 2010 World Cup Final Career Highlights: 3rd Pan American Games 2011 1st NORCECA Championships 2011 5th 2011 Asian Championships 5th Asian Championships 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing Preferred Discipline(s): Riding Preferred Discipline(s): Riding Preferred Discipline(s): All Why you started the sport: I was a swimmer and then Why you started the sport: Always needed to do lots Why you started the sport: Fell in love with Modern Why you started the sport: My goal was to compete in the coach invited me to run and then fencing so I started of different sports. I grew up on the back of a horse and did Pentathlon after seeing it on TV. the Olympic Games. Tetrathlon in Pony club as a kid I enjoyed the diversity so I tried full time. What do you do the night before competitions: What are you looking forward to most in London? Pentathlon and found I loved it and was good at it. What do you do the night before competitions: Listen to my favourite music. I want to taste the atmosphere and can meet a various What do you do the night before competitions: : Eat Read and listen to music. What does competing in the Olympics mean to other sportspeople. a lot, since you don’t get much of chance during the competition What does competing in the Olympics mean to and then I try to sleep as much as possible! Margaux and I usually you? Qualifying for the Olympic has grown the sports Nickname: Shino you? Very important for my career. I am still very young put on Sex And the City to watch while we try to fall asleep! profile in Japan which was my focus from the start. Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 150 and this is a great step. What does competing in the Olympics mean to What are you looking forward to most in London? What are you looking forward to most in London? you? It is the culmination of a 7 year dream that has Enjoying the London atmosphere. Competing and enjoying the experience. dominated my life since I first tried the sport. Also Interesting Story: At the Olympic qualifiers, I beat the Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Top 15 will Its amazing that I am going to be competing in a person in front of me with meters to go to clinch my all do well. competition that I grew up watching with amazement! qualification place. Interesting Story: I was the first Youth Olympic Games What are you looking forward to most in London? Languages Spoken: Japanese athletes to qualify for the senior Olympic Games. Riding English horses, I know they have horses that can handle a difficult course so that should be fun. Also of Website: ameblo.jp/kurosu-narumi/ Nickname: Puerquto course looking forward to the day after the competition. Facebook: facebook.com/narumi.kurosu Languages Spoken: Spanish & English Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Margaux Twitter: @Narumi1022 Isaksen. She has made an incredible comeback. Facebook: Tamvega Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 139 Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 58 Interesting Story: : I have had several incidents that I thought my Pentathlon Career was over. I broke my neck in 2009, broke my collar bone and needed surgery in 2011 and just this past world cup season I pulled my hamstring at World Cup #3. But somehow with my points from the beginning of the season I squeezed into the Olympic Games. Languages Spoken: English, Little Spanish , Little French Website: suzanne.mintmeadows.com Twitter: @sstettinius Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 63

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Name Nation Age World Ranking Name Nation Age World Ranking Edward FERNON AUS 24 111 Deniss CERKOVSKIS LAT 33 27 Thomas DANIEL AUT 25 17 Justinas KINDERIS LTU 25 21 Dzmitry MELIAKH BLR 33 56 Oscar SOTO MEX 28 53 Stanislau ZHURAULIOU BLR 24 19 Lukasz KLEKOT POL 23 47 Esteban BUSTOS CHI 19 51 Szymon STASKIEVWICZ POL 25 49 Zhongrong CAO CHN 30 25 Andrei MOISEEV RUS 33 2 Guan WANG CHN 24 87 Alexander LESUN RUS 24 1 Ondrej POLIVKA CZE 24 32 Dmytro KIRPULYANSKYY UKR 27 29 David SVOBODA CZE 27 20 Pavlo TYMOSHCHENKO UKR 25 12 Yasser HEFNY EGY 23 80 Dennis BOWSHER USA 29 74 Amro EL GEZIRY EGY 25 24 Christopher PATTE FRA 22 22 Nicholas WOODBRIDGE GBR 26 9 Samuel WEALE GBR 30 15 Steffen GEBHARDT GER 31 59 Stefan KOLLNER GER 27 14 Andrei GHEORGHE GUA 24 71 Robert KASZA HUN 26 10 Adam MAROSI HUN 28 4 Nicola BENEDETTI ITA 26 8 Riccardo DE LUCA ITA 26 7 Shinichi TOMII JPN 31 187 Rustim SABIRKHOUZINE KAZ 34 31 Pavel ILIASHENKO KAZ 22 19 Jinhwa JUNG KOR 23 23 Woojin HWANG KOR 22 6

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Aleksander Lesun Andrei Moiseev Ádám Marosi Woojin Hwang Qualified at 2011 World Championships Qualified at 2011 European Championships Qualified at 2011 World Championships Qualified though World Ranking

Residence: Moscow, Russia Residence: Rostov-on-Don, Russia Residence: Budapest, Hungary Residence: Gwangju, Korea Date of birth: 01 July 1988 - Age 24 Date of Birth: 3 June 1979 - Age 33 Date of Birth: 26 July 1984 - Age 28 Date of birth: 8 May 1990 - Age 22 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2003 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1991 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1999 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2003 Coach’s Name: Alex Kaplanov, Andrei Fedotov, Coaches Name: Andrey Tropin Coaches Name: Balaska zsolt, Kovács Iván, Serfözö Coach’s Name: Nam Kyeongwook, Head coach of Andrei Makushin. Profession: Athlete Sándor, Semeczi Attila & Hicsák Zsolt team Korea Profession: Student Career Highlights: Profession: Sports Manager Profession: Student, Korea National Sport University Career Highlights: Gold medallist Beijing Olympic Games 2008 Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 1st World Championships 2012 Gold medallist Athens Olympic Games 2004 3rd World Championships 2011 2nd World Cup Final 2012 1st World Cup #2 2012 1st World Championships 2011 1st World Cup Final 2009 & 2010 1st World Championships Relay 2012 2nd World Championships 2010 & 2011 2nd World Championships 2012 1st World Cup #3 2010 1st Junior World Championships relay/team 2011 2nd World Cup Final 2011 1st European Championships 2011 1st World Championships 2009 Preferred Discipline(s): 1st World Cup #4 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming 1st Junior World Championships 2005 Fencing, I think it is a dynamic event Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing & Combined Event What do you do the night before competitions: Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming, Riding Why you started the sport: Coach’s suggestion Why you started the sport: I liked the variety of sports Try to sleep so I am fresh for competition. Why you started the sport: I was a swimmer, and in Heroes/most influential person: Parents and coach that Modern Pentathlon offers. What does competing in the Olympics mean to my free time I started do the other events, and eventually from the high school Heroes/most influential person: Martin Luther King Jr. you? It is the biggest competition in Modern Pentathlon. started pentathlon competition. In a short time the success came, and my coaches said I was a talent so I What do you do the night before competitions: What does competing in the Olympics mean to What are you looking forward to most in London? started full time. I try my best to do nothing. you? This is everything I have worked towards. It is a To have positive emotions. Heroes: Balczó András, Balogh Gábor. What does competing in the Olympics mean to major competition. Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Each you? I am proud that I am taking part in the Olympic What are you looking forward to most in London? athlete will be well prepared for everyone will do well. What do you do the night before competitions: Games as student. Since I am still young, this will not Relax, reading a book and listening to music Competing with all my difficent rivals. Interesting Story: Injured my leg in a car accident in only be the first Olympics but also it will be just beginning Interesting Story: Became a father earlier this year. 2009 which hampered my form and performance for 2 What does competing in the Olympics mean to to my life as pentathlete. So winning the Olympic Games together with the World years. I only started to compete at my best level in 2011. you? The biggest celebration in the world Nickname: Careless person, because I made many Championships won earlier this year and the birth of his Also looking to become the first ever Pentathlete to win 3 What are you looking forward to most in London? small mistakes child would make it a year that I will never forget. straight individual gold Olympic medals Opening ceremony and the competition. Languages Spoken: Korean Nickname: Fox Languages Spoken: Russian Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Lesun, Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 6 Languages Spoken: Belarussian, Ukrainian & Russian Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 2 Moiseev, Benedetti, Kasza and myself. Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 1 Interesting Story: He has a tatoo on his leg of his favorite rockband’s (AC/DC) guitar player, Angus Young. He thinks he is the best, when he is tired, he gives me power! Nickname: Maro Languages Spoken: Hungarian & English Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 4

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Riccardo De Luca Nicola Benedetti Nick Woodbridge Róbert Kasza Qualified at 2012 World Championships Qualified at 2012 World Championships Qualified through World Rankings Qualified at 2011 World Cup Final

Residence: Rome, Italy Residence: Rome, Italy Residence: Bath/Terlford, Great Britain Residence: Budapest, Hungary Date of birth: 22 March 1986 - Age 26 Date of birth: 26 December 1985 - Age 26 Date of birth: 13 October 1986 - Age 26 Date of birth: 4 May 1986 - Age 26 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1999 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1999 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1993 Coach’s Name: Marco Quattrini Coaches Name: Marco Quattrini Coaches Name: Phlipp Waeffler Coach’s Name: Péter Takács, Ákos Schumacher, Edit Profession: Carabiniere Profession: Athlete Profession: Athlete Cornides, Gyula Karácsony, Zsolt Balaska. Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Profession: Athlete 3rd World Cup #5 2010 1st World Cup #3 2012 1st Youth World Championships 2004 Career Highlights: 2nd Junior European Championships 2007 3rd World Championships Team 2011 3rd World Cup Final 2011 1st World Cup Final 2008 & 2011 1st Junior World Championships Relay 2007 4th World Cup Final 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming & Fencing 1st World Championships Relay 2011 1st Junior World Championships Relay 2006 2nd World Cup #3 2008 1st European Championships Relay 2011 Why you started the sport: A gradual progression and enjoyed 1st Youth A World Championships Team 2004 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming & Fencing 3rd World Championship 2011 team the multi-disciplines. Why you started the sport: Because I like the Why you started the sport: Originally it was only a handy Preferred Discipline(s): Running & Fencing What do you do the night before competitions: multidisciplinary sports. Shave down and watch an inspirational DVD such as solution for his parents to bring him to the same sport as his Why you started the sport: Always been interested Heroes/most influential person: Andrei Moiseev. Without Limits. brother used to go, but soon it became his passion and love. in sports; connections to school-related he knew the Heroes/most influential person: Balczó András who Modern Pentathlon, by Peter Serena, and from there What do you do the night before competitions: What does competing in the Olympics mean to you: Eat a lot and sleep. It's the reason I do the sport and the sport takes up is the biggest Modern Pentathlete ever. He respects him on, He constantly found in this multi discipline a strong for his modesty, intelligence and humility. interest to make it become my job. What does competing in the Olympics mean to most of my life, so making the Olympics is everything. you? Very big emotions. What are you looking forward to most in London? What do you do the night before competitions: Heroes/most influential person: Relaxing and thinking about the competition. Get into the Pietro Serena. Nickname: Nik The home support on the day of his competition, it will be like no other competition he will ever experience. competition mode. What does competing in the Olympics mean to Interesting Story: I enjoy Skiing and . What does competing in the Olympics mean to you? I'm a quiet boy, so generally after the competition I Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: World #1 Languages Spoken: Italian & English and World Champion (RUS) you? It’s a dream for me because when I was 6, this want just to relax my bondy and my mind. was my crazy thought that I could be an Olympian. Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 8 What are you looking forward to most in London? Interesting Story: Economics graduate and likes to play . What are you looking forward to most in London? A realization of a big dream. To feel good as it is a big chance for me. Most people Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Nickname: Woody never have a chance to do this. I am glad I have my Moiseev, Lesun & Marosi. Languages Spoken: English chance and I want to take it. Interesting Story: Likes to snowboard and surf when Website: Nickwoodbridge.co.uk Nickname: Fehércsocsi (fehér=white, csocsi=sweety chocolate) ever possible. because he like white chocolate and he eat a lot of sweets. Twitter: @nickwoodbridge Nickname: Rik Interesting Story: I’m a MSc Recreation student at the Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 9 Languages Spoken: Italian & English Budapest Semmelweis University Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences. Besides sport and Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 7 studies I enjoy spending time with my friends, hiking and touring around the beautiful Hungarian landscape. Languages Spoken: Hungarian & English Website: kaszarobert.hu Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 10

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Pavlo Tymoshchenko Stefan Köllner Sam Weale Thomas Daniel Qualified through World Rankings Qualified at 2012 World Championships Qualified though World Ranking Qualified through World Rankings

Residence: Kiev, Ukraine Residence: Potsdam, Germany Residence: Bath, Great Britain Residence: Wiener Neustadt, Austria Date of birth: 13 October 1986 - Age 25 Date of birth: 9 November 1984 - Age 27 Date of birth: 9 February 1982 - Age 30 Date of birth: 17 June 1985 - Age 27 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1999 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1992 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2001 Coaches Name: Tymoshchenko Iurii Coach’s Name: Jürgen Höfner Coach’s Name: Philipp Waeffler Coach’s Name: Horst stocker & Wolfgang Splitek Profession: Military of Internal Forces Profession: Sportsoldier/student Profession: Athlete Profession: Soldier and Student Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 1st World Cup #1 2011 4th World Championships 2012 2nd European Championships 2010 5th World Championships 2009 1st World Championships Relay 2011 3rd European Championships 2010 4th World Championships Relay 2009 & 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing 2nd World Cup Final 2009 1st European Championships Team 2010 4th World Cup #1 2010 Why you started the sport: 7th Beijing Olympic Games 2008 Preferred Discipline(s): Running & Fencing 10th Beijing Olympics 2008 3rd Junior European Championships 2002 I liked the variety in the sport. Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing & Riding Why you started the sport: I started with this sport, Preferred Discipline(s): Running What does competing in the Olympics mean to Why you started the sport: His father was a former because it has alot of variety. you? It was one of my biggest goal to take part in Olympics. Pentathlete, so he has liked this sport since childhood. Heroes/most influential person: What does competing in the Olympics mean to you? It means everything. After 2008 I thought about What are you looking forward to most in London? Heroes/most influential person: My parents. The Olympic spirit. Pavel Lednyov & Balczó András. quitting the sport, but decided to keep on competing What does competing in the Olympics mean to with the dream of competing in a home games. Nickname: Tom Interesting Story: Enjoys photography and studying you? It´s what I`ve been working for for years. That´s why at University. it means a lot to me. What are you looking forward to most in London? Interesting Story: Only started the sport at 16 and did Seeing all the union jacks in the huge crowd. not know anything about Pentathlon before then. Languages Spoken: Ukrainian, Russian & English What are you looking forward to most in London? The atmosphere at the Olympics. Interesting Story: I hold a degree in Sports Technology Languages Spoken: German, Spanish & English Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 12 from University of Bath. Starred alongside actress Rita Website: www.fuenfkampf.at Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Tushingham and dancer Lorena Randi in Daria Martins I´m sure there will be three athletes on the podium. 2005 film Loneliness and the Modern Pentathlon. My Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 17 Languages Spoken: German, English & Russian identical twin, Chris, is goalkeeper with Championship side Leicester City. Website: http://stefan-koellner.de.vu/ Languages Spoken: English Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 14 Website: www.samweale.com Twitter: @samweale Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 15

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Pavel Iliashenko Stanislau Zhurauliou David Svoboda Justinas Kinderis Qualified though World Ranking Qualified though World Ranking Qualified through World Rankings Qualified through World Rankings

Residence: Astana, Kazakhstan Residence: Gomel, Belarus Residence: Prague, Czech Republic Residence: Vilnius, Lithuania Date of birth: 23 June 1990 - Age 22 Date of birth: 14th April 1988 - Age 24 Date of birth: 19 March 1985 - Age 27 Date of birth: 24 May 1987 - Age 25 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2001 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Coach’s Name: Vadim Chudnovskiy Coach’s Name: Vasili Gulevich, Viktor Scherbakov, Coaches Name: Jakub Kucera Coach’s Name: Jurijus Moskviciosvas Sergei Bliaskinwith Profession: Student Profession: Military Officer Profession: Lawyer Profession: Fireman Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 2nd Junior World Championships 2011 Career Highlights: 1st World Cup #3 2011 3rd World Championships 2010 4th World Cup #4 2012 2nd World Cup #4 2012 1st Kremlin Cup 2011 2nd World Cup #2 2010 3rd European Championship relay 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing & Running 1st European Championships 2010 3rd World Cup #2 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): All 2nd World Championships 2008 & 2009 Preferred Discipline(s): Combined Event Why you started the sport: Wanted to be a strong and 1st Junior World Championships 2006 healthy man Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Why you started the sport: Because I love the sport. I Myself, Andrei Moiseev & Aleksander Lesun Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing What do you do the night before competitions: did not do much sport when I was a kid, and when once Get an early night Languages Spoken: Belarussian, Italian, Russian Hero’s/Most influential person: Jan Železný (javelin I started I couldn’t stop. throw), Roman Šebrle (), Ondrej Synek (), Libor What do you do the night before competitions: What are you looking forward to most in London? Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 19 Capalini (modern pentathlon), influential people: my two brothers. Excitied for his first Olympiad Normally day before competition I just run 20min and try What do you do the night before competitions: not to think too much about the competition. Interesting Story: I started the sport by accident, after I Usually I'm sleeping only a few hours, I'm watching What does competing in the Olympics mean to rode a horse when I was 12 and fell in love with it. movies, drinking beer (but max one or two) you? Its means a lot of for me because its my first Languages Spoken: Russian What does competing in the Olympics mean to olympics and qualifying is not easy. you? It's opportunity to perform myself in front of wider public, Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 18 What are you looking forward to most in London? chance to meet some interesting or well known sportsmen from I will not be in opening ceremony so I hope closing another sport branches, and also it's the chance to fulfill my ceremony will be good! sport dreams and enjoy the participation at the most significant sport event on the world. Nickname: Justas What are you looking forward to most in London? Interesting Story: Loves playing beach in his A lot of spectators, many of my friends, family watching spare time. my competition, posibility to watch some of others Languages Spoken: Lithuanian, Russian & English competitions (specialy athletics), and also I expect great olympic atmosphere there. Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 21 Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Me, both the Russians, Hungarians and British boys Nickname: Dave, and also " bandanna boy" (because of my bandanna, which I use during fencing. Interesting Story: I have an identical twin brother that recently completed the Hawaii Iron Man. I also enjoy sky and would love to become an instructor. Languages Spoken: Czech & English Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 20

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Christopher Patte Jinhwa Jung Amro El Geziry Zhongrong Cao Qualified though World Ranking Qualified at 2011 Asian Championships Qualified though World Ranking Qualified at 2011 Asian Championships

Residence: Paris, France Residence: Ulsan, Korea Residence: Cairo ,Egypt Residence: Shanghai, China Date of birth: 29 March 1990 - Age 22 Date of birth: 25 May 1989 - Age 23 Date of birth: 29 November 1986 - Age 25 Date of birth: 3 November 1981 - Age 30 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2005 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2003 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1998 Coach’s Name: Jean-Pierre Guyomarch & Coaches Name: Nam Kyeongwook, Head coach of Coach’s Name: Janusz Peciak Coaches Name: Shen Kejian Cedric Maillard team Korea Profession: Doctor Profession: Coach Profession: Sport Teacher Profession: Student / Korea National Sport University Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 3rd World Championships Relay 2009 3rd World Cup Final 2012 3rd World Cup #4 2012 3rd World Championships 2012 5th World Cup #2 2009 4th World Championships 2010 3rd World Cup #4 2009 3rd Asian Championships 2011 7th World Cup Final 2009 1st Asian Games 2010 4th World Cup Final 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming 10th World Cup Final 2012 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing & Riding 2nd Junior World Championships 2009 12th World Championships 2012 Why you started the sport: It's an exceptional sport Why you started the sport: Because I like fencing and Preferred Discipline(s): Riding, I think I am good at Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing Swimming & Riding swimming. What does competing in the Olympics mean to riding and I feel less nerves than other events. you? It is the result of all my hard work. Why you started the sport: Because it’s so different, Heroes/most influential person: Roberto Baggio Why you started the sport: First, I was interested in interesting and difficult. In addition I followed the steps (Italian Footballer). What are you looking forward to most in London? sport but he actually preferred to study. But eventually of my older brother Emad who is a former pentathlete My family being able to watch me. went back to where my talent was… sport. (participated in Sydney 2000 Olympic Games). What do you do the night before competitions: Play video games and watch the news on TV. Nickname: Chris & Nanin What do you do the night before competitions: I try What do you do the night before competitions: Languages Spoken: French, English & Italian to think good memories from the past and also good Watch a movie. What does competing in the Olympics mean to things to be happened in the future which help me a lot you? The top level competition. I’m very happy I can Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 22 What does competing in the Olympics mean to to be easy. participate in the Olympics for the second time. you? It means a lot to me, its a dream. This will be my What does competing in the Olympics mean to second Olympic Games and i’m so excited about it What are you looking forward to most in London? you? The Olympic game is the most honourable and want to do better than Beijing. This will be a hude Producing a better result than 2008. competition to sportsmen so that it will be an honour to challenge, but one I am ready for. Nickname: Uncle Cao, because he is the oldest in the my family regardless how i perform. What are you looking forward to most in London? Chinese Team. Heroes/most influential person: My parents and my I'm looking forward to do my best and enjoy it and of Interesting Story: I want to have one field and try as a girl friend who is also a pentathlete. course hopefully getting a medal. farmer. Sowing in spring and harvesting in autumn. Nickname: Black Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Languages Spoken: Chinese & English Andrei Moiseev & Adam Marosi. Interesting Story: Interested in fashion so I enjoy Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 25 the internet to buy some stylish clothes. I’m also Interesting Story: I have a brother Emad who studying English at night after training which is very hard. competed in the Sydney Olympic Games and I’ve Languages Spoken: Korean another brother Omar who also competes on the international Pentathlon circuit. Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 23 Languages Spoken: Arabic & English. Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 24

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Dennis Cerkovskis Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy Rustim Sabirkhouzine Ondrej Polívka Qualified at 2011 European Championships Qualified at 2011 European Championships Qualified at 2011 Asian Championships Qualified at 2011 European Championships

Residence: Riga, Latvia Residence: Donetsk, Ukraine Residence: Kazakhstan Residence: Prague, Czech Republic Date of birth: 2 November 1978 - Age 33 Date of birth: 02 June 1985 - Age 27 Date of birth: 4th January 1978 - Age 34 Date of birth: 17 March 1988 - Age 24 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1992 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1995 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1986 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2001 Coach’s Name: Mihails Jefremenko Coaches Name: Kirpulyanskyy Konstantin, Mezencev Coach’s Name: Vadim Chudnovskii Coach’s Name: Jakub Kucera Profession: Military Sport Instructor Vitaliy, Paukov Aleksandr. Profession: Athlete Profession: Military Officer Career Highlights: Profession: Doctor Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 4th Olympic Games 2004 Career Highlights: 1st World Cup Final 2003 2nd World Cup #3 2010 5th World Championships 2004 3rd European Championships 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): All 1st European Championships 2009 2nd World Military Games 2004 1st World Championships Mixed Relay 2nd World Cup Final 2008 2nd European Championships 2005 6th World Championships 2010 Why you started the sport: To get a taste of 5 different 1st World Cup #3 2008 1st World Cup #3 2009 6th World Cup Final 2010 events instead of 1. 1st Junior World Championships 2007 4th World Cup #3 2012 2nd World Cup #2 2008 What are you looking forward to most in London? Preferred Discipline(s): Shooting 9th Beijing Olympic Games 2008 Achieving good results. Preferred Discipline(s): All 5 Why you started the sport: Was bored with only Why you started the sport: Latvian invited Preferred Discipline(s): All Nickname: Rust doing swimming. me to come train so I decided to give it a try... Why you started the sport: Followed in the footsteps Languages Spoken: Russian What does competing in the Olympics mean to of my father. Heroes/most influential person: Valdis Dombrovskis Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 31 you? When I was younger, it was my dream, so I'm glad (Prime Minister of Latvia) Interesting Story: Enjoys reading and listening to to have the opportunity to participate in the Olympic What does competing in the Olympics mean music. His brother Pavel is also a top Pentathlete. Games. to you? The Olympics is the pinnacle of Modern Heroes/most influential person: Parents What are you looking forward to most in London? Pentathlon. What does competing in the Olympics mean to I'm looking forward to meeting other athletes and all the What are you looking forward to most in London? you? The biggest competition of the season and a good ambience of the Olympic Games. A good performance. opportunity to glorify my country. Interesting Story: My girlfiend is fellow Pentathlete Interesting Story: This will be my 4th Olympic games What are you looking forward to most in London? Natalie Dionova. and this year I celebrated 20 years since I started Winning a medal. Nickname: Poliv Modern Pentathlon Nickname: Dima Languages Spoken: Czech & English Languages Spoken: Latvian, Russian, English & Italian Languages Spoken: Ukrainian, Russian & English Website: www.ondrejpolivka.cz Website: www.pieccina.lv Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 29 Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 32 Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 27

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Lukasz Klekot Szymon Staskiewicz Esteban Bustos Oscar Soto Qualified at 2011 European Championships Qualified at the 2011 European Championships Qualified at 2011 Pan American Games Qualified at 2011 Pan American Games

Residence: Drzonków, Poland Residence: Drzonków, Poland Residence: Santiago, Chile Residence: Mexico City, Mexico Date of birth: 13 May 1989 - Age 23 Date of birth: 3 January 1987 - Age 25 Date of birth: 17 December 1992 - Age 19 Date of birth: 6 September 1983 - Age 28 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2006 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2005 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Coach’s Name: Jarosław Czorniczek, Piotr Coach’s Name: Stanisław Pytel Coach’s Name: Gerardo Cortes Coach’s Name: Gabriel Gil Marín Maciaszczyk, Stanisław Pytel Profession: Athlete, Mechanical Engineer Profession: Student Profession: Athlete Profession: Athlete Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 1st Youth A European Championships 3rd Pan American Games 2011 1st Pan American Games 2011 1st Junior Poland Championships 2010 2nd European Championships Relay 2010 & 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): Running 1st Central American Games 2006 & 2010 1st Senior Poland Championships 2010 & 2011 1st Polish National Championships 2008 & 2012 8th Beijing Olympics 2008 2nd European Championships Relay 2011 Why you started the sport: Because my brother Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing Cristian practiced Modern Pentathlon and our Preferred Discipline(s): Combined Event Preferred Discipline(s): All Heroes/most influential person: Jean Paul II Coach Gerardo Cortes showed it to me and I loved it Why you started the sport: My first coach was a Heroes/most influential person: Peja, Cejrowski What are you looking forward to most in London? immediately. pentathlete many years ago. What do you do the night before competitions: The big emotions and high level competition. What do you do the night before competitions: Heroes/most influential person: I rest and relax. (example I watch a film or read a book) Interesting Story: I started the sport by accident, after I I take a long shower and I see my favorite TV serie My brother Cesar Soto Carrillo. What does competing in the Olympics mean to rode a horse when I was 12 and fell in love with it. “Espiritu de lucha”. What do you do the night before competitions: you? Prestige and honour Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: What does competing in the Olympics mean to Read, write, talk with mom. What are you looking forward to most in London? Andrei Moiseev you? To me it´s a dream realized since I was a kid. Like What does competing in the Olympics mean to Great performance and Olympics closing ceremony everyone else I have always wanted to go to the Olympic you? Best day of my life. Interesting Story: I met all my best friends in pentathlon. Games. Nickname: Bocian (in English:stork) I have three older brothers, two of them are firefighters What are you looking forward to most in London? and one is a skydive instructor - I am very proud of them What are you looking forward to most in London? To improve the result l got in Beijing Olympics. Interesting Story: When I was a kid and I trained Competing well and representing my country. swimming, many times I sleepwalked. Once at 3 o’clock and doing my best to make them proud of me. Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Myself. am. I left home and I went to the swimming pool to train. Languages Spoken: Russian & English Interesting Story: My brother Cristian competed for Chile at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Languages Spoken: Spanish & English Fortunately my mother stopped me. Of course in the Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 49 morning I remembered nothing. What is more, many times Nickname: Penta, Speedy Gonzales & Estefan Interesting Story: Took piano lessons for 7 years, won I woke up in the place, where I hadn’t gone to sleep. a national finances contest and is a Sergeant, after being Languages Spoken: Spanish & English involved in the army for 4 years. Languages Spoken: Polish, English Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 51 Facebook: facebook.com/Oscar-Soto-Carrillo- Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 47 Admiradores Twitter: @Sotopenta Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 53

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Dzmitry Meliakh Steffen Gebhardt Andrei Gheorghe Dennis Bowsher Qualified at 2011 European Championships Qualified at 2011 European Championships Qualified at 2011 Pan American Games Qualified at the 2011 Pan American Games

Residence: Minsk, Belarus Residence: Berlin, Germany Residence: Guatemala Residence: Colorado Springs, USA Date of birth: 3 July 1979 - Age 33 Date of birth: 22 July 1981 - Age 31 Date of birth: 14 September 1987 - Age 24 Date of birth: 7 April 1983 - Age 29 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1998 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1999 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2003 Coach’s Name: Valentin Rogov Coach’s Name: Jens Kleinert; Kersten Palmer, Coach’s Name: Marian Viorel Gheorghe Coach’s Name: Janusz Peciak Kim Raisner Profession: Athlete Profession: Civil Engineer Student Profession: Army Profession: Athlete Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 5th 2004 Olympic Games Career Highlights: 1st Pan American Games 2010 4 times National Champion 12th 2008 Olympic Games 3rd World Cup #2 2008 2nd Pan American Games 2011 2nd World Cup #5 2007 3rd World Cup #3 2003 4th 2011 Pan American Championships Preferred Discipline(s): All 5 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing, Riding and Shooting Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming Why you started the sport: A lot of reasons Why you started the sport: Started in 2000 just as a What does competing in the Olympics mean to Why you started the sport: Started through swimming hobby then fell in love with it. Why you started the sport: To fulfil my Olympic dream. and a coach asked if I wanted to come and try Pentathlon. you? An opportunity to show good result What do you do the night before competitions: What does competing in the Olympics mean to What are you looking forward to most in London? Interesting Story: This will be my 3rd Olympic Games Try to rest and prepare all of my equipment for the you? It’ll be a great honour to represent team USA in Good weather and I am currently dating fellow Pentathlete Eva competition. London. Troutmann. Interesting Story: This will be my 3rd Olympic Games. What does competing in the Olympics mean What are you looking forward to most in London? Languages Spoken: German & English to you? It’s a dream come true, and it will be a nice Hopefully getting to see fellow Americans compete. Languages Spoken: Russian & Belarussian Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 59 experience for me. Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 56 What are you looking forward to most in London? South Korea have a good chance to do well. This is my first participation in the Olympic Games so I just Interesting Story: I can solve a rubix cube want to enjoy the competition as much as possible and not stress out about the result. Languages Spoken: English Interesting Story: : My father, Marian Gheorghe finished Facebook: a respectable 7th at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics where facebook.com/DennisBowsherModernPetnathlon he represented Romania. I was too born in Romania, but Twitter: @DennisBowsher moved to Guatemala when I was 13, currently studying Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 74 Engineering and is now a true, proud Guatemalan. Nickname: Andu, Canche & Rumano Languages Spoken: Spanish, English and Romanian Twitter: @andreidan87 Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 71

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Yasser Hefny Wang Guan Edward Fernon Shinichi Tomi Qualified at 2011 African Championships Qualified at 2011 Asian Championships. Qualified at 2011 Oceanian Championships Qualified at 2011 Asian Championships

Date of birth: 8 February 1989 - Age 23 Residence: Guangdong, China Residence: Sydney, Australia Residence: Oka Asaka-city, Japan Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Date of birth: 16 February 1987 - Age 25 Date of birth: 6 February 1988 - Age 24 Date of birth: 1 September 1980 - Age 31 Coach’s Name: Sherif el Eryan & Awad Samy Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2007 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2004 Profession: Athelete Coach’s Name: Miao Kai Coach’s Name: Bill Ronald Coach’s Name: Saito Hiroshi Career Highlights: Profession: Athlete Profession: Student (Masters of Commerce at Profession: Self Defence Officer 1st Youth A World Championships 2007 Career Highlights: Sydney University) Career Highlights: Preferred Discipline(s): Running & Fencing 4th Asian Games 2010 Career Highlights: 4th Asian Championships 2011 Why you started the sport: It’s very interesting, and it’s Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing & Shooting Qualifying for Olympic Games at Asia & Preferred Discipline(s): All not boring. Much better than doing just one sport. Oceania Olympic Qualification. Why you started the sport: Wanted to be a strong and Why you started the sport: I wanted to become an What do you do the night before competitions: healthy man Preferred Discipline(s): Running & Riding Olympian Just trying to be normal and calm and ask god to make What do you do the night before competitions: Why you started the sport: Personal challenge. What do you do the night before competitions: me able to compete well. Playing games or watching videos on the computer. What do you do the night before competitions: Call my wife and my child. What does competing in the Olympics mean to What are you looking forward to most in London? Watch a movie & relax. What does competing in the Olympics mean to you? One of my biggest dream come true. It’s a party, a big party. What does competing in the Olympics mean to you? It was a dream, and it was an aim. What are you looking forward to most in London? Interesting Story: I started the sport by accident, after I you? Great sense of achievement and a tremendous Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Doing my best, I don't care in which position I’m going rode a horse when I was 12 and fell in love with it. opportunity to represent my country at the highest level Andrei Moiseev. to be, the most important for me to go beyond my limits. Nickname: My name in Chinese is means crown What are you looking forward to most in London? Nickname: Tommy Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: I am really looking forward to the opening & closing Amro El Gezery Languages Spoken: Chinese, Cantonese and a ceremonies. Languages Spoken: Japanese little English Interesting Story: When I was young I used to jump Pentathlete you tip to do well in London: Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 187 the fencing obsticles in the wrong direction. This is why I Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 87 Benedetti & Marosi could never get good positions! Nickname: Bruce Languages Spoken: Arabic & English Languages Spoken: English Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 80 Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 111

64 65 2008 Olympic Champion: Moiseev (RUS) Andrei 66 67 Laser Shooting Qualification

London 2012 will see laser shooting’s Olympic Why the change to laser shooting? debut. Laser shooting is in its second year, after Information •  Increased safety makes the sport more accessible the successful implementation in 2011, and at the to the masses. Now literally everyone can practice 2010 Youth Olympic Games. the sport from toddlers up! The new laser shooting technology has been • Reduction of lead pellets which leads to tons of How did the 72 Athletes Qualify? developed to perfectly replicate an athlete dangerous lead pollution, which is harmful to both shooting with the traditional air pellet pistol, to athletes and the environment. So, how did the 36 athletes of each gender who will compete at the 2012 London Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon event qualify? Here is the basic version: stay coherent with the rules. Right down to the • Cheaper solutions to build shooting ranges, which laser staying in the barrel for 10ms, as this is as can now be transparent to allow better viewing of • A maximum of two athletes of each gender from any one country can compete in the Olympic Games. long it takes for a pellet to leave the pistol. the action. • If more than two athletes from a country qualify then the National Olympic Committee (NOC) from that An athlete can change their air pellet pistol to a • Media and spectators have the ability to get closer country chose which 2 athletes will compete. laser shooting pistol in a matter of seconds by to the action as safety concerns are abolished. • The qualifying period lasted for about a year and ended on 31 May 2012. Athletes reached the simply changing their barrel to an environmentally • Ability to continually improve and develop the qualifying standard by gaining one of the quota places available at one of the qualifying competitions. friendly laser barrel. technology for more interaction for the spectators These were the 2011 World Cup Final, 2011 World Championships, 2011 Continental Championships London 2012 will use Simpower Precision Laser and media. and the 2012 World Championships. Targets (PLT) which will give athletes real time • Enhanced capabilities for television data displays. • Different competitions attract different numbers of quota places. feedback of where each shot has gone on a • Increased level of shooting data can be produced. personal laptop next to them. • Once all the quota places have been allocated the remaining qualifying places are allocated from the • Head on pictures of athletes are now a possibility. World Ranking list as at 1st June 2012. • Events can now be organised anywhere, even in a • Where a country has more than 2 athletes who qualify or when the same athlete has qualified several busy city centre as we saw at the 2011 Champion times, then the places are reallocated to the next placed athletes on the ranking list, unless the of Champions. qualification standard was set at the continental championships and in that case the place goes to the next athlete/NOC at the respective continental championship. • The host nation has the right to qualify one place per gender if no-one qualifies through the other routes.

68 69 Past Olympic Champions

1912 Stockholm SWE 1920 Antwerp BEL 1980 Moscow USR 1984 Los Angeles BEL Men Men Men Men 1 LILLIEHÖÖK Gösta SWE 1 DYRSSEN Gustaf SWE 1 STAROSTIN Anatoli USR 1 MASALA Danielle ITA 2 ÅSBRINK Gösta SWE 2 DE LAVAL Erik SWE 2 SZOMBATHELYI Tamas HUN 2 RASMUSON Svante SWR 3 DE LAVAL Georg SWE 3 RUNÖ Gösta SWE 3 LEDNYOV Pavel USR 3 MASSULLO Carlo ITA

1924 Paris FRA 1928 Amsterdam NED 1988 Seoul KOR 1992 Barcelona ESP Men Men Men Men 1 LINDMAN Bo SWE 1 THOFELT Sven SWE 1 MARTINEK Janos HUN 1 SKRZYPASZEK Arkadiusz POL 2 DYRSSEN Gustaf SWE 2 LINDMAN Bo SWE 2 MASSULLO Carlo ITA 2 MIZSÉR Attila HUN 3 UGGLA Bertin SWE 3 KAHL Helmit GER 3 IAGORASHVILI Vakhtang USR 3 ZENOVKA Eduard EUN

1932 Los Angeles USA 1936 Berlin USA 1996 Atlanta USA Men Men Men Women made 1 OXENSTIERNA Johan SWE 1 HANDRICK Gotthard GER 1 PARYGIN Alexander KAZ 2 LINDMAN Bo SWE 2 LEONARD Charles USA 2 ZENOVKA Eduard RUS their debut at 3 MAYO Richard USA 3 ABBA Silvano ITA 3 MARTINEK Janos HUN Sydney 2000

1948 London GBR 1952 Helsinki FIN 2000 Sydney AUS Men Men Men Women 1 GRUT William SWE 1 HALL Lars SWE 1 SVATKOVSKI Dmitry RUS 1 COOK Stephanie GBR 2 MOORE George USA 2 BENEDEK Gabor HUN 2 BALOGH Gabor HUN 2 DE RIEL Emily USA 3 GÄRDIN Gösta SWE 3 SZONDY Istvan HUN 3 DOVGAL Pavel BLR 3 ALLENBY Kate GBR

1956 Melbourne AUS 1960 Rome ITA 2004 Athens GRE Men Men Men Women 1 HALL Lars SWE 1 NÉMETH Ferenc HUN 1 MOISEEV Andrei RUS 1 VOROS Zsuzsanna HUN 2 MANNONEN Olavi FIN 2 NAGY Imre HUN 2 ZADNEPROVSKIS Andrejus LTU 2 RUBLEVSKA Elena LAT 3 KORHONEN Väinö FIN 3 BECK Robert USA 3 CAPALINI Libor CZE 3 HARLAND Georgina GBR

1964 Tokyo JPN 1968 Mexico City JPN 2008 Beijing CHN Men Men Men Women 1 TÖRÖK Ferenc HUN 1 FERM Björn SWE 1 MOISEEV Andrei RUS 1 SCHONEBORN Lena GER 2 NOVIKOV Igor URS 2 BALCZÓ Andras HUN 2 KRUNGOLCAS Edvinas LTU 2 FELL Heather GBR 3 MOKEYEV Albert URS 3 LEDNYOV Pavel URS 3 ZADNEPROVSKIS Andrejus LTU 3 TERESHUK Victoria UKR

1972 Munich GER 1976 Montreal CAN 2010 Singapore - Youth Olympics SIN Men Men Men Women 1 BALCZÓ Andras HUN 1 PYCIAK-PECIAK Janusz POL 1 KIM Dae Beom KOR 1 Moya Lopez Leydi Laura CUB 2 ONISHCHENKO Boris URS 2 LEDNYOV Pavel URS 2 SHUGAROV Ilya RUS 2 FOLDHAZI Zsofia HUN 3 LEDNYOV Pavel URS 3 BARTU Jan TCH 3 CAMACHO Jorge MEX 3 SPAS Anastaysia UKR

70 71 Past World Champions

2000 Pesaro ITA 2007 Berlin GER Women Men Women Men 1 SVARRE Permile DEN 1 ZADNEPROVSKIS Andrejus LTU 1 CAZE Amelie FRA 1 HORVATH Viktor HUN 2 BOENISZ Paulina POL 2 BALOGH Gabor HUN 2 VOROS Zsuzsanna HUN 2 FROLOV Ilia RUS 3 RUBLEVSKA Elena LAT 3 PAPUC Nicolae ROM 3 ASADAUSKAITE Laura LTU 3 NEMETH Róbert HUN

2001 Milfield GBR 2008 Budapest HUN Women Men Women Men 1 COOK Stephanie GBR 1 BALOGH Gabor HUN 1 CAZE Amelie FRA 1 FROLOV Ilia RUS 2 BOENISZ Paulina POL 2 HORVATH Viktor HUN 2 MEDANY Aya EGY 2 SVOBODA David CZE 3 HARLAND Georgina GBR 3 HANTOV Tzanko BUL 3 LIVINGSTON Katy GBR 3 LAPO Yahor BLR

2002 San Francisco USA 2009 London GBR Women Men Women Men 1 SIMOKA Bea HUN 1 SEDELCKY Michal CZE 1 CHEN Qian CHN 1 MAROSI Ádám HUN 2 VOROS Zsuzsanna HUN 2 JOHANSSON Erik SWE 2 ASADAUSKAITE Laura LTU 2 SVOBODA David CZE 3 HARLAND Georgina GBR 3 WALTHER Eric GER 3 SCHONEBORN Lena GER 3 KIRPULYANSKYY Dmytro UKR

2003 Pesaro ITA 2010 Chengdu CHN Women Men Women Men 1 VOROS Zsuzsanna HUN 1 WALTHER Eric GER 1 CAZE Amelie FRA 1 KARYAKIN Sergei RUS 2 VELITCHKO Olessia RUS 2 JOHANSSON Erik SWE 2 RIMSAITE Donata LTU 2 LESUN Aleksander RUS 3 ALLENBY Kate GBR 3 MICHALIK Michal CZE 3 SCHONEBORN Lena GER 3 KINDERIS Justinas LTU

2004 Moscow RUS 2011 Moscow RUS Women Men Women Men 1 VOROS Zsuzsanna HUN 1 ZADNEPROVSKIS Andrejus LTU 1 TERESHCHUK Viktoriya UKR 1 MOISEEV Andrei RUS 2 ALLENBY Kate GBR 2 LEE Choon-huan KOR 2 KOVACS Sarolta HUN 2 LESUN Aleksander RUS 3 MAZURKEVICH Tatsiana RUS 3 CAPALINI Libor CZE 3 ASADAUSKAITE Laura LTU 3 MAROSI Adam LTU

2005 Warsaw POL 2012 Rome ITA Women Men Women Men 1 CORSINI Claudia ITA 1 QIAN Zhenhua CHN 1 SPENCE Mhairi GBR 1 LESUN Aleksander RUS 2 VOROS Zsuzsanna HUN 2 TURKIN Aleksei RUS 2 CHEN Qian CHN 2 MOISEEV Andrei RUS 3 RUBLEVSKA Elena LAT 3 MOISEEV Andrei RUS 3 MURRAY Samantha GBR 3 JUNG Jinwha KOR

2006 Guatemala GUA Women Men 1 DZIADURA Marta POL 1 KRUNGOLCAS Edvinas LTU 2 TERESHUK Victoria UKR 2 HORVATH Viktor HUN 3 FAKHRY Omnia EGY 3 ZADNEPROVSKIS Andrejus LTU

72 73 2012 Results

World Cup #1 Charlotte USA Men Women 1 FROLOV Ilia RUS 1 SCHONEBORN Lena GER 2 TYMOSCHENKO Pavlo UKR 2 SPENCE Mhairi GBR 3 LESUN Aleksander RUS 3 PROKOPENKO Anastaysia BLR

World Cup #2 BRA Men Women 1 LESUN Aleksander RUS 1 CLOUVEL Elodie FRA 2 KARYAKIN Serguei RUS 2 KHURASKINA Ekaterina RUS 3 DE LUCA Riccardo ITA 3 ESPOSITO Chloe AUS

World Cup #3 Szazhalombatta HUN Men Women 1 BENEDETTI Nicola ITA 1 CAZE Amelie FRA 2 MOISEEV Andrei RUS 2 RIMSAITE Donata RUS 3 TIBOLYA Peter HUN 3 ASADAUSKAITE Laura LTU

World Cup #4 Rostov RUS Men Women 1 SHUGAROV Ilya RUS 1 PROKOPENKO Anastaysia BLR 2 ZHURAULIOU Stanislau BLR 2 TERESHUK Victoria UKR 3 PATTE Christopher FRA 3 MURRAY Samantha GBR

World Cup Final Chengdu CHN Men Women 1 FROLOV Ilia RUS 1 ASADAUSKAITE Laura LTU 2 HWANG Woojin KOR 2 FELL Heather GBR 3 CAO Zhongrong CHN 3 MARQUES Yane BRA

World Championships Rome ITA Men Women 1 LESUN Aleksander RUS 1 SPENCE Mhairi GBR 2 MOISEEV Andrei RUS 2 CHEN Qian CHN 3 JUNG Jinwha KOR 3 MURRAY Samantha GBR

74 75 World Records Modern Pentathlon Olympic Games Records MEN MEN

Discipline Record Name Event Location Date Discipline Record Name Event Location Date

UIPM World Cup #3 Szazhalom- 1096 Points Overall Score 6000 Points Nicola BENEDETTI (ITA) 12/04/2012 Fencing Cornel Vena (ROU) 1954 Olympic Games Melbourne 24/11/1954 Senior Final batta 29 Wins, 6 Defeats

1048 Points UIPM World Cup Final Swimming 1:56.00 Fencing Woojin HWANG (KOR) Chengdu 26/05/2012 Amro El Geziry (EGY) 2008 Olympic Games Beijing 21/08/2008 27 Wins, 8 Defeats Senior Final 50m Pool 1412 Points

Swimming 1:54.25 UIPM World Cup #1 Charlotte James COOKE (GBR) 08/03/2012 50m Pool 1432 Points Senior Qualification C NC WOMEN 9:41.00 World Championships Combined Riccardo DE LUCA (ITA) Rome 13/05/2012 2676 points Senior Final Discipline Record Name Event Location Date

Fastest Single UIPM World Cup #1 Charlotte 1096 Points Lena 8.1 seconds Sam SACKSEN (USA) 09/03/2012 Fencing 2008 Olympic Games Beijing 22/08/2008 Heat Shoot Senior Qualification C NC 28 Wins, 7 Defeats SCHONEBORN (GER)

Fastest Single 28,7 seconds Aleksander UIPM World Cup #1 Charlotte Swimming 2:09.00 11/03/2012 Sheila Taormina (USA) 2008 Olympic Games Beijing 22/08/2008 Heat Shoot 9.7 / 9.4 / 9.7 LESUN (RUS) Senior Final NC 50m Pool 1200 Points

WOMEN

Discipline Record Name Event Location Date

Lena S. Euro. Championships Overall Score 5600 Points Medway 28/7/2011 SCHONEBORN (GER) Senior Final

1096 Points World Championships Fencing Amelie CAZE (FRA) Rome 14/5/2012 29 Wins, 6 Defeats Senior Final

Swimming 2:06.91 Youth A W. Championships Zsofia FOLDHAZI (HUN) Cairo 2/7/2009 50m Pool 1280 Points Youth A Final

10:50.00 Victoria UIPM S. World Championships Combined Moscow 8/9/2011 2400 Points TERESHUK (UKR) Senior Final

Fastest Single Anastaysia UIPM World Cup #4 8.73 seconds Rostov 21/4/2012 Heat Shoot PROKOPENKO (BLR) Senior Final

Fastest Single 28.60 seconds Gintare UIPM World Cup Final Chengdu 26/5/2012 Heat Shoot 9.5 / 9.1 / 10.0 VENCKAUSKAITE (LTU) Senior Final

76 77 Current World Rankings Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012 Senior Men

Rank Nation Name Points Rank Nation Name Points

1 RUS LESUN, Aleksander 215 26 FRA BERROU, Jean maxence 125

2 RUS MOISEEV, Andrei 215 27 LAT CERKOVSKIS, Deniss 125

3 RUS FROLOV, Ilia 206 28 ITA PETRONI, Pierpaolo 117

4 HUN MAROSI, Adam 178 29 UKR KIRPULYANSKYY, Dmytro 115

5 RUS KARYAKIN, Serguei 176 30 BLR PROKOPENKO, Mihail 114

6 KOR HWANG, Woojin 175 31 KAZ SABIRKHOUZINE, Rustim 113

7 ITA DE LUCA, Riccardo 169 32 CZE POLIVKA, Ondrej 112

8 ITA BENEDETTI, Nicola 163 33 GBR COOKE, James 112

9 GBR WOODBRIDGE, Nicholas 159 34 FRA PRADES, Valentin 108

10 HUN KASZA, Robert 158 35 GER NOBIS, Alexander 104

11 HUN DEMETER, Bence 157 36 POL GOLIS, Remigiusz 102

12 UKR TYMOSHCHENKO, Pavlo 155 37 UKR NAKONECHNYI, Ruslan 101

13 KOR HONG, Jin-woo 149 38 MEX SANDOVAL, Alvaro 97

14 GER KOLLNER, Stefan 148 39 GER BORRMANN, Delf 97

15 GBR WEALE, Samuel 148 40 ITA FRANCESCHINI, Auro 97

16 HUN TIBOLYA, Peter 147 41 BUL DIMITROV, Blagoy 96

17 AUT DANIEL, Thomas 142 42 EGY EL GEZIRY, Omar 92

18 KAZ ILIASHENKO, Pavel 142 43 CZE MICHALIK, Michal 92

19 BLR ZHURAULIOU, Stanislau 139 44 UKR KIRPULYANSKYY, Pavlo 91

20 CZE SVOBODA, David 139 45 IRL LANIGAN-O KEEFFE, Arthur 88

21 LTU KINDERIS, Justinas 138 46 JPN NOGUCHI, Hayato 85

22 FRA PATTE, Christopher 138 47 POL KLEKOT, Lukasz 84

23 KOR JUNG, Jinhwa 138 48 FRA HOLYST, Maurin 82

24 EGY EL GEZIRY, Amro 137 49 POL STASKIEWICZ, Szymon 81

25 CHN CAO, Zhongrong 135 50 USA SACKSEN, Sam 80 78 79 Current World Rankings Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012 Senior Women

Rank Nation Name Points Rank Nation Name Points

1 LTU ASADAUSKAITE, Laura 210 26 ITA CROGNALE, Sabrina 124

2 GBR SPENCE, Mhairi 191 27 GBR BURKE, Katy 123

3 BRA MARQUES, Yane 188 28 GER KOHLMANN, Janine 122

4 GER SCHONEBORN, Lena 186 29 EGY MEDANY, Aya 121

5 UKR TERESHUK, Victoria 175 30 GBR PRENTICE, Freyja 120

6 HUN KOVACS, Sarolta 171 31 UKR KHOKHLOVA, Iryna 120

7 GBR MURRAY, Samantha 169 32 BLR YELIZAROVA, Tatsiana 119

8 BLR PROKOPENKO, Anastasiya 169 33 CAN VAKALIS, Donna 115

9 GER SCHLEU, Annika 166 34 CHN MIAO, Yihua 110

10 FRA CAZE, Amelie 164 35 IRL COYLE, Natalya 110

11 AUS ESPOSITO, Chloe 163 36 POL WOJCIK, Katarzyna 105

12 GBR FELL, Heather 161 37 UKR SPAS, Anastasiya 104

13 FRA CLOUVEL, Elodie 154 38 UKR BURIAK, Ganna 104

14 POL GAWLIKOWSKA, Sylvia 148 39 FRA ARNAUD, Elfie 103

15 RUS RIMSAITE, Donata 142 40 RUS KOLEGOVA, Yuliya 101

16 RUS GRETCHICHNIKOVA, Evdokia 140 41 RUS LEBEDEVA, Svetlana 98

17 GER TRAUTMANN, Eva 138 42 ITA CESARINI, Claudia 94

18 RUS KHURASKINA, Ekaterina 138 43 ITA BONESSIO, Lavinia 93

19 HUN GYENESEI, Leila 137 44 USA ISAKSEN, Margaux 90

20 LAT RUBLEVSKA, Elena 137 45 LTU VENCKAUSKAITE, Gintare 89

21 HUN TOTH, Adrienn 134 46 POL SKARZYNSKA, Aleksandra 84

22 KOR YANG, Soo jin 133 47 GBR FRENCH, Kate 82

23 CAN MCCANN, Melanie 130 48 BLR VASILIONAK, Hanna 81

24 CHN CHEN, Qian 127 49 GUA GARZA, Marines 81

25 CZE DIANOVA, Natalie 126 50 CHN ZHANG, Ye 79 80 81 World Championship Results

Senior Men - Individual Final (Rome, Italy)

Rank Nation Name Total Rank Nation Name Total

1 RUS LESUN, Aleksander 5964 19 AUT DANIEL, Thomas 5668

2 RUS MOISEEV, Andrei 5944 20 LTU KRUNGOLCAS, Edvinas 5652

3 KOR JUNG, Jinhwa 5928 21 RUS KARYAKIN, Serguei 5644

4 GER KOLLNER, Stefan 5916 22 LTU KINDERIS, Justinas 5636

5 ITA BENEDETTI, Nicola 5912 23 GER NOBIS, Alexander 5588

6 HUN MAROSI, Adam 5888 24 CHN HAN, Jiahao 5556

7 ITA DE LUCA, Riccardo 5876 25 CZE MICHALIK, Michal 5532

8 RUS FROLOV, Ilia 5872 26 FRA BERROU, Jean maxence 5520

9 CZE SVOBODA , David 5868 27 BUL DIMITROV, Blagoy 5520

10 GBR WOODBRIDGE, Nicholas 5852 28 UKR KIRPULYANSKYY, Dmytro 5500

11 FRA PATTE, Christopher 5840 29 HUN KASZA, Robert 5492

12 EGY EL GEZIRY, Amro 5816 30 KAZ SABIRKHOUZINE, Rustim 5452

13 HUN DEMETER, Bence 5800 31 GER BORRMANN, Delf 5440

14 KAZ ILIASHENKO, Pavel 5792 32 BLR MELIAKH, Dzmitry 5404

15 KOR HWANG, Woojin 5784 33 GBR COOKE, James 5312

16 ITA PETRONI, Pierpaolo 5756 34 CHI BUSTOS, Esteban 4892

17 BLR PROKOPENKO, Mihail 5708 35 EGY EL GEZIRY, Omar 4832

18 KOR HONG, Jin-woo 5676 36 MEX HERNANDEZ USCANGA, Ismael 2696

82 83 World Championship Results

Senior Women - Individual Final (Rome, Italy)

Rank Nation Name Total Rank Nation Name Total

1 GBR SPENCE, Mhairi 5484 19 POL GAWLIKOWSKA, Sylvia 5140

2 CHN CHEN, Qian 5460 20 CHN ZHANG, Ye 5140

3 GBR MURRAY, Samantha 5452 21 LTU ASADAUSKAITE, Laura 5124

4 FRA CAZE, Amelie 5448 22 CHN MIAO, Yihua 5084

5 GER SCHONEBORN, Lena 5440 23 CZE KODEDOVA, Barbora 5072

6 BRA MARQUES, Yane 5396 24 UKR BURIAK, Ganna 5068

7 BLR PROKOPENKO, Anastasiya 5384 25 POL WOJCIK, Katarzyna 5056

8 AUS ESPOSITO, Chloe 5368 26 LTU VENCKAUSKAITE, Gintare 5000

9 HUN KOVACS, Sarolta 5364 27 UKR KHOKHLOVA, Iryna 5000

10 HUN GYENESEI, Leila 5340 28 GER KOHLMANN, Janine 4976

11 HUN TOTH, Adrienn 5316 29 RUS RIMSAITE, Donata 4916

12 EGY MEDANY, Aya 5276 30 USA KELLY, Michelle 4892

13 GER SCHLEU. Annika 5240 31 CZE DIANOVA, Natalie 4876

14 RUS KHURASKINA, Ekaterina 5204 32 CAN MCCANN, Melanie 4740

15 GBR FELL, Heather 5200 33 KOR JEONG, Mina 4212

16 GBR PRENTICE, Freyja 5180 34 RUS KOLEGOVA, Yuliya 4184

17 KOR YANG, Soo jin 5176 35 FRA CLOUVEL, Elodie 3900

18 ITA CROGNALE, Sabrina 5156 36 LAT RUBLEVSKA, Elena 1972

84 85 Medal Statistics: Men Medal Statistics: Women The Top 10 Countries statistics based on Olympic The Top 10 Countries statistics based on Olympic Games and World Championships Games and World Championships

OG Individual OG Team WCH Senior Indv. WCH Senior Team WCH Senior Relay TOTAL GRAND OG Individual WCH Senior Indv. WCH Senior Team. WCH Senior Relay TOTAL GRAND since 1912 since 1952-92 Since 1949 since 1949 since 1989 TOTAL since 1912 since 1949 Since 1949 since 1989 TOTAL Gold Silver Bron. Gold Silver Bron. Gold Silver Bron. Gold Silver Bron. Gold Silver Bron. Gold Silver Bron. Gold Silver Bron. Gold Silver Bron. Gold Silver Bron. Gold Silver Bron. Gold Silver Bron. HUN 4 6 2 4 2 2 14 14 14 18 14 6 10 1 2 50 37 26 113 POL 0 0 0 5 5 6 11 3 3 8 2 2 24 10 11 45 RUS (URS) 4 4 5 4 2 0 17 18 11 17 10 6 2 6 4 44 40 26 110 GBR 1 1 2 3 2 8 7 6 0 3 3 3 14 12 13 39 SWE 9 6 4 0 1 1 4 2 3 4 1 2 0 1 1 17 11 11 39 RUS (URS) 0 0 0 4 4 1 5 4 5 2 4 1 11 12 7 30 ITA 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 6 0 1 2 7 8 13 28 GER 1 0 0 0 2 6 2 7 4 2 3 2 5 12 12 29 POL 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 12 6 6 24 HUN 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 5 6 4 1 3 10 8 10 28 USA 0 2 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 5 2 1 1 5 8 11 24 ITA 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 6 1 4 10 6 20 CZE (TCH) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 6 3 1 0 2 2 11 11 24 FRA 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 5 4 5 14 GER (FRG+GDR) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 5 3 2 1 6 5 8 19 DEN 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 1 3 9 FIN 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 10 7 17 BLR 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 5 3 9 FRA 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 4 3 8 15 SWE 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 1 5 8 KOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 CHN 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 6 9

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