2013 MEDIA GUIDE

Table of Contents

History of ...... 2

Modern Pentathlon Competitions ...... 3

The Five Events ...... 5

2013 Rule Changes ...... 8

2013 Major Competitions ...... 9

Modern Pentathlon & Biathle Calendar ...... 10

World Championship Facts ...... 12

Athlete Profiles - Women ...... 14

Athlete Profiles - Men ...... 26

2013 Mixed Relay World Cup Series ...... 38

Laser Shooting ...... 41

Past Olympic Champions ...... 42

Past World Champions ...... 44

London 2012 Results ...... 46

2012 Senior World Championships - Individual ...... 48

2012 Junior World Championships ...... 50

2012 Youth World Championships ...... 52

2012 Senior World Championships - Relay ...... 54

2012 World Records ...... 55

Current World Rankings ...... 56

Contact Information ...... 62

1 HISTORY OF MODERN PENTATHLON MODERN PENTATHLON COMPETITIONS

The Greek Olympic Games Pentathlon Olympic Games The Pentathlon: consisting of running the length of the stadium, Long jump, From 1912 to 1980 the Olympic Modern Pentathlon competition was throwing a spear, throwing a discus and wrestling, was introduced for the held over five days with one event per day. Between 1984 and 1992, the first time at the 18th Olympiad in 708 BC and held a position of unique competition was held over four days. For the Olympic Games in importance in the Games. It was considered to be the climax, with the 1996, the competition was a one-day event. In 1998, the UIPM received winner ranked as "Victor Ludorum". Admiration for the Ancient Pentathlon approval for women to compete in the Sydney 2000 Olympics. At Sydney all was fully shared by the founder of the Modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Pentathlon venues were 96% sold out. In and Pentathlon was Coubertin and from 1909 he tried to have the event re-introduced into the 100% sold out and in tickets sold out within a day. Olympic programme. World Championships The Modern Pentathlon World Championships take place annually: Modern Pentathlon was introduced at the 5th Olympiad in For Senior men from 1949 Stockholm 1912 and marked its 100 year anniversary in London 2012. In For Senior women from 1981 Stockholm it comprised the contemporary sports of pistol shooting, , swimming, horse riding and running. It was Pierre De Coubertin’s belief that For Junior men from 1965 it would be this event, above all others, that "tested a man’s moral qualities For Junior women from 1989 as much as his physical resources and skills, producing thereby the ideal, For Youth A (17-18 years), complete athlete.” Men & Women from 1994 World Championship include: individual, team, team relay and mixed relay events. Youth World Championships differ slightly in that they do not include riding. In 2013, the way the 36 athletes qualify for the final will be different: • 2 groups - the top 12 from each group + 12 with the highest score of all groups • 3 groups - the top 8 from each group + 12 with the highest score of all groups • 4 groups - the top 6 from each group + 12 with the highest score of all groups The athletes then compete in the Final, one day later, which is therefore comprised of the best 36 competitors from these qualifiers. Individual medals are awarded as well as team medals which are decided by adding the three individual team member’s scores together. For the relay event this consists of 16 teams of three athletes competing in a continuous relay completed in one day. Each team member swims 100m, fences one opposing team member, rides a horse over 9 x show jumps and completes the competition with the combined event that consists of 2 series of shooting UIPM President and 2 x 800m running. Pierre De Coubertin Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann

2 3 MODERN PENTATHLON COMPETITIONS THE FIVE EVENTS

World Cup Series The sport was invented as the ultimate physical and mental test of an A World Cup Series for both Men and Women has been organised since Olympic athlete by the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Baron Pierre 1990. Each year between 4 and 6 World Cup competitions and a World Cup de Coubertin, in 1909 and held for the first time in the Olympic Games in Final are organised and the whole package is called the World Cup Series. 1912. While the sports disciplines chosen 100 years ago remain, the rules 36 athletes compete in the World Cup Final. have evolved to make Modern Pentathlon even more challenging for the Mixed Relay World Cup Series athletes and even more exciting for spectators. 2013 will see the first Mixed Relay World Cup Series. In each World Cup, there All five events now take place over a single day, instead of the initial five will be 16 pairs and the best 8 pairs will advance to the World Cup Final. days, and the shooting and running disciplines have been combined to create a thrilling climax to the event. Points awarded to athletes in the first three Biathle events are converted into a time handicap for the final combined event, with Designed as a ‘Sport for All’, Biathle has been practised for over 50 years. every four points giving a one second advantage. Through Biathle the UIPM has established a competition comprised of the So if you’re new to the sport, just remember that the first athlete to cross two fundamental components of Modern Pentathlon and most practised the finish line in the final combined event wins the Gold medal. sports in the world – run and swim. The competition format is as follows: The Biathle competition begins with a pack start of runners who complete one-half of the total running distance before entering a 50 meter transition area. Athletes then dive into the water and swim the required swimming distance before exiting the water, putting on their shoes and running the second leg of the run to the finish line. The first athlete to cross the finish Fencing line wins. The Modern Pentathlon starts with School Biathle the fencing. Each athlete fences In 2005 UIPM launched a new competition linked to the success of Biathle. against all his or her rivals with an The event consists of the swimming and running disciplines. The swimming electric epée in bouts that last up to a minute. Just one hit is needed to discipline is conducted in a 25m or 50m pool and the running discipline is win each contest. If neither fencer conducted on any flat surface. The swimming discipline is conducted first has scored a hit after 60 seconds and the running discipline is mass start. The Final result is the sum of the then both register a defeat so the swimming and running points. action can get pretty frenetic in the The originality of the ‘World School final seconds. Biathle’ is that schools will take part An athlete who wins 25 of their to this international competition by 35 bouts will get 1,000 pentathlon entering their results in a global points, with each victory or defeat database using the UIPM website (www. above or below this number worth pentathlon.org) directly from their a plus or minus score of 24 points. That makes every fencing victory location. Therefore this competition worth a six-second head start in the does not require any funding for final combined event. transportation or lodging. All can be made ‘at home’ by the registered physical education teacher or coach.

4 5 Swimming Combined event: running and shooting Next, the athletes head to the pool For the climax of the competition, athletes for the second event - 200m freestyle run a total distance of 3,200m, stopping to swim. The races are seeded, with the shoot and hit the target five times from 10 fastest swimmers competing in the metres distance before each 800m leg; this final heat. is repeated four times. Athletes can start A time of 2:30 is worth 1,000 running the next 800m leg once they’ve hit pentathlon points; every third of the target five times. If they still haven’t hit a second faster or slower than this five the target five times after 50 seconds time will be worth a plus or minus they are allowed to continue, but any hopes score of four points. So a one-second of a medal will have gone. At London 2012, advantage over a rival in the pool laser guns were used instead of pellet pistols would give a competitor a three- for the first time in an Olympic Games. second head start in the combined The competitor who’s amassed the most event. points in the first three events starts the combined event first, with the rest of the field facing a one second handicap for every four pentathlon points by which they trail the leader. Riding This ensures that the first person to cross In the riding event, the athletes have to the finish line wins the Gold medal. complete a course that is between 350m-450m and includes 12 obstacles in a set time. To make things harder, the athletes ride unfamiliar horses that are assigned randomly. Each athlete gets just 20 minutes and five practice jumps to get to know the horse in the warm-up ring, before coming out to compete. A clear round within the time allowed is worth 1,200 pentathlon points. Competitors lose 40 points for each jump they knock down, for a refusal to jump or for the first fall, which is equivalent to a 10-second handicap in the combined event. They also lose four points for each second they are over the allowed time. It’s necessary to cross the final line otherwise the rider will be eliminated with zero points for the riding.

6 7 2013 RULE CHANGES 2013 MAJOR COMPETITIONS

The combined event will now have 4 shooting series (still of 5 shots) and 4 laps of 800m running. This has changed from 3 shooting series and 3 laps of What When Where 1000m running. The time out for shooting is now 50 seconds, reduced from 70 seconds. So, UIPM 20th-24th if the athlete does not hit their 5 shots in 50 seconds, they time out and can Palm Springs, USA start running. World Cup #1 February Each penalty in riding, such as a knockdown, refusal and first fall is now all 40 points. UIPM 20th-24th , In 2013, if an athlete does NOT finish the riding course, they will get 0 World Cup #2 March points. This is the same as running or swimming. Previously if a rider did not complete the course they still received points. Reasons why they would not UIPM 17th-21st Chengdu, CHINA finish the course would be: 4 refusals & 2 fall downs which means they are World Cup #3 April eliminated or an injury sustained to the athlete or the horse. The way athletes qualify for the finals has now changed: UIPM 8th-12th , HUNGARY In 2013, the way the 36 athletes qualify for the final will be different: World Cup #4 May • 2 groups - the top 12 from each group + 12 with the highest score of all groups • 3 groups - the top 8 from each group + 12 with the highest score of all groups UIPM 31st May- Nizhny-Novgorod, RUSSIA • 4 groups - the top 6 from each group + 12 with the highest score of all groups World Cup Final 2nd June This will mean that athletes have to run hard to the end to ensure qualification which will bring much more excitement to the qualification days. Junior World 25th-30th Budapest, HUNGARY Championships July

Youth World 8th-11th Wuhan, CHINA Championships August

Senior World 15th-21st August Kaoshiung, CHINESE TAIPEI Championships

8 9 MODERN PENTATHLON & BIATHLE CALENDAR

From To Description Country City From To Description Country City 18.01.13 20.01.13 Wiktor Platan Winter Cup FIN 20.07.13 21.07.13 Biathle World Tour # 6 POR POR Setubal 18.01.13 20.01.13 Winter Pentathlon-Tetrathlon FIN Helsinki 20.07.13 21.07.13 Biathle European Championships POR Setubal 01.02.13 03.02.13 International Indoor Competition HUN Budapest 25.07.13 30.07.13 Junior World Championships HUN Budapest 03.02.13 10.02.13 Open Mexican Championships MEX Veracruz 08.08.13 11.08.13 Youth A World Championships CHN Wuhan 14.02.13 17.02.13 Open Winter Kazakhstan Championships KAZ Almaty 15.08.13 21.08.13 Senior World Championships TPE Kaoshiung 20.02.13 24.02.13 UIPM World Cup #1 USA Palm Springs CA 31.08.13 Dutch Open Coubertin NED Arnhem 09.03.13 09.09.13 GBR Youth A and Youth B International GBR Gloucestershire 07.09.13 07.09.13 Minister of Defence Cup RUS 15.03.13 17.03.13 Swiss Women International Competition SUI Bern 20.09.13 23.09.13 Jury Horishko Memorial KGZ Bishkek 20.03.13 24.03.13 UIPM World Cup #2 BRA Rio de Janeiro 20.09.13 23.09.13 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifications POR Caldas da Rainha 12.04.13 16.04.13 Cuban Youth A & B Nationals CUB Villa Clara 20.10.13 20.10.13 UIPM Biathle World Championships TBC TBC 17.04.13 21.04.13 UIPM World Cup #3 CHN Chengdu 21.10.13 28.10.13 Asian Championships KAZ Almaty 18.04.13 21.04.13 Budapest Open Cup HUN Budapest 25.10.13 27.10.13 Open Junior Championships of Poland POL Dronzkow 27.04.13 28.04.13 Trofeu Vila Sant Boi ESP Sant Boi 26.10.13 27.10.13 Champion of Champions TBC TBC 08.05.13 12.05.13 UIPM World Cup #4 HUN Budapest 13.11.13 17.11.13 South American Championships CHI Santiago 09.05.13 12.05.13 Cuban Youth C & D Nationals CUB Las Tunas TBC TBC African Youth Olympic Games Qualifications TBC TBC 11.05.13 12.05.13 “Hristo Chochev” Memorial Youth A BUL Pazarjik 17.05.13 19.05.13 Polish Junior International POL Drzonkow 24.05.13 25.05.13 Open German Championships GER Bonn 31.05.13 02.06.13 UIPM World Final RUS Nizhny - Novgorod 06.06.13 09.06.13 Budapest Open Championships HUN Budapest 10.06.13 12.06.13 Open Senior Championship of Poland POL Drzonkow 13.06.13 16.06.13 Youth B European Championships FRA Nice 13.06.13 16.06.13 NORCECA Youth Olympic Games Qualyfication + CUB Havana Youth A&B Champin 15.06.13 16.06.13 Kremlin Cup RUS Moscow 18.06.13 22.06.13 Open Championships BLR Minsk 20.06.13 26.06.13 Junior European Championships GBR TBC 20.06.13 23.06.13 Open Central Asian Cup KGZ Bishkek 27.06.13 30.06.13 Memorial of I. Amangeldy - Open KAZ Championships KAZ Almaty 29.06.13 30.06.13 U19 Open Czech Republic Championships CZE Prague 29.06.13 30.06.13 U17 International Czech Republic Cup CZE Prague 05.07.13 09.06.13 Open Junior & Youth A Championships of Poland POL Drzonkow 06.07.13 06.07.13 Biathle World Tour #4 GBR GBR Weymouth 11.07.13 17.07.13 Senior European Championships POL Drzonkow 17.07.13 21.07.13 NORCECA Championships CAN Calgary 18.07.13 21.07.13 Youth A European Championships RUS St. Petersburg

The dates and Competitions might change during the year. The most updated Calendar can be found at www.pentathlon.org

10 11 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FACTS

1. Tage Bjurefelt (SWE) was the first World Champion in 1949. He won 11. In 1953, Hungary and Sweden were the only European teams at the three of the five events but then, after his single victory, he never event in Chile. Hungary won comfortably but a protest from Sweden competed in a major competition again. about a riding infringement had the Hungarians disqualified and wedenS 2. (SWE) who won the next two World Championships is one of a named the new champions. Sweden never won the team event again. small number of men who have won both World and Olympic individual 12. Hungary has won the most gold medals in the men’s competition titles. The others are Balczó (HUN), Peciak (POL), Masala (ITA), (13 individual, 17 team and 10 relay). Starostin (URS), Skrzypaszek (POL) and Svatkovsky (RUS). 13. Poland is the most successful women’s team (5 individual, 11 team, 3. Among the women, only Stephanie Cook (GBR) and Zsuzsanna Vörös 8 relay, and 1 mixed relay). (HUN) have won both World and Olympic titles. 14. In the short history of the Mixed Relay (2010-2012), the Ukraine 4. Winning the World Championship in Olympic year has, unfortunately, team have claimed the event as their own with two golds and one not been a good predictor of Olympic success. Zsuzsanna Vörös (HUN) silver medal. is the only pentathlete to have achieved this feat. 15. Not many athletes have won both Junior and Senior World 5. World champions, Igor Novikov (URS), Björn Thofelt (SWE), Pavel Championships. Men in that category are: Kelemen (HUN), Starostin Lednev (URS), Boris Onischenko (URS) and Janusz Peciak (POL) have (URS), Fábián (HUN), Svatkovsky (RUS), Balogh (HUN), Moiseev (RUS), something else in common: they all scored zero points in the riding Marosi (HUN) and Karyakin (RUS). Women who have won both titles event of a World Championship. are: Suvorova (RUS), Vörös (HUN) and the only non-Hungarian / 6. In 1994, the women’s teams from Poland and Italy tied for first place Russian in the list, Claudia Corsini (ITA). with exactly 15,352 points each. Positions in each event had to be 16. Teams from North America have won the Men’s team title on three calculated and that gave the victory to Italy. occasions: USA (1979), Mexico (1998) and USA again (2000). However, 7. When Anna Sulima (POL) won the individual title in 1998 she was the Women’s individual title was won by Lynn Chornobrywy (CAN) in adding to some impressive career success in the World Championship. 1983 and by Lori Norwood (USA) in 1989. Bob Nieman (USA) was also Apart from that individual gold, she had won 8 golds, a silver and a World Men’s Champion in 1979. bronze in the team event and 3 golds and a silver in the relay. 17. Nico Motchebon (GER) who won silver and bronze relay medals at the 8. Sulima’s team mate, Dorota Idzi was possibly even more successful. 1989 and 1991 World Championships made a very unusual sporting She won the individual gold in 1988 plus a silver and 3 bronzes. In the transition. In 1995 he broke Sebastian Coe’s European 800m record team event she won 7 golds, a silver and a bronze and in the relay, 6 and then finished 5th in the 1996 Olympic final in Atlanta. gold medals. 18. When Pernille Svarre (DEN) became World Champion in 2000, it was 9. On only four occasions has the podium in the individual event been the result of a long hard battle. She had competed since the very first filled entirely by members of the same nation. In 1957, 1973 and 1974 Women’s World Championship in 1981, nineteen years before. the USSR’s men had a clean sweep and in 1982 Great Britain’s women 19. Sophie Moressee (FRA), a silver medallist in 1986, also had a long achieved the same triumph. career in Modern Pentathlon. She went on to become a member of 10. China produced its first two individual World Champions, one male, one France’s gold-medal winning epée team at Atlanta in 1996. female, Qian Zhenhua (2005) and Chen Qian (2009). Korea’s victory in 20. In the early years of the Men’s World Championships, when numbers the Men’s Relay in 2012 also showed that Asian pentathletes are now were low, there were, nevertheless, entries from countries such as leading the world. Argentina, Chile, Belgium, Cuba, and Uruguay.

12 13 ATHLETE PROFILES: WOMEN LTU BRA GBR CHN

Laura Asadauskaite Yane Marques Samantha Murray Chen Qian

Residence: Vilnius, Lithuania Residence: Recife, Brazil Residence: Bath, Great Britain Residence: Suzhou City, China Date of birth: 28 February 1984 Date of birth: 7 January 1984 Date of birth: 25 September 1989 Date of birth: 14 January 1987 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2003 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2009 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Coaches Name: Jevgenij Kliosov & Andrejus Coaches Name: Alexandre França Coach’s Name: Istvan Nemeth Coaches Name: Wang Ke Zadneprovskis. Profession: Military Profession: French & Politics student at University Profession: College Student Profession: Vilnius Pedagogical University-Physical Career Highlights: of Bath Career Highlights: Culture and Sports, Romerio University-European Union Bronze London 2012 Olympic Games Career Highlights: 5th London 2012 Olympic Games Policy Sciences. 3rd World Cup Final 2012 Silver London 2012 Olympic Games 2nd World Senior Championships 2012 Career Highlights: 1st Pan American Championships 2007, 2010 & 2012 3rd World Championships 2012 1st World Senior Championships 2009 Gold London 2012 Olympic Games 7th World Championships 2011 3rd World Cup #4 2012 7th World Senior Championships 2007 1st European Championships 2012 2nd Pan American Championships 2011 4th World Cup #3 2012 5th Beijing Olympic Games 2008 1st World Cup Final 2012 2nd World Military Championship 2010 & 2011 1st Junior World Championships Team 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): Combined Event & Riding 3rd World Championships 2007 6th World Championship 2010 1st Junior European Championships Team 2010 2nd World Championships 2009 2nd World Cup Final 2009 2nd World Championships Team 2010 Why you started the sport: I got into the sport because I love riding. Preferred Discipline(s): Combined Event Preferred Discipline(s): Riding 1st Budapest Indoor Championships 2010 Heroes/most influential person: Her coach Wang Ke. Why you started the sport: I Got introduced through Why you started the sport: I was invited to take part in Preferred Discipline(s): Enjoys all of them swimming. a Biathle competition then was introduced into Modern Why you started the sport: Tried out biathlon and What do you do the night before competitions: Watch movies and listen to songs. Interesting Story: Has a new born child with and Pentathlon. through my local swimming club. I could already is married to Modern Pentathlon legend Andrejus Heroes/most influential person: Gustavo Kuerten, ride so decided to give fencing a go. I did my first pentathlon Languages Spoken: Chinese & English shortly after and haven't looked back since. Zadneprovskis. I was also named Lithuanian athlete of Brazilian Tennis Player. Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 4 the year in 2011. What do you do the night before competitions: Heroes/most influential person: Simone de Beauvoir, Languages Spoken: Lithuanian, Russian, Polish & Read and talk to my mum. Aung San Suu Kyi, Leo Tolstoy, Emily Dickinson, Joan of English Arc..to name a few. Nickname: Relatives call me Nana, it´s like “little Yane”. New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 1 What do you do the night before competitions: Languages Spoken: Portuguese & English Normal things: eat, maybe read or watch TV, sleep...dream. Website: yanemarques.com.br Nickname: Olive; I remind my coach of Olive from Twitter: @YanePentatlo Popeye and Smurray- that was just something that came about. New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 2 Languages Spoken: English & French Twitter: @_samanthamurray Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 3

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Anastaysia Prokopenko Mhairi Spence Chloe Esposito Lena Schöneborn

Residence: Minsk, Belarus Residence: Bath, Great Britain Residence: Sydney, Australia Residence: , Date of birth: 20 September 1985 Date of birth: 31 August 1985 Date of birth: 19 September 1991 Date of birth: 11 April 1986 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2005 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Coach’s Name: Anatolij Tkachenko, Petr Vegera Coaches Name: Istvan Nemeth, Katie Burton, Mark Coach’s Name: Daniel Esposito (father) and lazlo Petho Coaches Name: Kim Raisner, Peter Deutsch, Bernd Skimming, Alex Natera, Chris McLeod and Jabenna Maslin. Uhlig, Gerhard Schröter. Profession: Athlete Profession: Athlete Profession: Athlete Profession: Student (Master in International Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Marketing Management). 6th London 2012 Olympic Games Career Highlights: 7th London 2012 Olympic Games 3rd 2012 World Cup #2 Career Highlights: 1st World Cup #4 2012 1st World Championships 2012 1st 2011 Oceania Championships Gold Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 1st European Championships Mixed Relay 2012 2nd World Cup #1 2011 1st World Cup #1 2012 3rd World Cup #1 2012 2nd World Cup #3 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): Shooting & Riding 1st World Cup Final 2010 & 2011 2nd World Cup #2 2011 1st World Championships Relay 2007 Why you started the sport: Always wanted to do 1st European Championships 2011 4th 2008 Olympic Games 1st European Championships Team 2009 pentathlon ever since she knew her dad went to the Olympic 1st World Cup #1, #4, #5 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): All disciplines except swimming 2nd Junior World Championships 2006 games for pentathlon. 3rd World Championships 2009 & 2010 3rd European Championships 2006 Why you started the sport: I like the diversity of the Nickname: Co Co or chlo 1st Junior World Championships 2005 sport and it is a way I can reach my goals. Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing Languages Spoken: English Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing, Riding & Running Interesting Story: My husband is a pentathlete called Why you started the sport: I was inspired to try it after Why you started the sport: By accident... I was actually Mikhail Prokopenko. We had our first son recently and we watching the 2000 Olympic Games and the success of Website: chloe2012.adcu.com.au looking for alternative clubs to train swimming. But once I are both very proud. When he delivered me to the maternity the British women there. Facebook: facebook.com/chloe2012 found a club for swimming (SSF Bonn) I ended up in their hospital he left me there in bathrobe without all prepared stuff Heroes/most influential person: I take inspiration from Twitter: @Chloe2012 Pentathlon team and have been in love with the sport ever as he was so excited he couldn’t think straight! many people around me. Life is to short to make all the New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 7 since. Languages Spoken: English & Russian mistakes yourself you must learn from others. Heros/Most influential person: My parents. New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 5 What do you do the night before competitions: I What do you do the night before competitions: I drink pack my bag and run through my competition notes, half a glass of wine. watch a dvd or read, then sleep. Interesting Story: I enjoy catching up with friends, coffee Nickname: Fencey Spencey- because I love fencing and reading. and the entire squad joke about it. Languages Spoken: German & English Interesting Story: I Was a part of the Scottish team that won the silver teams medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Website: lena-schoeneborn.de Championships. New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 8 Languages Spoken: English New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 6

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Amelie Cazé Heather Fell Sylvia Gawlikowska Annika Schleu

Residence: , France Residence: Dartmoor, Great Britain Residence: Warsaw, Poland Residence: Berlin, Germany Date of birth: 18 February 1985 Date of birth: 3 March 1983 Date of birth: 25 February 1983 Date of birth: 3 April 1990 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1994 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1998 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Coaches Name: Cedric Maillard Coaches Name: Istvan Nemeth Coach’s Name: Stanislaw Pytel, Jan Zolkiewski & Coaches Name: Thora Schwarck, Robert Trapp & Profession: Sports School teacher (Professor EPS) Profession: Athlete/Presenter Patrycja Masternak Kim Raisner. Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Profession: Master’s degree of Journalism at School of Profession: Soldier in the Federal Army/Student 1st World Championships 2007, 2008 & 2010 2nd World Cup Final 2012 International Relations and American Studies Career Highlights: 1st European Championships 2009 & 2010 2nd World Cup #4 2011 Career Highlights: 4th World Cup Final 2012 1st World Cup #3 2012 Silver Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 13th London 2012 Olympic Games 3rd World Cup #4 2011 1st Junior European Championships 2005 2nd World Championships Team 2009 5th World Cup Final 2012 1st World Championships Team 2011 3rd Junior World Championships 2006 2nd European Championships 2009 & 2007 5th World Championships 2010 & 2011 2nd World Championships Relay 2011 2nd Junior World Championships 2003, 3rd in 2004 2nd World Cup Final 2008 1st World Championships 2010 Mixed Relay & 3rd in 1st European Championships Team 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing 1st World Cup #3 2008 Women’s Relay 2nd Junior European Championships 2008 1st Junior World Championships 2003 17th Beijing Olympic Games 2008 Why you started the sport: Because my parents knew Preferred Discipline(s): Combined event Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming & Riding 1st World Championships 2010 Mixed Relay & 3rd in the head coach of my future club. Women’s Relay Why you started the Sport: When I was 10 years old a Heroes/most influential person: French swimmer Why you started the sport: Started the sport through 6th Athens Olympic Games 2004 friend of the family took me to a pentathlon practice I liked the Virginie Dedieu and recently Maria Sharapova. Pony Club Tetrathlon. 4th World Championships 2004 combination of five different disciplines. So I started training and it keeps being interesting because of the diversity of the What do you do the night before competitions: What do you do the night before competitions: Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing Paint my nails. sport. Read a book. Why you started the sport: I chose modern pentathlon Interesting Story: Beginning to get into journalism after What do you do the night before competitions: Interesting Story: I was injured much of 2011, because so big variety of this discipline was very Try and relax and talk to my coach about the upcoming which saw my ranking drop. I’m only one World working for BBC. Enjoys sailing, rugby, DIY, horse racing interesting and attractive for me. and skiing competition. Championships title behind the record and I aim to break Languages Spoken: Polish, English & Russian that in 2013. Languages Spoken: English Interesting Story: Next to pentathlon practice and university Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 11 there is not too much time for other things. But I really like to Languages Spoken: French & English Website: heatherfell.com relax with a book or meet my friends. In the winter I love skiing New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 9 Facebook: facebook.com/officialheatherfell down hill and cross country. Twitter: @heatherfellnews Languages Spoken: German & English New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 10 Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 12

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Elena Rublevska Melanie McCann Iryna Khokhlova Donata Rimsaite

Residence: Riga, Latvia Residence: Ottawa, ON (training), Mount Carmel, ON Residence: Donetsk, Ukraine Residence: Moscow, Russia (hometown) Date of birth: 23 March 1976 Date of birth: 29 January 1990 Date of birth: 29 January 1988 Date of birth: 8 October 1989 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1992 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2008 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2006 Coaches Name: Andris Kuzmins Coaches Name: Sidorov Dmitro, Kirpulyanskyy Coach’s Name: Andrey Makushin, Andrey Fedotov Profession: Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Coach’s Name: John Hawes Konstantin, Mezencev Vitaliy, Paukov Aleksandr Profession: Student Master Degree. Profession: Athlete Profession: Athlete Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 2nd World Cup #3 2012 8th London 2012 Olympic Games 11th London 2012 Olympic Games 10th London 2012 Olympic Games 1st World Cup #2 2011 3rd World Cup Final 2007 & 2011 7th World Cup Final 2012 2nd European Championships 2012 2nd World Championships 2010 1st World Military Games 2010 4th 2011 1st World Military Championship 2011 3rd European Championships 2010 3rd World Championships 2000 & 2005 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing 3rd Champion of Champions 2011 1st World Cup Final 2008, 2009 2nd Athens 2004 Olympic Games 1st European Championships 2008 Relay & Team Why you started the sport: I was recruited at a high Preferred Discipline(s): All Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing & Running school track meet to try fencing/shooting as I was Why you started the Sport: My Parents introduced me Why you started the Sport: Mother recommended already a competitive swimmer. to it as they thought I would be good at it. Why you started the sport: Was asked to try it to her. pentathlon by local coach. What do you do the night before competitions: Heros/most influential person: My Mother. Heros/most influential person: Suvorov. Pack my bag, hang out with my teammates, watch a few What do you do the night before competitions: I Nickname: Ira. Interesting Story: I am the only women to compete episodes from whatever tv series I am into at that time. think of how relaxed and nice I will feel in the evening Languages Spoken: Ukrainian & Russian in all 4 women’s Olympic events (2000, 2004, 2008 & Nickname: Mel, Melvin after the competition is over. New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 15 2012). I also have a 10 year old girl. Languages Spoken: English Nickname: Dona Languages Spoken: Latvian, Russian & English Twitter: @melaniejmccann Languages Spoken: Lithuanian, Russian, English New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 13 New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 14 New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 16

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Ekaterina Khuraskina Aya Medany Leila Gyenesei Soo Jin Yang

Residence: Moscow, Russia Residence: , Residence: Budapest-Székesfehérvár, Hungary Residence: Chuncheon, Korea Date of birth: 21 August 1989 Date of birth: 20 November 1988 Date of birth: 22 April 1986 Date of birth: 2 September 1988 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2001 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1997 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2006 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2006 Coaches Name: Khaplanov Alex, Gogoleva Olga. Coaches Name: Walid Sayed Coaches Name: Miklós Pálvölgyi, Edit Cornides, Ákos Coach’s Name: Nam Kyeongwook, Head coach of Benkö, István Magyary, Zsolt Balaska, István Korponai Profession: Student Profession: Teacher Assistant, logistics department, team Korea Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime. Profession: Student/Athlete Career Highlights: Profession: Pentathlete belong to Korea Land and 1st World Cup #4 2011 Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Housing Corporation 1st World Championships Relay 2010 1st World Cup #3 2011 4th 2012 European Championships Career Highlights: 1st Junior European Championships 2010 2nd World Championships 2008 3rd World Cup #4 2010 3rd place Asian Championships 2011 1st Junior World Championships 2006, 2008 & 2009 3rd World Cup Final 2009 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing & Combined Event 3rd place Asian Games 2011 8th Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 3rd World Championships Team 2009 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing. When I win at the Why you started the sport: Because I love sport, so 1st World Cup Final 2007 1st World Championships Relay 2008 & 2011 why not do 5! fencing event, I am more proud than those of other victories. 1st African Championships 2007, 2008 & 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming & Riding Why you started the sport: Actually I was a swimmer, Heroes/most influential person: Usain Bolt. Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing What do you do the night before competitions: but I joined Modern Pentathlon at my high school after What do you do the night before competitions: Heroes/most influential person: Nothing very special. Just read a good book as I do suggestion of my coach in the middle school and also Watch a movie and eat lots of chocolate. Her dad (Dr. Mahmoud Medany). every night. my parents. Interesting Story: Finished music school, enjoys skiing, Nickname: Lolo Why you started the sport: I come from a sport fanatic Heroes/most influential person: Parents and reading and embroidery. Interesting Story: My Dad was a part of the group that family and when I started to learn swim suddenly the pentathlon coaches trainer said I had a talent to swim, but it was too boring Languages Spoken: Russian & English won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for their work on What does competing in the Olympics mean to for me so after ‘some’ years I found pentathlon. New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 17 Climate Change. London was my 3rd Olympic Games you? It will be a fight against myself and I am only 23. Heroes/most influential person: Interesting Story: Despite being small, I am a heavy My Dad and trainers. Languages Spoken: Arabic & English eater, because I eat a lot to keep my fitness Nickname: Picuri ( Dinky) because I am the youngest in Website: ayamedany.com Languages Spoken: Korean, English (a little) my family, and Pintyö what means nothing but very kind Facebook: facebook.com/ayamedanyofficial and got it from my Dad New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 21 New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 18 Interesting Story: I competed in both the Winter Olympics (10km ski-running in Turin) and Summer Olympics (Modern Pentathlon Beijing 2008). I love any kind of sport. e.g. Skiing, tennis, squash, trekking, wakeboard and so on. One of my plans is to go to the Himalayan Base Camp. Languages Spoken: Hungarian & English Website: leilagyenesei.com Facebook: facebook.com/leilagyenesei New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 19

24 25 ATHLETE PROFILES: MEN RUS RUS CHN RUS

Aleksander Lesun Ilia Frolov Zhongrong Cao Andrei Moiseev

Residence: Moscow, Russia Residence: Samara, Russia Residence: Shanghai, China Residence: Rostov-on-Don, Russia Date of birth: 1 July 1988 Date of birth: 4 April 1984 Date of birth: 3 November 1981 Date of Birth: 3 June 1979 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2003 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1999 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1998 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1991 Coach’s Name: Alex Kaplanov, Andrei Fedotov, Coach’s Name: Anatoly Trokhimenko Coaches Name: Shen Kejian Coaches Name: Andrey Tropin Andrei Makushin. Profession: Athlete Profession: Coach Profession: Athlete Profession: Student Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 1st World Championships 2008 Silver London 2012 Olympic Games Gold Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 4th London 2012 Olympic Games 2nd World Championships 2007 3rd World Cup Final 2012 Gold Athens 2004 Olympic Games 1st World Championships 2012 2nd European Championships 2008, 2009 4th World Championships 2010 1st World Championships 2011 1st World Cup #2 2012 1st World Cup #5 2010 1st Asian Games 2010 2nd World Championships 2012 2nd World Championships 2010 & 2011 1st European Championships 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): Depends on mood Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing & Riding 2nd World Cup Final 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming 1st World Cup #4 2010 Why you started the sport: I was a swimmer, and Why you started the sport: Because I like fencing and once I was climbing up the stairs in the swimming pool swimming. What do you do the night before competitions: Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing & Combined Event I bumped into a man and almost knocked him down. Try to sleep so I am fresh for competition. Heroes/most influential person: Roberto Baggio Why you started the sport: I liked the variety of sports It was a Modern pentathlon coach. He grabbed me (Italian Footballer). Interesting Story: Injured my leg in a car accident in that Modern Pentathlon offers. and brought me to Modern Pentathlon section of the 2009 which hampered my form and performance for 2 What do you do the night before competitions: Heroes/most influential person: Martin Luther King Jr. gym, and till now does not release me to go back to years. I only started to compete at my best level in 2011. swimming section! Life is cruel! Play video games and watch the news on TV. Interesting Story: I Became a father in 2012, so Languages Spoken: Russian Nickname: Uncle Cao, because I'm the oldest in the winning the World Championships as well made it a year Heroes/most influential person: Roman Abramovich. Chinese Team. New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 4 that I will never forget. What do you do the night before competitions: Interesting Story: I want to have one field and try as a Nickname: Fox I think only about one thing "Oh, God! When is it over!?" farmer. Sowing in spring and harvesting in autumn. Languages Spoken: Belarussian, Ukrainian & Russian Interesting Story: If I was not a Pentathlete I would be a footballer. Languages Spoken: Chinese & English New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 1 Nickname: Frol New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 3 Languages Spoken: Russian & English New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 2

28 29 CZE HUN ITA GBR

David Svoboda Ádám Marosi Riccardo De Luca Nick Woodbridge

Residence: Prague, Czech Republic Residence: Budapest, Hungary Residence: , Italy Residence: Bath/Telford, Great Britain Date of birth: 19 March 1985 Date of Birth: 26 July 1984 Date of birth: 22 March 1986 Date of birth: 1 July 1986 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2001 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1999 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1999 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1999 Coaches Name: Jakub Kucera Coaches Name: Balaska zsolt, Kovács Iván, Serfözö Coach’s Name: Marco Quattrini Coaches Name: Frici Földes & Katie Burton Profession: Military Officer Sándor, Semeczi Attila & Hicsák Zsolt, Kállai Ákos Profession: Carabiniere Profession: Athlete Career Highlights: Profession: Sports Manager Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Gold London 2012 Olympic Games Career Highlights: 9th London 2012 Olympic Games 10th 2012 London Olympic Games 1st World Cup #3 2011 Bronze London 2012 Olympic Games 1st European Championships 2012 1st Youth World Championships 2004 1st Kremlin Cup 2011 3rd World Championships 2011 1st World Championships 2011 team 3rd World Cup Final 2011 1st European Championships 2010 1st World Cup Final 2009 & 2010 3rd World Cup #5 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming & Fencing 2nd World Championships 2008 & 2009 1st World Cup #2 2011 2nd Junior European Championships 2007 1st Junior World Championships 2006 1st World Cup #3 2010 1st Junior World Championships Relay 2007 Why you started the sport: A gradual progression and enjoyed the multi-disciplines. Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing 1st World Championships 2009 1st Junior World Championships Relay 2006 1st Junior World Championships 2005 1st Youth A World Championships Team 2004 What do you do the night before competitions: Hero’s/Most influential person: Jan Železný (javelin Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming, Riding Preferred Discipline(s): Running & Fencing Shave down and watch an inspirational DVD such as throw), Roman Šebrle (decathlon), Ondrej Synek (rowing), Libor Without Limits. Capalini (modern pentathlon), influential people: my two brothers. Why you started the sport: I was a swimmer, and in Why you started the sport: Always been interested in my free time I started do the other events, and eventually sports. I constantly found in this multi discipline a strong Interesting Story: I'm an Economics graduate and I like What do you do the night before competitions: to play golf. Usually I'm sleeping only a few hours, I'm watching started pentathlon competition. In a short time the interest to make it to become my job. movies, drinking beer (but max one or two) success came, and my coaches said I was a talent so I Heroes/most influential person: Nickname: Woody started full time. Nickname: Dave, and also "blue bandanna boy" Pietro Serena. Languages Spoken: English Heroes: Balczó András, Balogh Gábor. (because of my bandanna, which I use during fencing). Interesting Story: Likes to snowboard and surf when Website: Nickwoodbridge.co.uk What do you do the night before competitions: ever possible. Interesting Story: I have an identical twin brother Twitter: @nickwoodbridge that recently completed the Hawaii Iron Man and got Relax, reading a book and listening to music. Nickname: Rik bronze at the 2012 UIPM World Biathle Championships. New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 8 Interesting Story: He has a tatoo on his leg of his Languages Spoken: Italian & English I also enjoy sky diving and would love to become an favorite rockband’s (AC/DC) guitar player, Angus Young. instructor. He thinks he is the best, when he is tired, he gives him New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 7 Languages Spoken: Czech & English power! New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 5 Nickname: Maro Languages Spoken: Hungarian & English New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 6

30 31 RUS ITA LTU UKR

Serguei Karyakin Nicola Benedetti Justinas Kinderis Pavlo Tymoshchenko

Residence: Moscow, Russia Residence: Rome, Italy Residence: Vilnius, Lithuania Residence: Kiev, Ukraine Date of birth: 5 January 1988 Date of birth: 26 December 1985 Date of birth: 24 May 1987 Date of birth: 13 October 1986 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1996 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1999 Coaches Name: Khaplanov & Makushin Coaches Name: Marco Quattrini Coach’s Name: Jurijus Moskviciosvas Coaches Name: Tymoshchenko Iurii Profession: Athlete Profession: Athlete Profession: Lawyer Profession: Military of Internal Forces Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 2nd World Cup #2 2012 1st World Cup #3 2012 8th London 2012 Olympic Games 1st World Cup #1 2011 2nd European Championships 2011 3rd World Championships Team 2011 3rd World Championships 2010 1st World Championships Relay 2011 1st World Championships 2010 4th World Cup Final 2010 2nd World Cup #2 2010 2nd World Cup Final 2009 1st Junior World Championships 2008 2nd World Cup #3 2008 3rd World Cup #2 2011 7th Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Preferred Discipline(s): All of them Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing Preferred Discipline(s): Combined Event Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing & Riding Hero’s/Most influential person: Arry Vattanen. Why you started the sport: Because I like the Why you started the sport: Because I love the sport. I Why you started the sport: My father was a former Nickname: Karyakinen & Serenya. multidisciplinary sports. did not do much sport when I was a kid, and when once Pentathlete, so I liked this sport since childhood. I started I couldn’t stop. Interesting Story: Very interested in cars. Heroes/most influential person: Andrei Moiseev. Heroes/most influential person: What do you do the night before competitions: Pavel Lednyov & Balczó András. Languages Spoken: Russian What do you do the night before competitions: Eat a lot and sleep. Normally day before competition I just run 20min and try Interesting Story: I enjoy photography and studying New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 9 not to think too much about the competition. Nickname: Nik at University. Nickname: Justas Interesting Story: I enjoy Skiing and fishing. Languages Spoken: Ukrainian, Russian & English Interesting Story: I love playing beach volleyball in my New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 12 Languages Spoken: Italian & English spare time. New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 10 Languages Spoken: Lithuanian, Russian & English New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 11

32 33 KOR KOR GER AUT

Jinhwa Jung Woojin Hwang Stefan Köllner Thomas Daniel

Residence: Ulsan, Korea Residence: Gwangju, Korea Residence: Potsdam, Germany Residence: Wiener Neustadt, Austria Date of birth: 25 May 1989 Date of birth: 8 May 1990 Date of birth: 9 November 1984 Date of birth: 17 June 1985 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2003 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2003 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1992 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2001 Coaches Name: Nam Kyeongwook, Head coach of Coach’s Name: Nam Kyeongwook, Head coach of Coach’s Name: Jürgen Höfner Coach’s Name: Horst Stocker & Wolfgang Splitek team Korea team Korea Profession: Sportsoldier/student Profession: Soldier and Student Profession: Student, Korea National Sport University Profession: Student, Korea National Sport University Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 4th World Championships 2012 6th London 2012 Olympic Games 11th London 2012 Olympic Games 2nd World Cup Final 2012 3rd European Championships 2010 5th World Championships 2009 3rd World Championships 2012 1st World Championships Relay 2012 1st European Championships Team 2010 Preferred Discipline(s): Fencing 3rd Asian Championships 2011 1st Junior World Championships relay/team 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): Running & Fencing 4th World Cup Final 2011 Why you started the sport: Preferred Discipline(s): Why you started the sport: I started with this sport, I liked the variety in the sport. Preferred Discipline(s): Riding, I think I am good at Fencing, I think it is a dynamic event because it has alot of variety. riding and I feel fewer nerves than other events. Nickname: Tom Why you started the sport: Coach’s suggestion Heroes/most influential person: Why you started the sport: First, I was interested in Interesting Story: Only started the sport at 16 and did Heroes/most influential person: Parents and coach My parents. not know anything about Pentathlon before then. sport but I actually preferred to study. But eventually from the high school went back to where my talent was… sport. What do you do the night before competitions: Languages Spoken: German, Spanish & English What do you do the night before competitions: I check my epees. What do you do the night before competitions: I try I try my best to do nothing. Website: www.fuenfkampf.at to think good memories from the past and also good Languages Spoken: German, English & Russian Pentathlon World Ranking August 2012: 16 things to be happened in the future which help me a lot Nickname: Careless person, because I made many Website: stefan-koellner.de.vu to be easy. small mistakes New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 15 Heroes/most influential person: My parents and my Languages Spoken: Korean girl friend who is also a pentathlete. New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 14 Nickname: Black Interesting Story: Interested in fashion so I enjoy surfing the internet to buy some stylish clothes. I’m also studying English at night after training which is very hard. Languages Spoken: Korean New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 13

34 35 GBR HUN FRA BLR

Sam Weale Róbert Kasza Christopher Patte Stanislau Zhurauliou

Residence: Bath, Great Britain Residence: Budapest, Hungary Residence: Paris, France Residence: Gomel, Belarus Date of birth: 9 February 1982 Date of birth: 4 May 1986 Date of birth: 29 March 1990 Date of birth: 14 April 1988 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2000 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 1993 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2005 Year Started Modern Pentathlon: 2002 Coach’s Name: Frici Foldes Földes & Katie Burton Coach’s Name: Péter Takács, Ákos Schumacher, Edit Coach’s Name: Jean-Pierre Guyomarch & Coach’s Name: Vasili Gulevich, Viktor Scherbakov, Cedric Maillard. Sergei Bliaskinwith Profession: Athlete Cornides, Gyula Karácsony, Zsolt Balaska. Profession: Sport Teacher. Profession: Fireman Career Highlights: Profession: Athlete 13th London 2012 Olympic Games Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 2nd European Championships 2010 12th London 2012 Olympic Games 3rd World Cup #4 2012 2nd World Cup #4 2012 4th World Championships Relay 2009 & 2010 2nd European Championships 2012 3rd World Cup #4 2009 3rd European Championship relay 2011 4th World Cup #1 2010 1st World Cup Final 2008 & 2011 Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming Preferred Discipline(s): All 10th Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 1st World Championships Relay 2011 3rd Junior European Championships 2002 1st European Championships Relay 2011 Why you started the sport: It's an exceptional sport. Languages Spoken: Belarussian, Italian, Russian Preferred Discipline(s): Running Preferred Discipline(s): Swimming & Fencing Nickname: Chris & Nanin New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 20 Interesting Story: I hold a degree in Sports Technology Why you started the sport: Originally it was only a handy Languages Spoken: French, English & Italian from University of Bath. Starred alongside actress Rita solution for his parents to bring him to the same sport as his New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 19 Tushingham and dancer Lorena Randi in Daria Martins brother used to go, but soon it became his passion and love. 2005 film Loneliness and the Modern Pentathlon. My Heroes/most influential person: Balczó András who identical twin, Chris, is goalkeeper with Championship is the biggest Modern Pentathlete ever. He respects him side Leicester City. for his modesty, intelligence and humility. Languages Spoken: English What do you do the night before competitions: Website: www.samweale.com Relaxing and thinking about the competition. Get into the Twitter: @samweale competition mode. New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 17 Nickname: Fehércsocsi (fehér=white, csocsi=sweety chocolate) because he like white chocolate and he eat a lot of sweets. I was given this name by my team mate Adam Marosi. Interesting Story: I’m a MSc Recreation student at the Budapest Semmelweis University Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences. Besides sport and studies I enjoy spending time with my friends, hiking and touring around the beautiful Hungarian landscape. Languages Spoken: Hungarian & English Website: kaszarobert.hu New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking 2012: 18

36 37 2013 MIXED RELAY WORLD CUP SERIES

In 2013, there will be the first ever, Mixed Relay World Cup Series, as UIPM Basic rules of how a Mixed Relay works: pushed the discipline to be included in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. • Each mixed relay pair comprises of one man and one women from the The mixed relay made its debut on the senior circuit at the 2010 World same country. Championships and has been a regular fixture at all World Championships since. • Fencing: Each pair fences against each other in a round robin, with the men fencing the men and the women fencing the women from the The Mixed Relay World Cup Series will work by: opposing team. • Maximum of 16 pairs per event • Swimming: Each pair swims in a 2x100 meter relay. • Each country can submit a maximum of 2 pairs if there are remaining • Riding: Both team members take it in turn to ride a 9 obstacle course. spots in the 16 • Combined event: All the pairs' points are tallied from the previous 3 • The top 12 pairs qualify for the World Cup Final through the Mixed Relay disciplines and the pair with the most points starts first. The women World Cup Series Ranking (best 3 results are added together) from the pairs starts first and completes 2 rounds of the combined event • Countries can change their pairs throughout the World Cup Series which involves 2 shooting series (hitting the target 5 times) and 2 rounds of 800m running. Once this is completed, the men then do the • Generous prize money is on offer for the Mixed Relay World Cup Final same and whomever crossed the finishing line first is the winner. medal winners

The inaugural 2013 Mixed Relay World Cup Series schedule: • UIPM Mixed Relay World Cup #1 Palm Springs, USA 24 February 2013 • UIPM Mixed Relay World Cup #2 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 24 March 2013 • UIPM Mixed Relay World Cup #3 Chengdu, China 21 April • UIPM Mixed Relay World Cup #4 Budapest, Hungary 12 May 2013 • UIPM Mixed Relay World Cup Final Nizhny–Novgorod, Russia 2 June 2013

38 39 LASER SHOOTING

During the London 2012 Olympic Games, laser shooting was used for the first time at the Olympic level with huge success. Laser shooting was first implemented on the senior circuit in the 2011 season after testing the system at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games.

The new laser shooting technology has been developed to perfectly replicate an athlete shooting with the traditional air pellet pistol, to stay coherent with the rules. Right down to the laser staying in the barrel for 10ms, as this is as long as it takes for a pellet to leave the pistol.

An athlete can change their air pellet pistol to a laser shooting pistol in a matter of seconds by simply changing their barrel to an environmentally friendly laser barrel.

All top level UIPM events in 2013 will be conducted with Precision Laser Targets (PLT) which will give athletes real time feedback of where each shot has gone on a personal screen next to them.

Why the change to laser shooting? • Increased safety makes the sport more accessible to the masses. Now literally everyone can practice the sport from toddlers up! • Reduction of lead pellets which leads to ton’s of dangerous lead pollution, which is harmful to both athletes and the environment. • Cheaper solutions to build shooting ranges, which can now be transparent to allow better viewing of the action. • Media and Spectators have the ability to get closer to the action as safety concerns are abolished. • Ability to continually improve and develop the technology for more interaction for the spectators and media. • Enhanced capabilities for television data displays • Increased level of shooting data can be produced • Face on filming of athletes now a possibility • Events can now be organised anywhere, even in a busy city centre as seen at the 2011 Champion of Champions.

40 41 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 MEX 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 TERESHCHUK Victoria UKR

1972 Munich GER 1976 Montreal CAN 2012 London GBR Men Men Men Women 1 BALCZÓ Andras HUN 1 PYCIAK-PECIAK Janusz POL 1 SVOBODA David CZE 1 ASADAUKAITE Laura LTU 2 ONISHCHENKO Boris URS 2 LEDNYOV Pavel URS 2 ZHONGRONG Cao CHN 2 MURRAY Samantha GBR 3 LEDNYOV Pavel URS 3 BARTU Jan TCH 3 MAROSI Adam HUN 3 MARQUES Yane BRA

42 43 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

44 45 LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES RESULTS Senior Men - Individual Final Senior Women - Individual Final

Rank Nation Name Total Rank Nation Name Total Rank Nation Name Total Rank Nation Name Total 1 CZE SVOBODA , David 5928 19 LAT CERKOVSKIS, Deniss 5576 1 LTU Asadauskaite, Laura 5408 19 POL WOJCIK, Katarzyna 5088 2 CHN CAO, Zhongrong 5904 20 ITA BENEDETTI, Nicola 5568 2 GBR Murray, Samantha 5356 20 HUN TOTH, Adrienn 5084 3 HUN marosi, Adam 5836 21 KAZ SABIRKHUZIN, Rustem 5564 3 BRA Marques, Yane 5340 21 GBR SPENCE, Mhairi 5052 4 RUS LESUN, Aleksander 5764 22 JPN TOMII, Shinichi 5552 4 USA ISAKSEN, Margaux 5332 22 CZE DIANOVA, Natalie 5048 5 GER GEBHARDT, Steffen 5756 23 UKR TYMOSHCHENKO, Pavlo 5524 5 CHN CHEN, Qian 5324 23 UKR TERESHUK, Victoria 4996 6 AUT DANIEL, Thomas 5744 24 POL STASKIEWICZ, Szymon 5516 6 BLR PROKOPENKO, Anastasiya 5256 24 KOR YANG, Soo jin 4964 7 RUS Moiseev, Andrei 5736 25 IRL LANIGAN-O KEEFFE, Arthur 5516 7 AUS ESPOSITO, Chloe 5248 25 ITA CESARINI, Claudia 4912 8 LTU KINDERIS, justinas 5732 26 GER KOLLNER, Stefan 5488 8 LAT RUBLEVSKA, Elena 5228 26 GER SCHLEU, Annika 4884 9 ITA DE Luca, Riccardo 5720 27 AUS FERNON, Edward 5480 9 IRL COYLE, Natalya 5220 27 ITA CROGNALE, Sabrina 4852 10 GBR Woodbridge, Nicholas 5716 28 EGY HEFNY, Yasser 5440 10 UKR KHOKHLOVA, Iryna 5192 28 USA STETTINIUS, Suzanne 4832 11 KOR JUNG, Jinhwa 5676 29 KAZ ILYASHENKO, Pavel 5432 11 CAN Mccann, Melanie 5180 29 CAN VAKALIS, Donna 4828 12 HUN kasza, Robert 5676 30 BLR MELIAKH, Dzmitry 5380 12 LTU VENCKAUSKAITE, Gintare 5176 30 JPN YAMANAKA, Shino 4828 13 GBR WEALE, Samuel 5664 31 GUA GHEORGHE, Andrei 5368 13 POL Gawlikowska, Sylvia 5168 31 FRA clouvel, Elodie 4768 14 MEX SOTO CARRILLO, Oscar 5656 32 USA BOWSHER, Dennis 5324 14 CHN Miao, Yihua 5164 32 BLR VASILIONAK, Hanna 4692 15 CZE POLIVKA, Ondrej 5652 33 EGY EL geziry, Amro 5292 15 GER SCHONEBORN, Lena 5160 33 HUN KOVACS, Sarolta 4396 16 BLR ZHURAULIOU, Stanislau 5648 34 KOR Hwang, Woojin 4908 16 EGY MEDANY, Aya 5136 34 JPN Kurosu, Narumi 4060 17 FRA PATTE, Christopher 5620 35 UKR KIRPULYANSKYY, Dmytro 4704 17 RUS KHURASKINA, Ekaterina 5128 35 RUS GRETCHICHNIKOVA, Evdokia 3852 18 CHI BUSTOS, Esteban 5604 36 CHN WANG, Guan 1904 18 FRA CAZE, Amelie 5108 36 MEX VEGA, Tamara 2380

46 47 2012 SENIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men - Individual Final - Rome, Italy

Rank Nation Name Given Name Total Rank Nation Name Given 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 Women - Individual Final - Rome, Italy 17 BLR PROKOPENKO Mihail 5708 35 EGY EL GEZIRY Omar 4832 18 KOR HONG Jin-woo 5676 36 MEX HERNANDEZ USCANGA Ismael 2696 Rank Nation Name Given Name Total Rank Nation Name Given 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 Anastasi 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

48 49 2012 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men - Individual - Drzonkow, Poland

Rank Nation Name Given Name Total Rank Nation Name Given Name Total 1 FRA BELAUD Valentin 5876 19 CZE KUF Jan 5588 2 UKR PAVLYUK Denys 5860 20 LAT SVECOVS Pavels 5564 3 IRL LANIGAN-O KEEFFE Arthur 5844 21 LTU KONTRIMAVICIUS Lukas 5556 4 RUS KUSTOV Maksim 5812 22 ITA PUCCIARIELLO Andrea 5528 5 RUS LUKACH Dmitry 5760 23 RUS BELOUSOV Alexey 5500 6 FRA PRADES Valentin 5744 24 KOR KIM Soengjin 5488 7 RUS SHUGAROV Ilya 5716 25 HUN DEMETER Gergely 5472 8 POL KRYCZKA Przemyslaw 5704 26 KOR KIM Kyeong Pil 5440 9 CZE BILKO Martin 5700 27 HUN STROBL Krisztian 5428 10 MEX CAMACHO Jorge Abraham 5684 28 GER KRUEGER Eric 5400 11 KOR KIM Dae Beom 5676 29 UKR MISHCHENKO Vladislav 5400 12 POL SWIDERSKI Jaroslaw 5668 30 USA SCHRIMSHER Nathan 5360 13 CZE KINDL David 5660 31 UKR FEDECHKO Yuriy 5352 14 KOR LEE Woo Jin 5648 32 SUI KLINGER Moritz 5340 15 GBR COOKE James 5636 33 ITA MONTICO Cristiano 5328 16 BLR TSIKHANAU Pavel 5636 34 POL STASIAK Sebastian 5296 Women - Individual Final - Drzonkow, Poland 17 GBR TOOLIS Thomas 5616 35 ESP RODRIGUEZ Christobal 5248 18 FRA CASSE Simon 5592 36 EGY HAMAD Eslam 5224 Rank Nation Name Given Name Total Rank Nation Name Given Name Total 1 USA ISAKSEN Margaux 5432 19 KOR JEONG Mina 5020 2 UKR SPAS Anastasiya 5384 20 UKR POTAPENKO Olena 5008 3 AUS ESPOSITO Chloe 5360 21 GER HANKO Franziska 4984 4 MEX VEGA Tamara 5288 22 ITA SOTERO Alice 4944 5 RUS LEBEDEVA Svetlana 5276 23 POL MARKOWSKA Paula 4928 6 FRA STERN Adele 5260 24 KAZ JIENBALANOVA Arina 4904 7 USA ISAKSEN Isabella 5260 25 RUS MAROCHKINA Angelina 4868 8 JPN SHIMAZU Rena 5244 26 GBR MUIR Joanna 4840 9 HUN FOLDHAZI Zsofia 5212 27 KAZ ALEXANDROVA Xeniya 4828 10 GER HACKEL Anne 5196 28 LAT SISLOVA Olga 4820 11 LTU VENCKAUSKAITE Gintare 5184 29 JPN KUROSU Narumi 4804 12 POL MALISZEWSKA Anna 5172 30 POL HACHULSKA Natalia 4796 13 BLR AROL Katsiaryna 5152 31 GBR FOWLIE Kate 4788 14 GBR PRISE Kerry 5136 32 UKR GOLYADKINA Diana 4756 15 RUS GUBAYDULLINA Gulnaz 5112 33 UKR PERMYKINA Valeriya 4712 16 ITA TOCCHI Gloria 5108 34 BLR JILINSKAYA Luba 4672 17 ITA LONTANO Camilla 5104 35 BLR MASEIKAVA Marharyta 4568 18 USA ACHTERBERG Samantha 5028 36 BLR PAPUSH Volha 2380

50 51 2012 YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men - Individual - Tata, Hungary

Rank Nation Name Given Name Total Rank Nation Name Given Name Total 1 RUS NAUMOV Oleg 4724 19 KAZ TYURIN Denis 4460 2 KOR JUN Woongtae 4708 20 BLR SHKROB Pavel 4440 3 BUL KRASTANOV Dimitar 4684 21 UKR TKACHUK Yuriy 4436 4 HUN FROHLICH Tamas Bence 4648 22 AUT REDER Sebastian 4420 5 GBR LEES Thomas 4628 23 ITA COLASANTI Alessandro 4388 6 UKR MISHCHENKO Vladislav 4616 24 EGY WALID Mohamed 4388 7 HUN STROBL Krisztian 4596 25 KOR JUN Sangyong 4380 8 HUN HORVATH Norbert 4584 26 GUA MENENDEZ Miguel 4376 9 BLR PALAZKOV Ilya 4548 27 GUA FERNANDEZ Charles 4376 10 KOR LEE Myeongsu 4544 28 MEX JIMENEZ Edgar 4364 11 POL STASIAK Sebastian 4536 29 MEX RIVERA Saul 4364 12 GER ZILLEKENS Christian 4536 30 FRA LOUBET Brice 4348 13 GBR CHOONG Joseph 4532 31 POL SWIDERSKI Jacek 4336 14 FRA DEJARDIN Pierre 4520 32 HUN TOMASCHOF Soma 4336 15 RUS VASILIEV Oleg 4504 33 KOR CHAE Dongmin 4332 16 FRA ROMANI Gauthier 4480 34 BLR SAZANOVICH Yauheni 4304 Women - Individual Final - Tata, Hungary 17 KAZ KOSHELNIK Dmitriy 4472 35 EGY AMR Nazeir 4296 18 RUS GLAVATSKIKH Danila 4460 36 GER LIEBIG Fabian 4296 Rank Nation Name Given Name Total Rank Nation Name Given Name Total 1 LTU SERAPINAITE Ieva 4124 19 MEX MARTINEZ Katia 3844 2 FRA OTEIZA Marie 4108 20 FRA BELHAMRI Julie 3840 3 GBR PRISE Eilidh 4100 21 UKR SHUPLYAKOVA Kateryna 3840 4 RUS RODRIGUEZ Elizabet 4088 22 KAZ KHALZOVA Darya 3836 5 RUS SERKINA Sofia 4076 23 BLR SILKINA Volha 3828 6 LTU SERAPINAITE Emilija 4072 24 CHI ROSAS Javiera 3820 7 RUS MAKAROVA Ekaterina 4048 25 KOR KIM Sunwoo 3816 8 FRA DELHALLE Pulcherie 4036 26 FRA BARBAZA Manon 3792 9 RUS VDOVENKO Ekaterina 4008 27 CAN SAYERS Kali 3768 10 HUN FOLDHAZI Anita 3980 28 MEX ARCEO Mariana 3768 11 BLR RAHACHOVA Tatsiana 3968 29 ITA CAMPANER Nicole 3764 12 ITA TOGNETTI Francesca 3956 30 GER BETTINELLI Alexandra 3764 13 GBR SUMMERS Francesca 3936 31 UKR GOLYADKINA Diana 3764 14 ESP GARCIA-MIGUEL Marta 3908 32 GBR PIPES Georgia 3764 15 GBR WESTGATE Jemma 3904 33 EGY ELSAFTEY Alaa 3740 16 ITA FREZZA Alessandra 3872 34 HUN HADA Noemi 3720 17 POL MARKOWSKA Paula 3868 35 MEX PONCE Andrea 3720 18 LTU GUZAUSKAITE Karolina 3852 36 BLR KUZMICH Eugeniya 3712

52 53 2012 SENIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 WORLD RECORDS

Mens - Relay - Rome, Italy Mens

Discipline Record Name Event Location Date Rank Nation Team Total 1 KOR JUNG / HONG / HWANG 6230 UIPM World Cup #3 Overall Score 6000 Points Nicola BENEDETTI (ITA) Szazhalombatta 12/04/2012 Senior Final 2 GER BORRMANN / NOBIS / KOLLNER 6208 1096 Points 3 RUS SHUGAROV / KUSTOV / SAVKIN 6194 UIPM World Cup #4 Fencing 28 Wins, Ilya SHUGAROV (RUS) Rostov 19/04/2012 Senior Final 4 UKR NAKONECHNYI / MORDASOV / KIRPULYANSKYY 6094 6 Defeats

5 MEX HERNANDEZ USCANGA / CAMACHO / SANDOVAL 6088 Senior European Swimming 1:49.59 James COOKE (GBR) Championships Medway 28/07/2011 6 ITA FRANCESCHINI / PODDIGHE / MONTICO 6036 25m Pool 1488 Points Senior Final 7 POL STASKIEWICZ / KLEKOT / MAJEWSKI 5994 Swimming 1:54.25 UIPM World Cup #1 Charlotte James COOKE (GBR) 08/03/2012 8 CHN HAN / LIU / GUO 5954 50m Pool 1432 Points Senior Qualification C NC 9 USA BOWSHER / BRADY / BREMER 5704 Combined Reset at start of 2013 due to change of combined event format 10 BLR MELIAKH / MITSYK / HAYANOUSKI 5684 UIPM Youth World 11 KGZ KUZNETSOV / NOVIKOV / KOZHOMBERDIEV 5594 Fastest Single 7.6 seconds Ricardo VEGA (MEX) Championships Tata 19/09/2012 Shoot (5 hits) 12 HUN DEMETER / MAROSI / TIBOLYA 2908 Youth Final

Fastest Overall Reset at start of 2013 due to change of combined event format from 3 rounds of shooting to 4 Womens - Relay - Rome, Italy Shoot

Rank Nation Team Total Womens

1 GER SCHONEBORN / KOHLMANN / SCHLEU 5434 Senior European Lena Overall Score 5600 Points Championships Medway 28/07/2011 2 CHN CHEN / MIAO / ZHU 5414 SCHONEBORN (GER) Senior Final 3 GBR FRENCH / BURKE / LIVINGSTON 5388 1096 Points World 4 BLR PROKOPENKO / VASILIONAK / YELIZAROVA 5336 Fencing 29 Wins, Amelie CAZE (FRA) Championships Rome 14/05/2012 5 RUS SAVCHENKO / LEBEDEVA / GRETCHICHNIKOVA 5322 6 Defeats Senior Final Euro. Youth B 6 HUN KOVACS / CSEH / GYENESEI 5284 Swimming 2:03.54 Zsofia FOLDHAZI Championships Abrantes 01/07/2009 25m Pool 1320 Points (HUN) 7 POL GAWLIKOWSKA / WOJCIK / SKARZYNSKA 5254 Youth B Final

8 KOR YANG / JEONG / CHOI 5194 Youth A World Swimming 2:06.91 Zsofia FOLDHAZI Championships Cairo 02/07/2009 9 ITA TOCCHI / SOTERO / LONTANO 4886 50m Pool 1280 Points (HUN) Youth A Final 10 CAN MCCANN / STEVENS / VAKALIS 4768 11 USA ACHTERBERG / KELLY / STETTINIUS 4638 Combined Reset at start of 2013 due to change of combined event format 12 MEX VEGA / MARTINEZ / OLIVER 4622 UIPM Youth World Fastest Single Nicole CAMPANER 8.4 seconds Championships Tata 19/09/2012 Shoot (5 hits) (ITA) Youth Final

Fastest Overall Reset at start of 2013 due to change of combined event format from 3 rounds of shooting to 4 54 Shoot CURRENT WORLD RANKINGS Pentathlon World Ranking - Senior Men

Rank Nation Name Points Rank Nation Name Points

1 RUS LESUN, Aleksander 206 26 FRA Berrou, Jean maxence 125

2 RUS FROLOV, Ilia 196 27 LAT CERKOVSKIS, Deniss 125

3 CHN CAO, Zhongrong 193 28 CZE POLIVKA, Ondrej 121

4 RUS Moiseev, Andrei 188 29 KAZ SABIRKHUZIN, Rustem 117

5 CZE SVOBODA, David 180 30 BLR PROKOPENKO, Mihail 114

6 HUN MAROSI, Adam 178 31 ITA PETRONI, Pierpaolo 111

7 ITA DE Luca, Riccardo 172 32 FRA PRADES, Valentin 108

8 GBR Woodbridge, Nicholas 167 33 UKR NAKONECHNYI, Ruslan 101

9 RUS KARYAKIN, Serguei 163 34 GER NOBIS, Alexander 101

10 ITA BENEDETTI, Nicola 163 35 MEX SANDOVAL, Alvaro 97

11 LTU KINDERIS, justinas 158 36 BUL DIMITROV, Blagoy 96

12 UKR TYMOSHCHENKO, Pavlo 155 37 EGY EL geziry, Omar 92

13 KOR JUNG, Jinhwa 155 38 CZE MICHALIK, Michal 92

14 KOR Hwang, Woojin 149 39 IRL LANIGAN-O KEEFFE, Arthur 91

15 GER KOLLNER, Stefan 148 40 GER GEBHARDT, Steffen 89

16 AUT DANIEL, Thomas 146 41 GBR cooke, James 87

17 GBR WEALE, Samuel 146 42 UKR KIRPULYANSKYY, Pavlo 85

18 HUN kasza, Robert 143 43 JPN NOGUCHI, Hayato 85

19 FRA PATTE, Christopher 140 44 CHI BUSTOS, Esteban 85

20 BLR ZHURAULIOU, Stanislau 139 45 GER BORRMANN, Delf 83

21 EGY EL geziry, Amro 137 46 FRA HOLYST, Maurin 82

22 HUN DeMEter, Bence 136 47 POL STASKIEWICZ, Szymon 82

23 KOR HONG, Jin-woo 133 48 MEX SOTO CARRILLO, Oscar 81

24 KAZ ILYASHENKO, Pavel 130 49 POL GOLIS, Remigiusz 79

25 HUN TIBOLYA, Peter 128 50 USA HERNANDEZ USCANGA, Ismael 78

56 57 CURRENT WORLD RANKINGS Pentathlon World Ranking - Senior Women

Rank Nation Name Points Rank Nation Name Points

1 LTU ASADAUSKAITE, Laura 220 26 GER KOHLMANN, Janine 122

2 BRA MARQUES, Yane 200 27 FRA CLOUVEL, Elodie 119

3 GBR MURRAY, Samantha 196 28 BLR YELIZAROVA, Tatsiana 119

4 CHN CHEN, Qian 178 29 ITA CROGNALE, Sabrina 119

5 BLR PROKOPENKO, Anastasiya 178 30 CZE DIANOVA, Natalie 118

6 GBR SPENCE, Mhairi 175 31 CHN MIAO, Yihua 117

7 AUS ESPOSITO, Chloe 170 32 CAN VAKALIS, Donna 115

8 GER SCHONEBORN, Lena 167 33 GBR PRENTICE, Freyja 113

9 FRA CAZE, Amelie 164 34 POL WOJCIK, Katarzyna 110

10 GBR FELL, Heather 161 35 LTU VENCKAUSKAITE, Gintare 108

11 POL GAWLIKOWSKA, Sylvia 157 36 RUS GRETCHICHNIKOVA, Evdokia 105

12 GER SCHLEU, Annika 156 37 UKR BURIAK, Ganna 104

13 LAT RUBLEVSKA, Elena 149 38 UKR SPAS, Anastasiya 104

14 CAN MCCANN, Melanie 147 39 FRA ARNAUD, Elfie 103

15 UKR KHOKHLOVA, Iryna 143 40 GBR BURKE, Katy 100

16 RUS RIMSAITE, Donata 142 41 RUS LEBEDEVA, Svetlana 98

17 RUS KHURASKINA, Ekaterina 138 42 RUS KOLEGOVA, Yuliya 95

18 EGY MEDANY, Aya 136 43 ITA CESARINI, Claudia 94

19 HUN GYENESEI, Leila 135 44 BLR VASILIONAK, Hanna 88

20 HUN TOTH, Adrienn 134 45 ITA BONESSIO, Lavinia 87

21 KOR YANG, Soo jin 131 46 POL SKARZYNSKA, Aleksandra 84

22 IRL COYLE, Natalya 129 47 GBR FRENCH, Kate 82

23 UKR TERESHUK, Victoria 128 48 GUA GARZA, Marines 81

24 GER TRAUTMANN, Eva 125 49 CHN ZHANG, Ye 79

25 HUN KOVACS, Sarolta 124 50 GBR LIVINGSTON, Katy 78

58 59 CURRENT WORLD RANKINGS Junior Women Junior Men

Rank Nation Name Given Name Total Rank Nation Name Given Name Total Rank Nation Name Given Name Total Rank Nation Name Given Name Total 1 AUS Esposito Chloe 184 14 LAT Sislova Olga 88 1 FRA Prades Valentin 152 14 HUN Demeter Gergely 96 2 HUN Kovacs Sarolta 156 15 ITA Sotero Alice 88 2 RUS Shugarov Ilya 151 15 FRA Casse Simon 92 3 USA Isaksen Margaux 156 16 ITA Lontano Camilla 87 3 RUS Kustov Maksim 149 16 RUS Belousov Alexey 90 4 RUS Lebedeva Svetlana 154 17 RUS Marochkina Angelina 84 4 IRL Lanigan-o Keeffe Arthur 133 17 GER Dogue Patrick 89 5 UKR Spas Anastasiya 147 18 GER Hanko Franziska 83 5 LTU Kontrimavicius Lukas 128 18 LAT Svecovs Pavels 87 6 MEX Vega Tamara 130 19 ITA Tocchi Gloria 78 6 CZE Kuf Jan 122 19 CHI Bustos Esteban 85 7 LTU Venckauskaite Gintare 128 20 POL Markowska Paula 76 7 FRA Belaud Valentin 118 20 POL Swiderski Jaroslaw 83 8 GBR French Kate 116 21 USA Isaksen Isabella 73 8 RUS Lukach Dmitry 111 21 POL Kryczka Przemyslaw 81 9 POL Maliszewska Anna 115 22 ITA Gandolfo Francesca 73 9 MEX Camacho Jorge Abraham 111 22 HUN Harangozo Bence 81 10 HUN Foldhazi Zsofia 100 23 JPN Shimazu Rena 71 10 GBR Cooke James 106 23 HUN Strobl Krisztian 77 11 GBR Prise Kerry 96 24 USA Achterberg Samantha 70 11 UKR Pavlyuk Denys 104 24 KOR Kim Dae Beom 70 12 FRA Stern Adele 93 25 POL Kozuchowska Natalia 69 12 CZE Kindl David 99 25 BLR Tsikhanau Pavel 70 13 BLR Arol Katsiaryna 90 13 POL Stasiak Sebastian 98

Youth A Women Youth A Mens

Rank Nation Name Given Name Total Rank Nation Name Given Name Total Rank Nation Name Given Name Total Rank Nation Name Given Name Total 1 LTU Serapinaite Ieva 157 14 CHI Rosas Javiera 77 1 UKR Mishchenko Vladislav 129 14 UKR Tkachuk Yuriy 88 2 POL Markowska Paula 132 15 HUN Hada Noemi 76 2 POL Stasiak Sebastian 129 15 GER Liebig Fabian 86 3 GBR Prise Eilidh 121 16 GBR Summers Francesca 75 3 RUS Naumov Oleg 128 16 AUT Reder Sebastian 85 4 LTU Serapinaite Emilija 120 17 FRA Barbaza Manon 72 4 BUL Krastanov Dimitar 125 17 HUN Tomaschof Soma 82 5 FRA Oteiza Marie 110 18 FRA Belhamri Julie 72 5 HUN Strobl Krisztian 123 18 RUS Vasiliev Oleg 70 6 BLR Rahachova Tatsiana 105 19 UKR Shuplyakova Kateryna 70 6 LAT Svecovs Pavels 119 19 KOR Lee Myeongsu 67 7 GER Bettinelli Alexandra 103 20 RUS Rodriguez Elizabet 66 7 HUN Horvath Norbert 116 20 FRA Romani Gauthier 57 8 RUS Serkina Sofia 102 21 UKR Golyadkina Diana 66 8 HUN Frohlich Tamas Bence 112 21 KAZ Koshelnik Dmitriy 53 9 ESP Garcia-miguel Marta 98 22 GBR Westgate Jemma 64 9 BLR Palazkov Ilya 109 22 GER Zillekens Christian 49 10 LTU Guzauskaite Karolina 97 23 GBR Muir Joanna 64 10 GBR Choong Joseph 106 23 KAZ Tyurin Denis 48 11 FRA Delhalle Pulcherie 96 24 GER Adermann Pia Franziska 58 11 GBR Lees Thomas 96 24 POL Gralewski Michal 48 12 RUS Makarova Ekaterina 92 25 RUS Vdovenko Ekaterina 54 12 KOR Jun Woongtae 95 25 KOR Jun Sangyong 48 13 HUN Foldhazi Anita 89 13 FRA Dejardin Pierre 88

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