TABLE OF CONTENTS

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UIPM PRESIDENT`S UIPM 2017 MESSAGE FAST FACTS SEASON

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UNDERSTANDING MEDIA & TV 2016 SEASON THE SPORT COVERAGE REVIEW

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PENTATHLON TOP ATHLETE THE UIPM WORLD RANKING PROFILES WORLD WOMEN`S WORLD HIGHLIGHTS, 20 RANKING HEROES AND 44 MEN`S WORLD RECORDS 26 RANKING MEDIA 54 ACCREDITATION

3 2017 MEDIA GUIDE UIPM PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

4 Dear Media Representatives, and Tetrathlon) will enable Dear UIPM Family, stronger development in developing and developed countries. We are The first year after the 2016 reaching out to much more people. UIPM Summer in Rio is an important milestone and we are now The athletes are the centrepiece looking forward to the 2020 Games of our sport and they have the in Tokyo. Time is running fast but so opportunity to shine on the global PRESIDENT’S is the development of our sport. stage with the support of the media. UIPM is dedicated to fair play and UIPM experienced an exciting digital the protection of clean athletes. revolution with UIPM TV and the As Pierre de Coubertin said, „May UIPM shop accompanying a new joy and good fellowship reign, and MESSAGE UIPM Website to complete a truly in this manner, may the Olympic modern digital ecosystem. Now we Torch pursue its way through ages, offer more and more possibilities increasing friendly understanding for fans to follow the sport and among nations, for the good of a to connect with the athletes who humanity always more enthusiastic, inspire them. more courageous and more pure“.

The innovations of recent years is a sport of allow us to present Modern integration, tolerance and respect. Pentathlon in a more compact way A sport of all religions and ethnic than ever before. Our shared goal groups. Especially in these times it is is to bring the athletes and coaches important to stay united in pursuit of closer – closer to the media, closer a better world. „A better world could to the spectators and closer to be brought about only by better our international Olympic Family, individuals“, as our founder put it. sponsors and other partners. I take this opportunity to thank you The UIPM Media Guide 2017 provides for the huge support and interest in details of all the successful compe- our sport, establishing stars through titions of last season and more television coverage, digital and press detail and information on our most reports and photographs. I sincerely prominent athletes. hope to continue and build on this strong cooperation and I wish a UIPM is actively spreading key wonderful Modern Pentathlon season competitions all over the world to 2017 to all of you. ensure that our global sport created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin will be Sincerely yours, familiar in all corners of the world.

Our non-Olympic sports (Laser-Run, World Schools Biathlon, Biathle, Dr Klaus Schormann

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UIPMFAST FACTS

MODERN PENTATHLON CREATED BY OLYMPIC FOUNDER BARON PIERRE DE COUBERTIN

OVER 100 YEARS OF HISTORY

SINCE 1912 ONE OF 25 CORE OLYMPIC SPORTS

125 ANNUAL COMPETITIONS WORLDWIDE

UIPM FOUNDED IN 1948 BY MR. , FIRST UIPM PRESIDENT

HEADQUARTERS IN MONTE CARLO,

CURRENT PRESIDENT (SINCE 1993): DR. H.C. KLAUS SCHORMANN

HONORARY PRESIDENT: HSH PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO

PATRON: HIS MAJESTY KING CONSTANTINE OF GREECE

6 UIPMIN NUMBERS

138 500 Nations represented globally Annual national and increasing 5% per year international competitions

12 +1000 Major International Events TV Broadcasting Highlights Minutes

+15,000 +200,000 Live-streaming minutes Press-Release Destinations Sent

+5 MILLION +200,000 Pageviews on pentathlon.org Active web users website

+14 MILLION 175 COUNTRIES Impressions on Watched the UIPM Facebook page POST-Event Highlights

+700,000 3 BILLION Fans connected to the UIPM TV Potential viewers of our and interacted with the athletes TV News clips

2,95 MILLION 550 MILLION Live-TV audience in Potential viewers of our during the UIPM 2015 Senior Competition Highlights World Championships, in Berlin

7 2017 MEDIA GUIDE 2017 SEASON calendar

1 24-26 #1 Feb Los Angeles, USA

2 24-26 World Cup #2 Mar Cairo, EGY

3 06-08 World Cup #3 May Kecskemét, HUN

4 27-29 World Cup #4 May Drzonkow, POL

5 23-25 World Cup Final Jun Vilnius, LTU

6 22-24 Youth A World Championships Jul Prague, CZE

8 12-14 Junior World Championships 7 Aug Székesfehérvár, HUN

27-29 World Championships 8 Aug Cairo, EGY

05-07 Laser-Run World Championships 9 Oct , RSA

20-22 Biathle/Triathle World Championships 10 Oct TBC

10-12 UIPM 2017 Champion of Champions 11 Nov Doha, Qatar

24-26 UIPM Congress 12 Nov TBC

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UNDERSTANDING THE SPORT

FENCING SWIMMING

The Modern Pentathlon competition The swimming event is a 200m starts with the Epée Fencing but in freestyle race. The heats are 2015 UIPM has officially introduced seeded with the fastest swimmers a new, dynamic element to the competing in the final heat. A time of discipline. In the Ranking Round, 2:30 is worth 250 pentathlon points each athlete fences against each and every half a second faster or of their rivals in bouts that last up slower than this time is worth a plus to a minute. Just one hit is needed or minus score of one point. to win. If neither fencer has scored a hit after 60 seconds they both register a defeat. An athlete who wins 25 of their 35 bouts will get 250 pentathlon points, with each victory or defeat above or below this number worth a plus or minus score of 6 points.

In the final round, called the Bonus Round, a single fencing piste is used and the competition is a one-on-one fight, each bout lasting maximum 45 seconds. This event takes place on the same Field of Play as the Ride and Laser-Run.

The pentathletes’ points from the Ranking Round are taken over to the final round. The competition is carried out in reverse order, with the last-place athlete going first against the next-placed athlete. The winner of each bout will be matched against the next best-ranked pentathlete. In this way, a pentathlete may continue to advance as long as they continue to win matches. The bout winner receives one bonus point for each bout they win.

10 RIDING LASER-RUN

In the riding event, athletes have to For the climax of the competition, complete a show jumping course athletes run a total distance of that is between 350 and 400 meters 3,200m, stopping to shoot and hit including 12 obstacles and 15 jumps, the target five times from 10 meters in a set time. distance before each 800m leg – this is repeated four times. Athletes The horses are assigned randomly can start running the next 800m leg and each athlete only has 20 minutes once they have hit the target five and five practice jumps to get to times. If they still have not hit the know the horse in the warm-up ring, target five times after 50 seconds, before coming out to compete. they are allowed to continue, but any hopes of a medal will have gone. A clear round within the time allowed is worth 300 pentathlon The competitor who has amassed points. Competitors lose 7 points for the most points in the first three each jump they knock down, and 10 events starts the Laser-Run first, points for a refusal to jump or a fall, with the rest of the field facing which is equivalent to a 10-second a one second handicap for each handicap in the final combined pentathlon point by which they trail event. They also lose one point the leader. This ensures that the first for each second they are over the person to cross the finish line wins allowed time. the Gold medal. The terminology of this discipline was changed from It is mandatory to cross the final line Combined Event to Laser-Run in 2016. otherwise the rider will be eliminated with zero points for the riding.

11 2017 MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA & TV COVERAGE Throughout 2017, all Modern Pentathlon competition finals will be live-streamed in WATCH ONLINE programme style, lasting around one hour. UIPMTV.ORG

The live stream will consist of 2 main elements a LIVE-STREAMING NEWS EDITS/HIGHLIGHTS highlights package of the day’s first 3 disciplines (Swimming, Fencing and Riding) followed by live coverage of the closing Combined event. 24-26 World Cup #1 Feb Los Angeles, USA Modern Pentathlon will be beamed out live on TV 24-26 World Cup #2 Mar Cairo, EGY across Europe this summer after the UIPM signed a contract with continental network Eurosport. 06-08 World Cup #3 May Kecskemét, HUN The agreement will include the 2017 World Cup 27-29 World Cup #4 Final in Vilnius (LTU) in June and the Senior World May Drzonkow, POL Championships in Cairo (EGY) in August, where 23-25 World Cup Final the finals will be broadcast live to a vast audience Jun Vilnius, LTU of sports fans across Europe and beyond. 27-29 World Championships Aug Cairo, EGY

NEWS EDITS On the night of each final event, four minutes GET NEWS EDITS of news edits are digitally available. These edits HIGHLIGHTS include interviews and footage from the day’s action. Specific interviews and footage of certain 05-07 Laser-Run World Oct Championships athletes can be arranged on request. Cape Town, RSA

POST-EVENT HIGHLIGHTS 20-22 Biathle/Triathle World Oct The official one-hour highlights programme will Championships TBC focus on the Men’s and Women’s events, and may also include coverage from the Mixed Relay and other key moments from the competition week. HOW TO GET NEWS EDITS AND The highlights programme is delivered in digital HIGHLIGHTS? material with International soundtrack and full Contact: [email protected] English commentary and script. It will be available ten days after each event.

12 The UIPM TV digital platform brings to spectators and fans an innovative experience of watching sport in a dynamic live and interactive environ- ment, replicating the TV experience over the Internet to any device.

PENTATHLON.ORG The official website is the home of the UIPM world, providing all sports news and information. During competitions the portal provides coverage through latest news, live results and live streaming.

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Chloe Esposito wins ’s first Olympic gold in women’s Modern Pentathlon.

2016 REVIEW

14 CAIRO () 21-28 FEB 2016 ROME () 30 MAR-3 APR 2016 World Cup I World Cup III

Lena Schoeneborn (GER) set the Normal order was restored on the standard as the first gold medallist of UIPM World Cup circuit as Laura the 2016 elite season by winning the Asadauskaite (LTU) won her first Women’s Individual event at UIPM event of the season ahead of silver World Cup #1 in Cairo, with Annika medallist Lena Schoeneborn (GER). Schleu (GER) picking up silver. dominated the Men’s A stunning home victory by Amro Individual fnial as Valentin Prades and Elgeziry (EGY) then provided a Christopher Patte finished in 1st dream come true for organisers and and 2nd place respectively. spectators in the men’s individual event. The host nation savoured the perfect Italy claimed the first Mixed Relay climax to World Cup #3 as Italy gold medal of the season after an (Lavinia Bonessio & Lorenzo Michele) outstanding performance by Lavinia claimed their second Mixed Relay Bonessio and Auro Franceschin. gold of the season.

RIO () 8-15 MAR 2016 KECSKEMET () 13-18 APR 2016 World Cup II World Cup IV

Claudia Cesarini (ITA) conquered After beginning the Combined a tropical downpour and dozens of Event 48 seconds behind the leader, higher-ranked pentathletes to secure Anastasiya Prokopenko (BLR) Women’s Individual gold at World secured an extraordinary victory Cup #2. in the Women’s Individual event at World Cup #4 ahead of home Jun Woongtae (KOR) continued favourite Zsofia Foldhazi (HUN). his impressive rise by securing Men’s Individual gold at World Cup #2 James Cooke (GBR) also denied after an intriguing battle with silver Hungary glory when he won gold in medallist Omar Elgeziry (EGY) the Men’s Individual event ahead of Lena Schoeneborn asserted her Hungarian duo Adam Marosi (silver) class once again when she teamed and Bence Demeter (bronze). up with Patrick Dogue to win gold for Germany in the Mixed Relay. ’s development was evident again when their leading duo of Isabel Brand and Charles Fernandez won Mixed Relay gold.

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SARASOTA (USA) 3-9 MAY 2016 CAIRO (EGYPT) 11-18 SEPT 2016 World Cup Final Junior World Championships Lena Schoeneborn (GER) completed an exemplary campaign as she was crowned winner of the Kim Sunwoo (KOR) claimed the UIPM World Cup for the 3rd time in title of UIPM 2016 Junior World Sarasota, Florida (USA). Silver went to Champion in hot weather in the Zsofia Foldhazi (HUN). Women’s Individual Final.

James Cooke (GBR) confirmed Charles Fernandez (GUA) then his status as one of the world’s top denied Korea another gold as he pentathletes with gold in the Men’s prevailed in an epic battle with Jun Individual event. Patrick Dogue Woongtae (KOR). (GER) secured silver. won the Men’s and Women’s Ireland (Natalya Coyle & Arthur Lanigan- Relay gold medals while Italy claimed O’Keeffe) went one better than 2015 as the Mixed Relay title. they won gold in the Mixed Relay that brought the curtain down on the 2016 UIPM World Cup season.

MOSCOW (RUSSIA) 22-29 MAY 2016 LIMERICK (IRELAND) 12-19 JUL 2016 Senior World Youth A World Championships Championships

Modern Pentathlon crowned two new Aurora Tognetti (ITA) claimed gold senior world champions in Moscow. in the Women’s Individual Final at Sarolta Kovacs (HUN) won the the Youth A World Championships in Women’s Individual gold ahead of silver Limerick. medallist Elodie Clouvel (FRA) and bronze medallist Lena Schoeneborn (GER). An incredible sprint finish allowed Jeong Youngjin (KOR) to defeat Valentin Belaud (FRA) won the Men’s silver medallist Ivan Khamtsou (BLR) Individual title after overcoming silver in the Men’s Individual Final. medallist Alexander Lesun (RUS), with Jung Jinhwa (KOR) taking bronze. Italy (women), Korea (men) and Russia (mixed) continued to Lesun (RUS) was back on top of the dominate the championships as the world as he and Donata Rimsaite relay titles were split three ways. teamed up to win gold for host nation Russia in the Mixed Relay. Germany won the Women’s Relay and Korea won the Men’s Relay.

16 RIO (BRAZIL) 18-20 AUG 2016 Olympic Games

Modern Pentathlon celebrated six new Olympic medallists and four Alexander Lesun of Russia world records in an exceptional celebrates his gold medal after competition at the 2016 Games in a dominant performance Rio de Janeiro (BRA).

First Chloe Esposito (AUS) engineered a stunning triumph in the women’s event, where she was joined on the podium by Elodie Clouvel (FRA, silver) and Oktawia Nowacka (POL, bronze).

Alexander Lesun (RUS) became men’s champion after a strong and unflappable performance that gave no chance to the rest of the field.Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR) won silver and Ismael Hernandez Uscanga (MEX) won a sprint to the line for bronze.

Two world records were broken in the pool, as James Cooke (GBR) and Gulnaz Gubaydullina (RUS) set the fastest-ever 200m freestyle times in Modern Pentathlon.

Men’s champion Lesun (RUS) laid a strong foundation for his victory with a world record Fencing score of 268. After being eliminated from Riding, defending champion Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) broke the world record for the Combined Event with a time of 12mins 01.01secs.

Champions Esposito (AUS) and Lesun (RUS) both recorded Olympic records for overall score.

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PENTATHLON WORLD RANKING

HOW DOES IT WORK? WHICH LEVEL OF COMPETITIONS EXIST? The PWR is the official list used to rank pentathletes. It includes There are four (4) level of the ranking points awarded to the competitions. pentathletes according to their three best placingin the official Level 1: UIPM international competitions Olympic Games, World held during the preceding 12 Championships, World Cup months. If during this 12-month Final. The winner gets 80 points. period there are 2 competitions Following places earn points of the same type (example: 2 according to points table CCh, 2 WCh, 2 WCF) only the most recent will be included in Level 2: the PWR. Continental Championships/ Games, World Cup Competitions, There are PWR individual lists for CISM World Championships. The Senior, Junior and Youth, for both winner gets 60 points genders and Relays. Level 3 and 4: Every pentathlete earns PWR Regional Championships/Games Points according to the level of and International World Ranking the competition and his/her final Competitions, depending on place as specified in the PWR participation and strength they Point Table. will be ranked as level 3 or 4 competitions. The winner gets 40 or 20 points, according to the level.

18 COMPETITION LEVELS PLACE 1 2 3 4 1 80 60 40 20 2 75 55 36 17 3 70 51 33 15 4 66 48 31 13 5 63 46 29 11 6 60 44 27 10 7 58 42 25 9 8 56 40 23 8 9 54 39 22 7 10 52 38 21 6 11 50 37 20 5 12 48 36 19 4 13 46 35 18 3 14 44 34 17 2 15 42 33 16 1 16 40 32 15 1 17 39 31 14 1 18 38 30 13 1 19 37 29 12 1 20 36 28 11 1 21 35 27 10 1 22 34 26 9 1 23 33 25 8 1 24 32 24 7 1 25 31 23 6 1 26 30 22 5 1 27 29 21 4 1 28 28 20 3 1 29 27 19 2 1 30 26 18 1 1 31 25 17 1 1 32 24 16 1 1 33 23 15 1 1 34 22 14 1 1 35 21 13 1 1 36 20 12 1 1 37 19 11 1 1 38 18 10 1 1 39 17 9 1 1 40 16 8 1 1 41/42/42... 15/14/13... 7/6/5... 1/1/1... 1/1/1...

19 2017 MEDIA GUIDE TOP ATHLETE PROFILES WOMEN’S WORLD RANKING

LENA SCHOENEBORN RANKING POINTS 11/04/1986 GERMANY 1 210

Aug, 2016 32nd Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May, 2016 3rd UIPM Senior World Championships, Moscow, Russia May, 2016 1st UIPM World Cup Final, Sarasota, United States Mar, 2016 2nd UIPM World Cup #3, Rome, Italy Mar, 2016 2nd UIPM World Cup #2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Feb, 2016 1st UIPM World Cup #1, Cairo, Egypt Jun, 2015 1st Senior World Championships, Berlin Jul, 2014 1st Senior European Championships, Székesfehérvár, Hungary Apr, 2014 3rd World Cup #4, Kecskemét, Hungary Aug, 2012 15th XXX Olympic Games - Modern Pentathlon Event, London. Great Britain Mar, 2012 1st UIPM World Cup #1, Charlotte, United States Jul, 2011 1st Senior European Championships, Medway, Great Britain Jul, 2011 1st UIPM World Cup Final, London, Great Britain May, 2011 2nd UIPM World Cup #3, Budapest, Hungary Feb, 2011 3rd UIPM World Cup #1, Palm Springs, United States Sep, 2010 3rd UIPM Senior World Championships, Chengdu, Jul, 2010 2nd Senior European Championships, Debrecen, Hungary Jun, 2010 1st UIPM World Cup Final, Moscow, Russia Jun, 2010 1st UIPM World Cup 5, Berlin, Germany May, 2010 1st UIPM World Cup 4, Budapest, Hungary Mar, 2010 1st UIPM World Cup 1, Playa del Carmen, Mexico Aug, 2009 3rd Senior World Championships, London, Great Britain Aug, 2008 1st Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon, Beijing, China Apr, 2008 2nd World Cup 4 2008, Madrid, Sep, 2007 3rd World Junior Championships, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal Aug, 2007 2nd Senior World Championships, Berlin, Germany

20 ELODIE CLOUVEL RANKING POINTS 14/01/1989 FRANCE 2 201

Aug, 2016 2nd Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May, 2016 2nd UIPM Senior World Championships, Moscow, Russia Feb, 2016 3rd UIPM World Cup #1, Cairo, Egypt Apr, 2015 2nd World Cup #4, Kecskemét, Hungary Aug, 2012 31st XXX Olympic Games, London, Great Britain Mar, 2012 1st UIPM World Cup #2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jul, 2011 3rd UIPM World Cup Final, London, Great Britain Aug, 2010 3rd UIPM Junior World Championships, Székesfehérvár, Hungary

LAURA ASADAUSKAITE RANKING POINTS 26/02/1984 LITHUANIA 3 186

Aug, 2016 31st Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jul, 2016 1st Senior European Championships, , Mar, 2016 1st UIPM World Cup #3, Rome, Italy Jun, 2015 1st World Cup Final, Minsk, Apr, 2015 1st World Cup #3, Rome, Italy Mar, 2015 1st World Cup #2, Cairo, Egypt Jul, 2014 1st Senior European Championships, Székesfehérvár, Hungary Jun, 2014 2nd World Cup Final, Sarasota, United States Apr, 2014 1st World Cup #2, Cairo, Egypt Aug, 2013 1st Senior World Championships, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Mar, 2013 2nd UIPM World Cup #2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Aug, 2012 1st XXX Olympic Games, London, Great Britain Jul, 2012 1st Senior European Championships, Sofia, Bulgaria May, 2012 1st UIPM World Cup Final, Chengdu, China Apr, 2012 3rd UIPM World Cup #3, Százhalombatta, Hungary Oct, 2011 2nd Champion of Champions, Catania, Italy Sep, 2011 3rd UIPM Senior World Championships, Moscow, Russia Jul, 2011 2nd UIPM World Cup Final, London, Great Britain Aug, 2009 2nd Senior World Championships, London, Great Britain May, 2009 1st World Cup 3 2009 Women, Székesfehérvár, Hungary Apr, 2009 1st World Cup 2 2009, Cairo, Egypt Mar, 2009 2nd World Cup 1 2009, Mexico City, Mexico Aug, 2008 15th XXIX Olympic Games, Beijing, China Jul, 2008 2nd European Senior Championships, Moscow, Russia Aug, 2007 3rd Senior World Championships, Berlin, Germany

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ZSOFIA FOLDHAZI RANKING POINTS 09/06/1993 HUNGARY 4 186

Aug, 2016 27th Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May, 2016 2nd UIPM World Cup Final, Sarasota, United States Apr, 2016 2nd UIPM World Cup #4, Kecskemét, Hungary Apr, 2015 1st World Cup #4, Kecskemét, Hungary Apr, 2015 2nd World Cup #3, Rome, Italy May, 2014 1st Junior World Championships, Drzonkow, Apr, 2014 3rd World Cup #3, Chengdu, China Jul, 2013 1st Junior World Championships, Székesfehérvár, Hungary Jul, 2013 1st Senior European Championships, Drzonkow, Poland Mar, 2013 3rd UIPM World Cup #2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ANNIKA SCHLEU RANKING POINTS 03/04/1990 GERMANY 5 176

Nov, 2016 1st Champion of Champions, Doha, Qatar Aug, 2016 5th Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Feb, 2016 2nd UIPM World Cup #1, Cairo, Egypt Nov, 2015 1st Champion of Champions, Doha, Qatar Aug, 2012 26th XXX Olympic Games - Modern Pentathlon Event, London, Great Britain May, 2011 3rd UIPM World Cup #4, Chengdu, China Apr, 2008 2nd European Junior Championships, Drzonkow, Poland

QIAN CHEN RANKING POINTS 12/01/1987 CHINA 6 171

Aug, 2016 4th Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jun, 2015 2nd Senior World Championships, Berlin, Germany Sep, 2014 2nd Senior World Championships, Warsaw, Poland Jun, 2014 3rd World Cup Final, Sarasota, United States Apr, 2014 1st World Cup #3, Chengdu, China Apr. 2014 3rd World Cup #2, Cairo, Egypt Sep. 2013 1st Asian Championships, Astana, Kazakhstan Aug, 2012 5th XXX Olympic Games - Modern Pentathlon Event, London, Great Britain May 2012 2nd UIPM Senior World Championships, Rome, Italy May, 2011 1st Asia - OCEANIA Championships, Chengdu, China Sep, 2010 3rd UIPM Senior World Championships, Chengdu, China Aug, 2009 1st Senior World Championships, London, Great Britain Aug, 2008 5th Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon, Beijing, China

22 DONATA RIMSAITE RANKING POINTS 28/01/1988 RUSSIA 7 157

Aug, 2016 12nd Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mar, 2016 3rd UIPM World Cup #2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May, 2015 3st Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia Apr, 2015 3rd World Cup #3, Rome, Italy Jul, 2014 3rd Senior European Championships, Székesfehérvár, Hungary Aug, 2013 3rd Senior World Championships, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Apr, 2012 2nd UIPM World Cup #3, Százhalombatta, Hungary Apr, 2011 1st UIPM World Cup #2, Sassari, Italy Aug, 2008 13th Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon, Beijing, China

SAROLTA KOVACS RANKING POINTS 08/03/1991 HUNGARY 8 156

Aug, 2016 17th Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May, 2016 1st UIPM Senior World Championships, Moscow, Russia May, 2015 2st Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia Jun, 2012 2st Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia Nov, 2011 1st UIPM Junior World Championships, Buenos Aires, Argentina Sep, 2011 2nd UIPM Senior World Championships, Moscow, Russia Aug, 2010 1st UIPM Junior World Championships, Székesfehérvár, Hungary Apr, 2009 1st European Junior Championships, Albena, Bulgaria Jul, 2008 3rd Junior World Championships, Cairo, Egypt Apr, 2008 1st European Junior Championships, Drzonkow, Poland

GINTARE VENCKAUSKAITE RANKING POINTS 01/11/1992 LITHUANIA 9 151

Nov, 2015 3rd Champion of Champions, Doha, Qatar

CLAUDIA CESARINI RANKING POINTS 02/08/1986 ITALY 10 151

Mar, 2016 1st UIPM World Cup #2, Rio de Jenerio, Brazil

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RANK POINTS NAME SURNAME DOB NATION

11 149 Anastasiya PROKOPENKO 18-09-85 BLR

12 144 Alice SOTERO 27-05-91 ITA

13 143 Ieva SERAPINAITE 03-02-95 LTU

14 141 Gulnaz GUBAYDULLINA 14-02-92 RUS

15 140 Sunwoo KIM 06-10-96 KOR

16 138 Xiaonan ZHANG 21-07-92 CHN

17 138 Kate FRENCH 10-02-91 GBR

18 136 Yane MARQUES 05-01-84 BRA

19 134 Ilke OZYUKSEL 25-02-97 TUR

20 133 Samantha MURRAY 22-09-89 GBR

21 133 Natalya COYLE 09-12-90 IRL

22 133 Freyja PRENTICE 19-05-90 GBR

23 132 IRYNA KHOKHLOVA 28-01-90 ARG

24 130 Melanie MCCANN 02-10-89 CAN

25 130 Margaux ISAKSEN 03-10-91 USA

26 124 Wanxia LIANG 09-03-91 CHN

27 123 Tamara ALEKSZEJEV 23-10-88 HUN

28 123 Natsumi TOMONAGA 21-08-91 JPN

29 120 Anna MALISZEWSKA 03-07-93 POL

30 120 Anna BURIAK 28-01-90 RUS

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31 119 Isabella ISAKSEN 19-11-93 USA

32 118 Barbora KODEDOVA 27-02-90 CZE

33 118 Leidis Laura MOYA 16-04-92 CUB

34 117 Janine KOHLMANN 27-11-90 GER

35 116 Tamara VEGA 10-03-93 MEX

36 114 Samantha ACHTERBERG 23-03-92 USA

37 109 Julie BELHAMRI 04-04-94 FRA

38 106 Elena POTAPENKO 20-04-93 KAZ

39 105 Marie OTEIZA 30-01-94 FRA

40 105 Katsiaryna AROL 15-12-92 BLR

41 104 Rena SHIMAZU 28-05-91 JPN

42 104 Oktawia NOWACKA 02-01-91 POL

43 99 Iryna PRASIANTSOVA 29-09-96 BLR

44 95 Joanna MUIR 28-08-94 GBR

45 93 Donna VAKALIS 27-12-79 CAN

46 93 Elena MICHELI 29-04-99 ITA

47 93 Mina JEONG 15-08-92 KOR

48 92 Valeriya PERMYKINA 21-09-93 UKR

49 92 Sophia HERNANDEZ 13-01-97 GUA

50 91 Elena RUBLEVSKA 20-03-76 LAT

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VALENTIN PRADES RANKING POINTS 26/09/1992 FRANCE 1 196

Aug, 2016 4th Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May, 2016 3rd UIPM World Cup Final, Sarasota, United States Mar, 2016 1st UIPM World Cup #3, Rome, Italy May, 2015 3rd Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia Apr, 2015 3rd World Cup #4, Kecskemét, Hungary May, 2013 1st UIPM World Cup Final, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia Mar, 2013 3rd UIPM World Cup #2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sep, 2012 2nd UIPM Junior World Championships, Drzonkow, Poland Nov, 2011 2nd UIPM Junior World Championships, Buenos Aires, Argentina Sep, 2011 3rd Junior European Championships, Drzonkow, Poland

JAMES COOKE RANKING POINTS 02/03/1991 GREAT BRITAIN 2 194

Aug, 2016 14th Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May, 2016 1st UIPM World Cup Final, Sarasota, United States Apr, 2016 1st UIPM World Cup #4, Kecskemét, Hungary Feb, 2015 1st World Cup #1, Sarasota, United States May, 2013 1st UIPM World Cup #4, Budapest, Hungary Nov, 2011 1st UIPM Junior World Championships, Buenos Aires, Argentina

26 VALENTIN BELAUD RANKING POINTS 15/09/1992 FRANCE 3 182

Nov, 2016 2nd Champion of Champions, Doha, Qatar Sep,2016 3rd CISM Military World Championships Modern Pentathlon, Warendorf, Germany Aug, 2016 20th Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May, 2016 1st UIPM Senior World Championships, Moscow, Russia Feb, 2016 3rd UIPM World Cup #1, Cairo, Egypt Apr, 2015 1st World Cup #4, Kecskemét, Hungary Apr, 2013 3rd UIPM World Cup #3, Chengdu, China Sep, 2012 1st UIPM Junior World Championships, Drzonkow, Poland Jul, 2008 2nd European Youth B Championships, Dublin, Ireland

AMRO EL GEZIRY RANKING POINTS 28/11/1986 EGYPT 4 172

Aug, 2016 25th Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Feb, 2016 1st UIPM World Cup #1, Cairo, Egypt Oct, 2015 3rd CISM World Military Games, Mungyeong, Korea Aug, 2015 2nd African Championships Olympic Qualification, Cairo, Egypt Sep, 2014 2nd Senior World Championships, Warsaw, Poland Aug, 2012 33rd XXX Olympic Games, London, Great Britain Aug, 2008 32nd XXIX Olympic Games, Beijing, China Aug, 2007 1st Open Junior Championships of Poland, Drzonkow, Poland Mar, 2006 1st 6th African Open Championships, Cairo, Egypt May, 2005 1st Junior International Drzonkow (POL) MEN, Drzonkow, Poland

ISMAEL HERNANDEZ USCANGA RANKING POINTS 21/01/1990 MEXICO 5 170

Aug, 2016 3rd Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mar, 2015 1st UIPM World Cup #2, Cairo, Egypt

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ADAM MAROSI RANKING POINTS 26/07/1984 HUNGARY 6 170

Aug, 2016 12th Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Apr, 2016 2nd UIPM World Cup #4, Kecskemét, Hungary Mar, 2016 3rd UIPM World Cup #2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Feb, 2016 2nd UIPM World Cup #1, Cairo, Egypt Apr, 2014 1st World Cup #4, Kecskemét, Hungary Jul, 2013 1st Senior European Championships, Drzonkow, Poland May, 2013 3rd UIPM World Cup Final, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia May, 2013 2nd UIPM World Cup #4, Budapest, Hungary Mar, 2013 1st UIPM World Cup #2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Feb, 2013 2nd UIPM World Cup #1, Palm Springs, United States Aug, 2012 3rd XXX Olympic Games, Great Britain Sep, 2011 3rd UIPM Senior World Championships, Moscow, Russia Apr, 2011 1st UIPM World Cup #2, Sassari, Italy Feb, 2011 2nd UIPM World Cup #1, Palm Springs, United States Jun, 2010 1st UIPM World Cup Final, Moscow, Russia Apr, 2010 1st UIPM World Cup 3, Medway, Great Britain Sep, 2009 1st World Cup Final 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Aug, 2009 1st Senior World Championships, London, Great Britain Jun, 2009 3rd European Senior Championships, Leipzig, Germany May, 2009 2nd World Cup 4 2009, Rome, Italy May, 2009 2nd World Cup 3 2009 Men, Budapest, Hungary Mar, 2009 3rd World Cup 1 2009, Mexico City, Mexico Aug, 2008 28th XXIX Olympic Games, Beijing, China May, 2008 3rd Senior World Championships, Budapest, Hungary Jul, 2004 2nd Junior World Championships , Székesfehérvár, Hungary

OMAR EL GEZIRY RANKING POINTS 18/01/1985 EGYPT 7 169

Aug, 2016 23rd Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mar, 2016 2nd UIPM World Cup #2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

28 NATHAN SCHRIMSHER RANKING POINTS 21/05/1992 UNITED STATES 8 168

Aug, 2016 11th Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mar, 2016 1st Pan American & South American Championships , Buenos Aires, ARG Jul, 2016 1st Pan American Games (Modern Pentathlon), Toronto, Canada May, 2015 1st Pan American Cup, Colorado Springs, United States Jul, 2014 2nd PanAm and NORCECA Senior Championships, Mexico City, Mexico

MAKSIM KUSTOV RANKING POINTS 01/09/1991 RUSSIA 9 166

May, 2015 2nd Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

PATRICK DOGUE RANKING POINTS 08/03/1992 GERMANY 10 165

Nov, 2016 1st Champion of Champions, Doha, Qatar May, 2016 2nd UIPM World Cup Final, Saratosa, United States

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RANK POINTS NAME SURNAME DOB NATION

11 163 Yasser HEFNY 06-02-89 EGY

12 161 Jan KUF 11-05-91 CZE

13 160 Jinhwa JUNG 24-05-89 KOR

14 156 Alexander LESUN 01-07-88 RUS

15 150 Pavlo TYMOSHCHENKO 12-10-86 UKR

16 146 Justinas KINDERIS 22-05-87 LTU

17 145 Woongtae JUN 31-07-95 KOR

18 142 Jianli GUO 06-03-88 CHN

19 140 Joseph CHOONG 23-05-95 GBR

20 139 Bence DEMETER 19-03-90 HUN

21 136 Charles FERNANDEZ 26-12-95 GUA

22 136 Pierpaolo PETRONI 30-03-87 ITA

23 132 Arthur Lanigan O’KEEFFE 12-09-91 IRL

24 132 Mikalai HAYANOUSKI 07-01-89 BLR

25 130 Riccardo DE LUCA 21-03-86 ITA

26 129 Christopher PATTE 29-03-90 FRA

27 129 Christian ZILLEKENS 28-12-95 GER

28 126 Ruslan NAKONECHNYI 21-04-89 LAT

29 121 Robert KASZA 05-04-86 HUN

30 120 18-03-85 CZE

30 RANK POINTS NAME SURNAME DOB NATION

31 117 Jorge INZUNZA 15-11-90 MEX

32 116 Gauthier ROMANI 11-09-94 FRA

33 115 Denys PAVLYUK 15-01-92 UKR

34 115 Sebastian STASIAK 07-09-94 POL

35 112 Alvaro SANDOVAL 05-11-90 MEX

36 112 Pavel ILYASHENKO 23-06-90 KAZ

37 106 Lucas SCHRIMSHER 27-02-94 USA

38 101 Zhongrong CAO 03-11-81 CHN

39 101 Felipe NASCIMENTO 05-07-93 BRA

40 96 Stefan KOLLNER 11-09-84 GER

41 95 Esteban BUSTOS 16-12-92 CHI

42 93 David KINDL 16-05-91 CZE

43 93 Oleg NAUMOV 11-04-94 RUS

44 92 Fabio PODDIGHE 15-07-87 ITA

45 91 Auro FRANCESCHINI 01-04-87 ITA

46 91 Szymon STASKIEWICZ 03-01-87 POL

47 91 Simon CASSE 30-12-91 FRA

48 90 Peter TIBOLYA 18-04-85 HUN

49 90 Andriy FEDECHKO 03-12-90 UKR

50 89 Woojin HWANG 08-05-90 KOR

31 2017 MEDIA GUIDE UIPM HEADQUARTERS

The Headquarters office for the UIPM is located in the Principality of Monaco. The office has been in Monaco since 11 July 1997. The Headquarters are managed by Secretary General, Mrs. Shiny Fang.

Patron His Majesty King Constantine

Honorary President HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco

President Dr. h.c. Klaus Schormann An der Rodelbahn 2 64380 Rossdorf-Gundernhausen Germany

Secretary General Mrs. Shiny Fang UIPM Headquarters Stade Louis II, Entrance E 13 Avenue des Castelans 98000 Monaco

32 33 2017 MEDIA GUIDE MODERN PENTATHLON TIMELINE Modern Pentathlon is a unique would “test a man’s moral qualities multi-discipline sport created by the as much as his physical resources Olympic Games founder, Baron Pierre and skills, producing thereby the de Coubertin, that combines mental ideal, complete athlete”. Pentathlon and physical challenge to find the has evolved considerably over the most complete athlete. It evolved years. It adopts modern concepts out of the Ancient Pentathlon at the and latest technology to improve the 1912 Olympics. It was competition and the spectator and Baron Pierre De Coubertin’s belief fan experience. that the Modern Pentathlon event

1912 STOCKHOLM: FIRST TIME IN THE OLYMPIC PROGRAM

1948 LONDON: UIPM WAS BORN

1989 MEN’S RELAY IS INTRODUCED

1991 HANDICAP START FOR RUNNING EVENT

1992 WOMEN’S RELAY IS INTRODUCED

ONE DAY FORMAT INTRODUCED AT UIPM WORLD 1993 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DARMSTADT, GERMANY

1994 AIR PISTOLS ARE INTRODUCED

34 ATLANTA: FIRST TIME ALL 5 SPORTS COMPETED IN ONE DAY AT THE 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES

FIRST TIME WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION AT THE 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES

FULL STADIUM WITH 40,000 SPECTATORS IN BOTH FINAL DAYS AT 2008 THE OLYMPIC GAMES

2009 INTRODUCTION OF SHOOTING AND RUNNING COMBINED

MIXED RELAY INTRODUCED IN THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES AND 2010 UIPM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH LASER SHOOTING INSTEAD OF AIR PISTOL

2011 MIXED RELAY IN ALL UIPM MAJOR COMPETITIONS

FIRST TIME COMBINED SHOOTING AND RUNNING IN 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES

DISTRIBUTION OF LASER SHOOTING EQUIPMENT TO MORE THAN 2013 65 COUNTRIES TO DEVELOP THE SPORT

IMPLEMENTATION OF FENCING BONUS ROUND, MAKING THE 2014 SPORT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO SPECTATORS AND BROADCASTERS

FIRST LASER-RUN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. CONSISTING OF LASER 2015 SHOOTING AND RUNNING, LASER-RUN IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW MORE ATHLETES AN ENTRY POINT TO MODERN PENTATHLON

ALL IN ONE: THE INTEGRATION OF THE FIVE SPORTS IN ONE 2016 SPORTS COMPLEX, AS ENVISAGED BY DR. KLAUS SCHORMANN, IMPLEMENTED IN RIO 2016

ALL FIVE DISCIPLINES WILL BE CONTESTED IN ONE STADIUM IN 2020 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES

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OUR COMPETITIONS Modern Pentathlon AND OTHER UIPM SPORTS

UIPM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS competition with the Laser-Run event, consisting of 2 series of World Championships take place shooting and 2 x 1 km running. annually for senior (22 and over), In this way, the relay competition junior (19-21 years) and youth A is an exciting spectacle requiring (17-18 years) athletes, men and contribution from both team women, which include individual, members in every event. Also a team and relay events. Youth A World mixed relay with two competitors, Championships adopt the Tetrathlon one man and one woman, has been format, which does not include riding. included since 2009 on the official World Championships programme. Athletes qualify for the Final via qualification groups of up to 36 athletes per group. So, in the case of UIPM WORLD CUP SERIES 3 groups, the top 8 placed athletes qualify directly from each group, A World Cup series for both men with the next best 12 athletes from and women has been organized all groups rounding out the field. since 1990. Each year between 4 The athletes then compete in the and 6 World Cup competitions and Finals, which is therefore comprised a World Cup Final are organized of the best 36 competitors from and the whole package is called these qualifiers. Individual medals the World Cup series. The best 36 are awarded as well as team medals, athletes qualify for the World Cup which are decided by adding the Final via a ranking list using the three three individual team members’ best results of each athlete at World scores together. For the exciting Cup competitions. Significant prize relay event, this consists of up to 24 money is also available. teams of two athletes, competing in a continuous relay using all five disciplines and is completed in just one day. Each team member swims 100m, fences one opposing team member, rides a horse over 9 x obstacles and finishes the

36 BIATHLE (SWIM-RUN)

Biathle was established in Monaco in 1999. Through Biathle the UIPM has established a competition comprising of two fundamental components of Modern Pentathlon and represent the most practised sports in the world – running and swimming.

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.

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TRIATHLE TETRATHLON (SHOOT-SWIM-RUN) (FENCING-SWIM-RUN-SHOOT)

Through Triathle, the UIPM has It is, to all intents and purposes, Modern estab-lished a platform to encourage Pentathlon without the horses. young athletes to practise modern Tetrathlon has become a vital part of pentathlon starting from the basic the UIPM portfolio because it combines disciplines of running and swimming Fencing, Swimming and Laser-Run and then progressing into shooting to and is therefore the perfect audition slowly become full pentathletes. for our ultimate five-sport test.

Modern Triathle begins normally with Tetrathlon is now the favoured format a pack start of runners for the first for many important events including 25m, followed by athletes competing the Youth Olympic Games (Singapore in the first of multiple shooting series 2010 and Nanjing 2014), University- of 5 shots each, prior to approaching level competitions and the Masters the transition area and then swimming (over-30s) circuit. It is also used for before running the final leg to the Youth A (under 19) and Youth B (under finish line. It was introduced in 2012. 17) competitions, allowing teenage athletes to qualify for the YOG.

38 LASER-RUN WORLD SCHOOLS BIATHLON (SHOOT-RUN) (SWIM-RUN)

Laser-Run is the new and exciting In 2005 UIPM launched a new competition UIPM initiative launched in the middle linked to the success of Biathle. The of 2014 to increase international event consists of the swimming and interest in developing additional disciplines running disciplines. The swimming to broaden our presence worldwide; discipline is conducted in a 25m or enabling all athletes in the world to 50m pool and the running discipline overcome difficulties in terms of is conducted preferably on a access to new technologies, systems standardized track (although it can and equipment which might be a also be carried out on a flat surface barrier of entry into the world of sport. if extra care is taken so that the Laser-Run consists of running and distances are correct). The swimming shooting, which has been tested in all discipline is conducted first and the varieties of weather conditions and running discipline is by mass start. on diverse surfaces to include the The Final result is the sum of the total cross-country environment, track and swimming and running points. The field as well as indoor arenas. Its ’plug success and originality of the ‘World and play’ approach, easy to set up, Schools Biathle’ is that schools take combined with the uniqueness of the part in this international competition concept has facilitated its rapid growth by entering their results in a global in the past two years. database using the UIPM website (www.pentathlon.org) directly from their location.

39 2017 MEDIA GUIDE 68th UIPM congress UIPM Executive Board 2016-2020

President: Confederation President (Africa): Dr Klaus Schormann (GER) Nundkishor Fakun (MRI) Secretary-General: Confederation President (Asia): Shiny Fang (CHN) Sangwoo Park (KOR) First Vice President: Confederation President (Europe): Juan Antonio Samaranch (ESP) Dmitry Svatkovsky (RUS) Vice-Presidents: Confederation President (NORCECA): Viacheslav Aminov (RUS), Joel Bouzou (FRA), Rob Stull (USA) Berik Imashev (KAZ), Juan Manzo Oranegui (MEX) Confederation President (Oceania): Treasurer: Kitty Chiller (AUS) John Helmick (USA) Confederation President (South America): Member for Sport: Jorge Salas (ARG) Janusz Peciak (POL) Athletes Committee Chair: Member for Marketing: Aya Medany (EGY) Martin Dawe (GBR) Coaches Committee Chair: Member for Media: Christian Roudaut (FRA) Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) Medical Committee Chair: Member for Development: Dr Natalia Ofitserova (BLR) Viacheslav Malishev (GEO)

40 • Laser-Run will be incorporated • The scoring system in Modern into Modern Pentathlon and Pentathlon will be changed to Tetrathlon with the UIPM sport reduce the value of Swimming introduced as a replacement points from three points per terminology for Combined second to two points per Event, the Run/Shoot discipline second. This is a change aimed that is the climax of Modern at stimulating development in Pentathlon. countries where the swimming infrastructure is not fully • UIPM will update its Anti- established. Confederation President (Africa): Doping constitution to Nundkishor Fakun (MRI) ensure full compliance with • The UIPM Rules of Internal Confederation President (Asia): Sangwoo Park (KOR) the latest recommendations Organi-zation will be from the World Anti-Doping changed in regard to athletes Confederation President (Europe): Dmitry Svatkovsky (RUS) Agency (WADA), namely that who change their National the federation will be the Federation (NF). An athlete Confederation President (NORCECA): Rob Stull (USA) sole results management will be able to participate in Confederation President (Oceania): authority for all anti-doping rule Category A & B competitions Kitty Chiller (AUS) violations. on behalf of a new NF provided Confederation President (South America): that at least two years have Jorge Salas (ARG) • The UIPM Executive Board passed since they represented Athletes Committee Chair: appointed an Innovation their former NF, and at least Aya Medany (EGY) Commission and an Equipment three years in the case of the Coaches Committee Chair: Commission to ensure its sports Olympic Games. Christian Roudaut (FRA) are always up to date with Medical Committee Chair: technological developments Dr Natalia Ofitserova (BLR) and opportunities.

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2016 THE HIGHLIGHTS

The Rio 2016 Olympic Games in depth among the global Modern provided another watershed Pentathlon community. moment in the long and glorious history of Modern Pentathlon. Incredibly, the 18 individual medals handed out at the World Cup Final, Multiple records were broken in World Championships and Olympic front of the sport’s highest-ever Games were shared by 15 different TV audience, and spectators in the athletes from four continents. Deodoro Stadium were treated to the first Olympic Fencing Bonus Laser-Run continued its rapid Round (FBR), contested on a emergence with a spectacular 2nd futuristic inflated stage. World Championships in Lisbon (POR), while the Biathle-Triathle The FBR was the most innovative World Championships also attracted change introduced to the sport in a very large entry and Ireland hosted 2016, and it added value for crowds its first Category A competition in and TV audiences alike. style at the University of Limerick.

The 2016 UIPM Senior World With a thriving Masters scene Championships in Moscow (RUS) and a Para Pentathlon movement also raised the bar for media also growing globally, the various coverage and sponsorship revenue, UIPM Sports all have one thing in and on the competitive side there common: they are on the up. were definite signs of a new strength

42 Ismael Hernandez Uscanga (bronze) celebrates becoming Mexico’s first Olympic pentathlon medallist

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HIGHLIGHTS, HEROES & RECORDS

1950s This was a decade dominated by Swedish athletes, with several World men Championships titles and two consecutive Olympic Gold medals for in 1952 and 1956. Lars Hall was the first Pentathlete to win individual Olympic and World Championships Gold. But all the time the athletes from Soviet Union Konstantin Salnikov and especially Igor Novikov were starting to get stronger...

1960s Former Soviet Union (URSS) and Hungary were the dominant nations, winning all men team gold medals at Olympic Games and World Championships. Igor Novikov, and then especially Andras Balczo (winning individual Olympic and several individual World Championships Gold) from Hungary were the outstanding athletes, with Ferenc Török and Ferenc Nemeth winning Olympic Gold as well.

1970s After Andras Balczo was crowned as Olympic Champion in 1972, he was men succeeded by Janusz Peciak from Poland in 1976. He became the best athlete of this era, together with Pavel Lednev, 4 times individual World Championships from the URSS. Poland was the only nation to break the URSS and Hungarian phalanx, by clinching several World Championships team titles. The only other athlete winning individual Gold at World Championships during this time was Bob Nieman from USA in 1979.

1980s Whereas Poland (with Peciak and his teammates), Soviet Union (with Anatoli men Starostin, World Championships and Olympic Champion) and Hungary (with a new, young team) kept winning, Italy become a strong nation, winning team gold in 1986, Olympic medals and individual World Championships titles with and Carlo Massullo. By the end of the decade, all of the new Hungarian team comprised of Attila Mizser, Laszlo Fabian and Janos Martinek had won individual gold at either World Championships or Olympic Games and several team gold medals. Starostin, Peciak and Masala all won individual Olympic Gold and individual World Championships Gold.

WOmen 1972 UIPM decided to offer Modern Pentathlon for women In the early years of women’s Modern Pentathlon the athletes from Poland and Soviet Union dominated: Irina Kiseleva (URSS) and Barbara Kotowska and Dorota Idzi (Poland). But besides those the German athlete Sabine Krapf, Danish athlete Eva Fjellerup and the French team started to win medals at World Championships.

44 1990s Poland had strong individual athletes with Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek, winning men individual Gold at the Olympics (1992) and World Championships 1991. Besides Hungary, Poland and URS being strong teams the Frenchbecame a strong Pentathlon nation. It started with Joel Bouzou wi ning individual World Championships Gold in 1987, team Gold at World Championships 1994 and finally Sebastien Deleigne winning consecutive individual Gold at World Championships 1997 and 1998. The Russian athlete Dimitry Svatkovsky also won consecutive individual World Championships Gold in 1994 and 1995.

WOmen Whereas Poland remained the dominant team and Italy was an emerging force, Eva Fjellerup from Denmark was the woman to catch as she won individual World Championships Gold 4 times. Hungary, Germany, Italy and Russia, Belarus had very successful women athletes during this time as well.

2000s Dimitry Svatkovsky completed his medal collection by also winning individual men Olympic Gold in 2000 and leading a new Russian generation to several World Championships titles. Andrey Moiseev became double Olympic champion (2004 and 2008). Besides established nations, new countries, such as Lithuania (Andrejus Zadneprovskis, Edvinas Krungolcas), Czech Rep (Michal Sedlecky) and also Germany (Eric Walther) had athletes winning World Championships and also Olympic medals. It was also the decade when Asian countries, led by and China, started to become strong contenders, especially with Zhenhua Qian winning individual World Championships Gold in 2005.

WOmen Great Britain started to become a very strong team, winning team and individual Gold medals at World Championships; but also winning Gold and Bronze at the first Olympic Games to feature women’s Pentathlon in 2000. Zsuzsanna Vörös from Hungary and Stephanie Cook (GBR) both won individual Gold at World Championships and Olympic Gold and Silver respectively. Amélie Caze from France and Lena Schoeneborn from Germany became the next athletes to wear the crown, Caze winning World Championships three times and Schoeneborn taking home Olympic Gold in 2008.

2010s The Russian athletes were still winning lots of medals, but David Svoboda men emerged to take the Gold medal to the Czech Republic for the first time. Adam Marosi added to his individual World Championships title 2009 with an Olympic Bronze medal in 2012.

WOmen Laura Asadauskaite from Lithuania and Lena Schoneborn both made history by adding individual World Championships and Olympic Gold to their multiple medals won in other competitions.

45 2017 MEDIA GUIDE RECORD HOLDERS

RECORD NAME EVENT LOCATION DATE

Overall Points 1534 Points L. ALEXANDER (RUS) Senior World Championships Final Warsaw 2014-01-09

286 Points 31 Senior European Championships Fencing Record L. ALEXANDER (RUS) Székesfehérvár 2014-07-07 Wins, 4 Defeats Final Swimming 25M 1:49.59 Senior European Championships J. COOKE (GBR) Medway 2011-07-28 Pool 372 Points Final SENIOR MEN Swimming 50M 1:53.08 Senior World Championships L. STORIE (USA) Berlin 2015-07-01 Pool 361 Points Qualification Laser-Run 9:56.02 A. GARZA (MEX) World Cup #3 Qualifications Rome 2015-04-08 Record 704 Points

RECORD NAME EVENT LOCATION DATE

Overall Points 1417 Points L. ASADAUSKAITE (LTU) World Cup #3 Final Rome 2016-03-30

280 Points 30 Fencing Record L. SCHÖNEBORN (GER) Senior World Championships Final Berlin 2015-07-04 Wins, 5Defeats 280 Points 30 Fencing Record X. ZHANG (CHN) World Cup #1 Final Palm Springs 2013-02-23 Wins, 5 Defeats 282 Points 21 Senior World Championships Fencing Record E. RUBLEVSKA (LAT) Moscow 2016-05-22 Wins, 3 Defeats Qualifications SENIOR WOMEN 282 Points 22 Pan American & South American Fencing Record I. KHOKHLOVA (ARG) Buenos Aires 2016-03-15 Wins, 3 Defeats Championships Swimming 25M 2:03.84 S. MURRAY (GBR) Senior World Championships Final Warsaw 2014-09-05 Pool 329 Points Swimming 50M 2:06.59 E. CLOUVEL (FRA) Senior World Championships Final Moscow 2016-05-27 Pool 321 Points Laser-Run 11:23.01 P. ANASTASIYA (BLR) World Cup #3 Qualification C Rome 2015.04.08 Record 617 Points

RECORD NAME EVENT LOCATION DATE

Overall Points 1491 Points A. COLASANTI (ITA) Junior European Championships Poland 2016-06-06

262 Points 27 Fencing Record O. NAUMOV (RUS) Junior World Championships Mexico-City 2015-08-02 Wins 8 Defeats Swimming 25M 1:49.59 Senior European Championships J. COOKE (GBR) Medway 2011-07-28 Pool 372 Points Final JUNIOR MEN Swimming 50M 1:56.10 Junior European Championships J. COOKE (GBR) Drzonkow 2011-09-19 Pool 352 Points Final Laser-Run 9:56.02 A. GARZA (MEX) World Cup #3 Qualifications Rome 2015-04-08 Record 704 Points

RECORD NAME EVENT LOCATION DATE Junior European Championships Overall Points 1356 Points F. TOGNETTI (ITA) Drzonkow 2016-06-06 Final 274 Points 29 Junior World Championships Fencing Record I. SERAPINAITE (LTU) Drzonkow 2014-05-20 Wins, 6 Defeats Final Swimming 25M 2:04.98 Junior European Championships E. CLOUVEL (FRA) Golega 2010-05-24 Pool 327 Points Qualifications Swimming 50M 2:08.34 Junior European Championships Z. FOLDHAZI (HUN) Drzonkow 2011-09-19 JUNIOR WOMEN Pool 315 Points Qualifications Laser-Run 12:00.45 I. OZYUKSEL (TUR) Junior European Championships Poland 2016-06-06 Record 580 Points 46 RECORD NAME EVENT LOCATION DATE Youth A World Championships Overall Points 1205 Points S. BARANOV (RUS) Buenos Aires 2015-08-31 Final 244 Points 24 Youth A European Championships Fencing Record G. MALAN (ITA) San Boi 2016-07-31 Wins, 11 Defeats Final Swimming 25M 1:53.54 Youth A European Championships

YOUTH MEN YOUTH M. PILLAGE (GBR) Prague 2015-07-10 Pool 360 Points Qualifications Swimming 50M 1:54.86 H. CHOONG (GBR) Youth A World Championships Budapest 2014-05-14 Pool 356 Points Laser-Run 9:56.02 A. GARZA (MEX) World Cup #3 Qualifications Rome 2015-04-08 Record 704 Points

RECORD NAME EVENT LOCATION DATE Youth A World Championships Overall Points 1065 Points I. OZYUKSEL (TUR) Buenos Aires 2015-08-31 Final 298 Points 32 Youth A World Championships Fencing Record R. LANGREHR (GER) Limerick 2016-07-16 Wins, 3 Defeats Final Swimming 25M 2:03.54 Youth B World Championships Z. FOLDHAZI (HUN) Abrantes 2009-07-01 Pool 330 Points Final Swimming 50M 2:06.91 Youth A World Championships

YOUTH WOMEN YOUTH Z. FOLDHAZI (HUN) Cairo 2009-07-22 Pool 320 Points Final Laser-Run 11:55.00 Youth A World Championships, I. OZYUKSEL (TUR) Buenos Aires 2015-08-31 Record 585 Points Final

RECORD NAME EVENT LOCATION DATE Olympic Games Overall Points 1479 Points A. LESUN (RUS) Rio de Janeiro 2016-08-18 2016 268 Points 28 Olympic Games Fencing Record A. LESUN (RUS) Rio de Janeiro 2016-08-20 Wins, 7 Defeats 2016 Swimming 50M Olympic Games 1:55.60 J. COOKE (GBR) Rio de Janeiro 2016-08-20 Pool 2016 OLYMPIC / MEN OLYMPIC Laser-Run Olympic Games 11:02.50 J. WOONGATE (KOR) Rio de Janeiro 2016-08-20 Record 2016

RECORD NAME EVENT LOCATION DATE Olympic Games Overall Points 1372 Points C. ESPOSIT (AUS) Rio de Janeiro 2016-08-19 2016 268 Points 28 Olympic Games Fencing Record L. SCHÖNEBORN (GER) Rio de Janeiro 2008-08-22 Wins, 7 Defeats 2016 Swimming 50M Olympic Games 2:07.94 G. GUBAYDULLINA (RUS) Rio de Janeiro 2016-08-19 Pool 2016 Laser-Run Olympic Games

OLYMPIC / WOMEN OLYMPIC 12:01.01 L. ASADAUSKAITE (LTU) Rio de Janeiro 2016-08-19 Record 2016 47 2017 MEDIA GUIDE

THE CHAMPIONS 2013-2016

World championships

Women: Men:

1. Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) 1. Justinas Kinderis (LTU) 20 2. Yane Marques (BRA) 2. Nicholas Woodbridge (GBR) 13 3. Donata Rimsaite (RUS) 3. (RUS)

1. Samantha Murray (GBR) 1. Aleksander Lesun (RUS) 20 2. Qian Chen (CHN) 2. Amro El Geziry (EGY) 14 3. Liang Wanxia (CHN) 3. Jan Kuf (CZE)

1. Lena Schoneborn (GER) 1. Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR) 20 2. Qian Chen (CHN) 2. Aleksander Lesun (RUS) 15 3. Yane Marques (BRA) 3. Andriy Fedechko (UKR) 20 1. Sarolta Kovacs (HUN) 1. Valentin Belaud (FRA) 2. Elodie Clouvel (FRA) 2. Alexander Lesun (RUS) 16 3. Lena Schoneborn (GER) 3. Jinhwa Jung (KOR)

World CUP FINAL

Women: Men:

20 1. Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) 1. Justinas Kinderis (LTU) 13 20 14 1. Samantha Murray (GBR) 1. Aleksander Lesun (RUS) 20 15 1. Lena Schoneborn (GER) 1. Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR) 20 16 1. Lena Schoneborn (GER) 1. James Cooke (GBR)

48 OLYMPIC MEDALS LEADING COUNTRIES

RANK NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL 1 Hungary (HUN) 9 8 5 22

2 (SWE) 9 7 5 21

3 Soviet Union (URS) 5 5 5 15

4 Russia (RUS) 4 1 0 5

5 Poland (POL) 3 0 1 4

Italy (ITA) 2 2 3 7 6 Great Britain (GBR) 2 2 3 7

8 Germany (GER) 2 0 1 3

9 Lithuania (LTU) 1 2 1 4

10 Czech Republic (CZE) 1 0 1 2

Australia (AUS) 1 0 0 1 11 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 0 0 1

13 United States (USA) 0 6 3 9

14 (FIN) 0 1 4 5

15 France (FRA) 0 1 2 3

Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 1 1 2 16 Unified Team (EUN) 0 1 1 2 (UKR) 0 1 1 2

Latvia (LAT) 0 1 0 1 19 China (CHN) 0 1 0 1

Belarus (BLR) 0 0 1 1 21 Brazil (BRA) 0 0 1 1 Mexico (Mex) 0 0 1 1

49 2017 MEDIA GUIDE OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS ATHLETES

Individual C. ESPOSITO E. CLOUVEL O. NOWACKA Rio 2016 Competition (AUS) (FRA) (POL)

Individual A. LESUN P. TYMOSHCHENKO I. HERNANDEZ Rio 2016 Competition (RUS) (UKR) (MEX)

London Individual D. SVOBODA Z. CAO A. MAROSI 2012 Competition (CZE) 5958 (CHN) 5904 (HUN) 5836

London Individual L. ASADAUSKAITE S. MURRAY Y. MARQUES 2012 Competition (LTU) 5408 (GBR) 5356 (BRA) 5340

Beijing Individual A. MOISEEV E. KRUNGOLCAS A. ZADNEPROVSKIS 2008 Competition (RUS) 5632 (LTU) 5548 (LTU) 5524

Beijing Individual L. SCHONEBORN H. FELL V. A. TERESHCHUK 2008 Competition (GER) 5792 (GBR) 5752 (UKR) 5672

Athens Individual A. MOISEEV A. ZADNEPROVSKIS L. CAPALINI 2004 Competition (RUS) (LTU) (CZE)

Athens Individual Z. VOROS J. RUBLEVSKA G. HARLAND 2004 Competition (HUN) (LAT) (GBR)

Sydney Individual D. SVATKOVSKY G. BALOGH P. DOVGAL 2000 Competition (RUS) 5376 (HUN) 5353 (BLR) 5338

50 Sydney Individual S. COOK E. DERIEL K. ALLENBY 2000 Competition (GBR) 5318 (USA) 5310 (GBR) 5273

Atlanta Individual A. PARYGUIN E. ZENOVKA J. MARTINEK 1996 Competition (KAZ) 5551 (RUS) 5530 (HUN) 5501

Barcelona Individual A. SKRZYPASZEK A. MIZSÉR E. ZENOVKA 1992 Competition (POL) 5559 (HUN) 5446 (EUN) 5361

A. SKRZYPASZEK E. ZENOVKA R. BOMPREZZI A. STAROSTIN Barcelona Team D. GOZDZIAK C. MASSULLO 1992 Competition M. CZYZOWICZ D. SVATKOVSKIY G. TIBERTI (POL) 16018 (EUN) 15924 (ITA) 15760

Seoul Individual J. MARTINEK C. MASSULLO V. IAGORASHVILI 1988 Competition (HUN) 5404 (ITA) 5379 (URS) 5367

L. FÁBIÁN D. MASALA R. PHELPS A. MIZSÉR D. MAHONY Seoul Team C. MASSULLO 1988 Competition J. MARTINEK G. TIBERTI G. BROOKHOUSE (HUN) 15886 (ITA) 15571 (GBR) 15276

Los Angeles Individual D. MASALA S. RASMUSON C. MASSULLO 1984 Competition (ITA) 5469 (SWE) 5456 (ITA) 5406

D. MASALA M. STORM P. FOUR Los Angeles Team C. MASSULLO R. G. LOSEY D. BOUBE 1984 Competition P. CRISTOFORI D. GLENESK J. BOUZOU (ITA) 16066 (USA) 15568 (FRA) 15565

Moscow Individual A. STAROSTIN T. SZOMBATHELYI P. LEDNYOV 1980 Competition (URS) 5566 (HUN) 5502 (URS) 5382

A. STAROSTIN S. RASMUSON T. SZOMBATHELYI P. LEDNYOV L. PETTERSSON Moscow Team T. MARACSKO L. HORVATH 1980 Competition Y. LIPEYEV G. HORVATH (HUN) 15912 (URS) 16126 (SWE) 15845

Montreal Individual J. PYCIAK-PECIAK P. LEDNYOV J. BARTU 1976 Competition (POL) 5520 (URS) 5485 (CZE) 5466

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A. PARKER J. BARTU T. KANCSAL R. D. NIGHTINGALE B. STARNOVSKY T. MARACSKO Montreal Team 1976 Competition J. FOX J. ADAM S. SASICS (GBR) 15559 (CZE) 15451 (HUN) 15395

Munich Individual A. BALCZO B. ONYSHCHENKO P. LEDNYOV 1972 Competition (HUN) 5412 (URS) 5335 (URS) 5328

B. ONYSHCHENKO A. BALCZO R. HURME Munich Team P. LEDNYOV Z. VILLANYI V. SALMINEN 1972 Competition V. SHMELYOV P. BAKO M. KETELÄ (URS) 15968 (HUN) 15348 (FIN) 14812

Mexico Individual B. FERM A. BALCZO P. LEDNYOV 1968 Competition (SWE) 4964 (HUN) 4953 (URS) 4795

A. BALCZO P. LEDNYOV R. GUEGUEN Mexico Team I. MONA B. ONYSHCHENKO L. GUIGUET 1968 Competition F. TÖRÖK S. SAPARNIS J.GIUDICELLI (HUN) 14325 (URS) 14248 (FRA) 13280

Tokyo Individual F. TÖRÖK I. NOVIKOV A. MOKEYEV 1964 Competition (HUN) 5116 (URS) 5067 (URS) 5039

I. NOVIKOV J. MOORE F. TÖRÖK Tokyo Team A. MOKEYEV D. KIRKWOOD I. NAGY 1964 Competition V. MINEYEV P. PESTHY O. TÖRÖK (URS) 14961 (USA) 14189 (HUN) 14173

Rome Individual F. NEMETH I. NAGY R. BECK 1960 Competition (HUN) 5024 (HUN) 4988 (USA) 4981

F. NEMETH I. NOVIKOV R. BECK Rome Team I. NAGY N. TATARINOV J. DANIELS 1960 Competition A. BALCZO H. SELG G. LAMBERT (HUN) 14863 (URS) 14309 (USA) 14192

Melbourne Individual L. HALL O. MANNONEN V. KORHONEN Stockholm Competition 1956 (SWE) 4833 (FIN) 4774 (FIN) 4750

I. NOVIKOV G. LAMBERT O. MANNONEN Melbourne Team A. TARASOV W. ANDRÉ V. KORHONEN Stockholm Competition I. DERIUHIN J. DANIELS B. KATTER 1956 (URS) 13890,5 (USA) 13482 (FIN) 13185,5

52 Helsinki Individual L. HALL G. BENEDEK I. SZONDY 1952 Competition (SWE) 32 pts (HUN) 39 pts (HUN) 41 pts

G. BENEDEK L. HALL O. MANNONEN Helsinki Team I. SZONDY T. LINDQVIST L. VILKKO 1952 Competition A. KOVACSI C. EGNELL O. ROKKA (HUN) 166 pts (SWE) 182 pts (FIN) 213 pts

London Individual W. GRUT G. MOORE G. GÄRDIN 1948 Competition (SWE) 16 pts (USA) 47 pts (SWE) 49 pts

Berlin Individual G. HANDRICK C. LEONARD S. ABBA 1936 Competition (GER) 31,5 pts (USA) 39,5 pts (ITA) 45,5 pts

Los Angeles Individual J. OXENSTIERNA B. LINDMAN R. MAYO 1932 Competition (SWE) 32 pts (SWE) 35,5 pts (USA) 38,5 pts

Amsterdam Individual S. THOFELT B. LINDMAN H. KAHL 1928 Competition (SWE) 47 pts (SWE) 50 pts (GER) 52 pts

Paris Individual B. LINDMAN G. DYRSSEN B. UGGLA 1924 Competition (SWE) 18 pts (SWE) 39,5 pts (SWE) 45 pts

Anvers Individual G. DYRSSEN E. DE LAVAL G. RUNÖ 1920 Competition (SWE) 18 pts (SWE) 23 pts (SWE) 27 pts

Stockholm Individual G. LILLIEHÖÖK K. G. ASBRINK G. DE LAVAL 1912 Competition (SWE) 27 pts (SWE) 28 pts (SWE) 30 pts

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