UIPM 2016 MEDIA GUIDE UNION INTERNATIONALE DE PENTATHLON MODERNE 2016 MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS UIPM UIPM PRESIdent’S MESSAGE 3 PRESIDENT’S UIPM FAST FACTS 4 2016 SEASON 6 MESSAGE GETTING TO THE SPORT 8 MEDIA & TV COVERAGE 10 2015 REVIEW 12 After one of the greatest years in the our values and principles. “The values of history of Modern Pentathlon we are excellence, respect, friendship, dialogue, THE WINNERS 12 stepping into Olympic Year 2016. This diversity, non discrimination, tolerance, WORLD RECORDS 13 year we will demonstrate our big strides fair play, solidarity, development and in preparation for the Summer Olympic peace” should be demonstrated through THE HIGHLIGHTS 14 Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro, our sport around the world. Our Unity PENTATHLON WORLD RANKING 16 Brazil. The last year has brought new in Diversity is important to make those TOP ATHLETES PROFILES 18 developments to modernize Modern values and principles remain relevant in Pentathlon and to keep up with the times. society. WOMEN’S WORLD RANKING 18 MEN’S WORLD RANKING 24 We are living in a fast-changing world It is all of us together, the athletes, with a modern, diverse and digital society. coaches, officials, partners, spectators THE UIPM WORLD 30 To make our sport more compact and and media to stay united and promote STRUCTURE 30 exciting, we had to adapt our format. “You peaceful co-existence between our can inspire others to change, only if you different cultures and nations for a UIPM HEADQUARTERS 32 are ready to change yourself.” Our new truly harmonious and global Olympic MODERN PENTATHLON 34 format is compact, media-friendly and Movement. This diversity is part of the UIPM PROPERTIES 35 spectator-friendly with entertainment magic of the Olympic Games that so in between. It’s not only a competition fascinates us. UNIVERSITIES 38 anymore – it is five sports that combine MASTERS 40 to form one major event. I wish all users of this year’s UIPM Media Guide a fair, clean and exciting Modern PARA-PENTATHLON 42 Modern Pentathlon is not only a major Pentathlon season 2016 and a great THE 67TH UIPM CONGRESS 44 event but it remains after 100 years of and successful Olympic Games in Rio history very traditional and unique in the de Janeiro. We need to protect the HIGHLIGHTS, HEROES & RECORDS 46 Olympic Movement created by Baron clean athletes because they are our best HIGHLIGHTS 46 Pierre de Coubertin. Education has an ambassadors. Let us together secure the RECORD HOLDERS 48 important role in society. As Nelson uniqueness of the Games and push for Mandela said “Sport has the power to change for a better world. THE CHAMPIONS 2013-2015 50 change the world” and in this day and age OLYMPIC MEDALS BY COUNTRIES 51 we need to change and act against crime, hate and discrimination more than ever OLYMPIC MEDALISTS (ATHLETES) 52 before. THE ROAD TO RIO 2016 56 The Olympic Agenda 2020 clearly Dr. h.c. Klaus Schormann MEDIA ACCREDITATION 58 demonstrates our decision to live up to UIPM President 2 3 UNION INTERNATIONALE DE PENTATHLON MODERNE 2016 MEDIA GUIDE UIPM FAST FACTS uipm in numbers * PREDICTION FOR 2016 CREATED BY OLYMPIC FOUNDER 500 138 ANNUAL NATIONAL AND BARON PIERRE DE COUBERTIN NATIONS REPRESENTED GlobAlly INCREASING 5% PER YEAR INTERNATIONAL compETITIONS OVER 100 YEARS 12 + 1,000 OF HISTORY MAJOR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS TV BROADCASTING HIGHLIGHTS MINUTES SINCE 1912 ONE OF 25 + 15,000 + 200,000 CORE OLYMPIC SPORTS LIVE-STREAMING MINUTES PRESS-RELEASE DESTINATIONS SENT 65 ANNUAL COMPETITIONS WORLDWIDE + 4 million 100,000 HIts @ PENTAThloN.ORG WEBSITE ACTIVE WEB USERS FOUNDED IN 1948 BY MR. GUSTAF DYRSSEN, FIRST UIPM PRESIDENT + 2.5 million Accesses @ UIPM FACEBOOK PAGE HEADQUARTERS IN MONTE CARLO, MONACO UIPM ONLINE CURRENT PRESIDENT (SINCE 1993): 192% 2,95 MILLION DR. H.C. KLAUS SCHORMANN INCREASE IN 2015 LIVE-TV AUDIENCE IN GERMANY DURING BASED IN +3 MILLION THE UIPM 2015 SENIOR WORLD SOCIAL MEDIA & WEBSITE ENGAGEMENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS, IN BERLIN HONORARY PRESIDENT: HSH PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO POTENTIAL VIEWERS 3 BILLION OF OUR TV NEWS CLIPS PATRON: POTENTIAL VIEWERS HIS MAJESTY KING CONSTANTINE OF OUR COMPETITION 550 MILLION HIGHLIGHTS 4 5 UNION INTERNATIONALE DE PENTATHLON MODERNE 2016 MEDIA GUIDE 2 016 season 14-18/04/2016 WORLD CUP #4 kecskemet (hungary) 6-8/05/2016 22-29/05/2016 World Cup FINAL SENIOR world championships SARASOTA (USA) MOSCOW (RUSSIA) 21-23/10/2016 BIATHLE-TRIATHLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SARASOTA (USA) 1-4/09/2016 LASER-RUN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LISBON (PORTUGAL) 17-24/07/2016 WORLD YOUTH A CHAMPIONSHIPS 5-6/11/2016 LIMERICK (IRELAND) CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS 7-13/03/2016 DOHA (QATAR) World Cup #2 RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) 30/03/2016-3/04/2016 18-20/08/2016 World Cup #3 oLYMPIC GAMES ROME (ITALY) RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) 23-27/02/2016 WORLD CUP #1 CAIRO (EGYPT) 12-17/09/2016 JUNIOR world CHAMPIONSHIPS CAIRO (EGYPT) 6 7 UNION INTERNATIONALE DE PENTATHLON MODERNE 2016 MEDIA GUIDE GETTING THE SPORT THIS IS MODERN PENTATHLON FENCING SWIMMING RIDING RUNNING & SHOOTING COMBINED The Modern Pentathlon competition The swimming event is a 200m In the riding event, athletes have to For the climax of the competition, starts with the Epée Fencing but in 2015 freestyle race. The heats are seeded complete a show jumping course that is athletes run a total distance of 3,200m, UIPM has officially introduced a new, with the fastest swimmers competing between 350 and 400 meters including stopping to shoot and hit the target five dynamic element to the discipline. In in the final heat. A time of 2:30 is 12 obstacles and 15 jumps, in a set time. times from 10 meters distance before the Ranking Round, each athlete fences worth 250 pentathlon points and every each 800m leg – this is repeated four against each of their rivals in bouts third of a second faster or slower than The horses are assigned randomly and times. Athletes can start running the that last up to a minute. Just one hit this time is worth a plus or minus score each athlete only has 20 minutes and next 800m leg once they have hit the is needed to win. If neither fencer has of one point. five practice jumps to get to know target five times. If they still have not hit scored a hit after 60 seconds they both the horse in the warm-up ring, before the target five times after 50 seconds, register a defeat. An athlete who wins 25 coming out to compete. they are allowed to continue, but any of their 35 bouts will get 250 pentathlon hopes of a medal will have gone. points, with each victory or defeat above A clear round within the time allowed or below this number worth a plus or is worth 300 pentathlon points. The competitor who has amassed the minus score of 6 points. Competitors lose 7 points for each most points in the first three events jump they knock down, and 10 points starts the combined event first, with the In the final round, called the Bonus for a refusal to jump or a fall, which is rest of the field facing a one second Round, a single fencing piste is used and equivalent to a 10-second handicap in handicap for each pentathlon point by the competition is a one-on-one fight, the final combined event. They also lose which they trail the leader. This ensures each bout lasting maximum 45 seconds. one point for each second they are over that the first person to cross the finish This event takes place on the same Field the allowed time. line wins the Gold medal. of Play as the Ride and Combined Event. It is mandatory to cross the final line The pentathletes’ points from the otherwise the rider will be eliminated Ranking Round are taken over to the with zero points for the riding. 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. 8 9 UNION INTERNATIONALE DE PENTATHLON MODERNE 2016 MEDIA GUIDE LIVE-STREAMING MEDIA & TV NEWS EDITS/HIGHLIGHTS The new UIPM TV digital platform COVERAGE brings to spectators and fans an innovative experience of watching sport in a dynamic live and TV & LIVE STREAMING interactive environment, replicating the TV experience over the Internet Throughout 2016, all Modern Pentathlon to any device. competition finals will be live-streamed in programme style, lasting around one hour. The live stream will consist of 2 main elements - a highlights package of the day’s first 3 disciplines (Swimming, Fencing and Riding) followed by live coverage of the closing Combined event. In tandem with its partnership with production company Sunset+Vine, UIPM recently launched UIPMTV.org. On this dedicated platform, not only The official website is the home can Modern Pentathlon fans enjoy a high-quality of the UIPM world, providing all live streaming experience - UIPM TV goes a step sports news and information. further and lets viewers have fun while they watch During competitions the portal the event by engaging with Facebook and Twitter. provides coverage through latest news, live results and live UIPMTV.org tracks thousand of verified social media streaming. accounts from international federations, athletes, coaches, journalists and fans. NEWS EDITS HIGHLIGHTS NEWS EDITS On the night of each final event, four minutes of There is so much that happens every news edits are digitally available.