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2004 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 2004 World Modern Pentathlon Championship held in Moscow, Russia from May 29 to June 1. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table See also * World Modern Pentathlon Championship The UIPM Senior World Championships is an annual global international competition in modern pentathlon. It was first held in 1949 under the organization of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM). Editions Note: The years in which cham ... References Sport123 {{Modern Pentathlon footer Modern pentathlon in Europe World Modern Pentathlon Championships, 2004 World Modern Pentathlon Championships, 2004 Sports competitions in Moscow Modern pentathlon competitions in Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vahktang Iagorashvili
Vakhtang "Vaho" Iagorashvili (born April 5, 1964 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Soviet modern pentathlete, who has been a member of three different Olympic teams during his sporting career. Iagorashvili emerged as the top favorite to win the men's individual and team modern pentathlon in the late 1980s. As a competitor for the Soviet Union, he had won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and gold at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle, became a three-time national champion for the team, and claimed multiple titles at the world championships. He also won three European titles (two golds and one bronze for the individual and team events). After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Iagorashvili retired from his sport, and emigrated to the United States to work as a physical education instructor at the Austin Community College in Austin, Texas. Iagorashvili eventually came out of retirement in 1995, and qualify for the men's modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulina Boenisz
Paulina Joanna Boenisz (born 28 September 1978 in Warsaw) is a three-time Olympic modern pentathlete from Poland. She is also a six-time Polish national champion and a multiple-time medalist at the World Championships, where she won four golds for both women's team and relay events. Boenisz achieved her best results, and consistently performed in the women's event at the Olympics, finishing fifth in 2000, tenth in 2004, and fifth in 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; .... References External links * 1978 births Living people Polish female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Poland Modern pentathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Kolonina
Marina Kolonina (russian: Марина Колонина born February 3, 1970, in Moscow) is a Russian modern pentathlete. References * 1970 births Living people Russian female modern pentathletes World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists 20th-century Russian women {{Russia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatyana Muratova
Tatiana Sergeyevna Mouratova (russian: Татьяна Серге́евна Муратова; born September 19, 1979, in Moscow) is a three-time Olympic modern pentathlete from Russia. She is also a multiple-time medalist at the World Championships, and a double champion at the Open National Championships in her home city, Moscow. Mouratova achieved her best results, and consistently performed in the women's event at the Olympics, finishing thirteenth in 2000, twenty-seventh in 2004, and thirteenth in 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; .... References External links * 1979 births Living people Russian female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Russia Modern pentathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olesya Velichko
Olesya Yuryevna Velichko (russian: Олеся Юрьевна Величко; born May 20, 1981 in Taraz, Kazakhstan) is a modern pentathlete from Russia. She is a multiple-time medalist at the World Championships, and a double champion at the 2001 Junior World Championships. Velichko competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ..., where she finished seventeenth in the women's event, with a score of 5,016 points. References External links * archived page from Pentathlon.org 1981 births Living people Russian female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes of Russia Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasiya Samusevich
Anastasiya Prokopenko, nee Samusevich ( be, Настасся Валер’еўна Пракапенка (Самусевіч); Łacinka: Nastassia Samusievič Prakapienka; born 20 September 1985) is a Belarusian modern pentathlete who competed at three Summer Olympics. Career In 2018, she was awarded the bronze medal of the women's competition at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, following the disqualification of Ukraine's Viktoriya Tereshchuk, due to a doping offense. She finished sixth in 2012. Prokopenko also set a world record time of 10:20.90 in the combined running and shooting segment. Prokopenko also won a team gold medal at the 2007 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Berlin, Germany, along with her compatriots Tatsiana Mazurkevich and Hanna Vasilionak. At the 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships The 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 6 to 15 September 2018. Medal summary Medal table Men Women Mixed Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Bachlakova
Halina Bashlakova (also Galina Bashlakova, be, Галіна Башлакова; born 19 March 1973) is a modern pentathlete from Belarus. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ..., where she finished twenty-first in the women's event, with a score of 4,944 points. Bashlakova is also a three-time medalist at the World Championships, winning a silver and two bronze in both team and relay events. References External links * archived page from Pentathlon.org 1973 births Living people Belarusian female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Belarus Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists 21st-century Belarusian women {{Belarus-moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Clark (pentathlete)
Joanna Clark (1978 - 4 August 2022) was professor of environmental science at the University of Reading. She worked on aspects of carbon and water cycles in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems from test-tube to catchment scale. She is founder and was director of the Loddon Observatory, which aims to bring together academia, charities, public sector and business to support sustainable societies. Education and research career Clark completed a BSc in geography at the University of Durham in 1999, followed by an MSc in monitoring, modelling and management of environmental change at King's College London in 2000. She completed a PhD in physical geography at the University of Leeds in 2005, before undertaking postdoctoral research associate positions at Leeds, Bangor and Imperial College London. She moved to the University of Reading in 2010. Carbon and water cycle research Clark's research is focussed on understanding the interactions between water, carbon and other bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina Harland
Georgina Claire Seccombe (née Harland; born 14 April 1978) is a former modern pentathlete from Great Britain. Having been a reserve for the British team for the 2000 Summer Olympics, she was chosen for the team proper for the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece, winning the bronze medal in the women's individual event. She retired from professional sport at the end of 2008 due to a career ending injury ahead of the 2008 Games. Early life Georgina Harland was involved in sport from an early age, having taken up riding with The Pony Club, swimming with the City of Canterbury Swimming Club and cross-country running for Great Britain. She was educated at Wellesley House School and Benenden School both of which are in Kent. Whilst at Loughborough University she began competing in modern pentathlon. Career Harland was chosen as a non-travelling reserve for the 2000 Summer Olympics, with Steph Cook and Kate Allenby taking the two British spots in the women's modern pentathlon. She descri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsiana Mazurkevich
Tatsiana Mazurkevich ( be, Таццяна Міхайлаўна Мазуркевіч Елізарава; Łacinka: Tacciana Michajłaŭna Mazurkievič Jelizarava; born September 7, 1983) is a Belarusian modern pentathlete. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished ninth in the women's event, with a score of 5,220 points. Outside her Olympic career, Mazurkevich is also a multiple medalist at the World Modern Pentathlon Championships The UIPM Senior World Championships is an annual global international competition in modern pentathlon. It was first held in 1949 under the organization of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM). Editions Note: The years in which champ ..., winning four medals in overall. References External links * archived page from Pentathlon.org 1983 births Living people Belarusian female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Belarus Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Allenby
Katherine Fiona “Kate” Allenby MBE (born 16 March 1974) is a British modern pentathlete who competed in two Summer Olympics, taking the bronze medal at the 2000 Games and placing in 8th place in 2004. She has won medals at four World Championships, and after retiring from sport, she became a physical education teacher in Bath, England. Early life She was born in Tavistock, Devon, but lived in Australia during her childhood. Her father ran three London Marathons and played field hockey at the county level. Allenby joined The Pony Club and began to compete in tetrathlon, which features all the same events as the modern pentathlon except for the fencing event. Her original inspiration for getting involved in athletics came from Sebastian Coe's victory in the men's 1500 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and she dreamt of competing at the Olympics. Career She switched from tetrathlon to modern pentathlon at the age of sixteen after her father suggested she tried fencing. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |