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2010 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 2010 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Chengdu, China from 1 to 7 to September 2010. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Mixed events Medal table See also * World Modern Pentathlon Championship References External links Official website {{Modern Pentathlon footer Modern pentathlon in Asia Sport in Chengdu, World Modern Pentathlon Championships 2010 in modern pentathlon, World Modern Pentathlon Championships International sports competitions hosted by China 2010 in Chinese sport, World Modern Pentathlon Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu, is a Sub-provincial division, sub-provincial city which serves as the Capital city, capital of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a population of 20,937,757 inhabitants during the 2020 Chinese census, it is the fourth most populous city in China, and it is the only city apart from the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities with a population of over 20 million (the other three are Chongqing, Shanghai and Beijing). It is traditionally the hub in Southwest China. Chengdu is located in central Sichuan. The surrounding Chengdu Plain is known as the "Country of Heaven" () and the "Land of Abundance". Its prehistoric settlers included the Sanxingdui culture. The site of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Dong-hoon
Nam Dong-Hong (also ''Nam Dong-Hun'', ko, 남 동훈; born May 1, 1984, in Daegu) is a South Korean modern pentathlete. He is also a silver medalist at the 2008 Korean Open & Asian Championships in Seoul, and is currently ranked no. 123 in the world by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM). Nam qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's modern pentathlon, along with his teammate Lee Choon-Huan. During the competition, Nam struggled in the early segments, with poor scores in pistol shooting and a one-touch épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ... fencing. He managed to attain a sixteenth-place finish in freestyle swimming, but displayed a weak performance in the riding segment, when he completed the show ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Trautmann
Eva Trautmann (born 18 June 1982 in Darmstadt) is a modern pentathlete from Germany. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and qualified for the women's event, where she finished in twenty-ninth place, with a score of 5,028 points. Trautmann also claimed the team silver medal at the 2007 World Modern Pentathlon Championships The 2007 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Berlin, Germany from August 18 to August 21. Medal summary Men's events Women's events See also *Modern Pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics *World Modern Pentathlon Championship ... in Berlin, along with her compatriots Lena Schöneborn, who won gold in Beijing by the following year, and Claudia Knack. References External links * German female modern pentathletes 1982 births Living people Olympic modern pentathletes for Germany Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Darmstadt World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists 21st-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika Schleu
Annika Schleu (born 3 April 1990) is a German modern pentathlete. She won the gold medal of the relay event at the 2012 World Championships and 2017 World Championships. She has competed in three Olympic Games, finishing in 26th place in 2012 and in 4th place in 2016. Personal life She was born in Berlin, Germany. She is married to fellow modern pentathlete Christian Zillekens. Individual events She won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships. At junior level, she also won silver at the 2008 European Junior Championships. Schleu was leading the competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when she was unable to successfully complete the show jumping event, moving her from first to last place, and an eventual 31st place. Her trainer, Kim Raisner was sent home from the Olympics after footage showed her seemingly punch Schleu's assigned horse for not performing in a desired manner. The horse named Saint Boy was randomly assigned from a pool of 18 and had also for Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freyja Prentice
In Norse paganism, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a cloak of falcon feathers. By her husband Óðr, she is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her twin brother Freyr, her father Njörðr, and her mother ( Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir. Stemming from Old Norse ''Freyja'', modern forms of the name include Freya, Freyia, and Freja. Freyja rules over her heavenly field, Fólkvangr, where she receives half of those who die in battle. The other half go to the god Odin's hall, Valhalla. Within Fólkvangr lies her hall, Sessrúmnir. Freyja assists other deities by allowing them to use her feathered cloak, is invoked in matters of fertility and love, and is fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Murray
Samantha Murray (born 25 September 1989) is an English modern pentathlete. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships. In 2014, she won individual gold and team silver medals at the 2014 World Championships. In 2015, Murray reached world number #1 in the Modern Pentathlon World Rankings after taking Gold at the USA World Cup followed by a 5th place at the Berlin World Championships. Murray finished in 8th Place at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil. Early life Murray was born on 25 September 1989 in Preston, Lancashire. Murray grew up in Clitheroe and attended Brookside Primary School, and then Bowland High School in Grindleton. Murray joined ''Clitheroe Dolphins Swimming Club'' at the age of 7, and began competing in local galas. It was through the swimming club that she was asked to try a local Modern Biathlon. She instantly took to running and decided to pursue running at higher level. She started trainin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Fell
Heather Fell (born 3 March 1983 in Plymouth, England) is a former British modern pentathlete turned triathlete. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in the women's modern pentathlon event. Early life Fell grew up in Tavistock, Devon, where she was taught to ride and shoot, both disciplines in the pentathlon, by the parents of the 2000 Olympic pentathlon bronze medallist Kate Allenby. Heather has a degree in physiotherapy from Brunel University. Career After initial success at junior level, including two gold and one silver medal in the 2003 World Junior Championships in Athens, Fell nearly gave up the sport in 2006 when, due to a series of shin splint injuries, her funding was cut by UK Sport. She described this as giving her "the kick up the arse I needed", and, forced to stop training at the University of Bath's facilities due to the cost of living in the city, she moved back home with her parents, funding her continued training with three part- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elfie Arnaud
Elfi, Elfie and Elphie are feminine given names. Elfi is also a short form ( hypocorism) of Elfriede. The name may refer to: People: * Elfriede Elfi von Dassanowsky (1924–2007), Austrian-born singer, pianist and film producer * Elfie Donnelly (born 1950), British-Austrian writer, primarily of children's books * Elfriede Elfi Eder (born 1970), Austrian former alpine skier * Elfriede Elfi Graf (born 1964), Austrian singer * Elfie Mayerhofer (1917–1992), Austrian film actress and singer * Elfi Schlegel (born 1964), Canadian sportscaster and former gymnast * Elfi Zinn (born 1953), German middle distance runner Fictional characters: * Elphie, a nickname of Elphaba, in the novel ''Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West'' and ''Wicked'', the musical based on it * Elphie, an elephant in ''City of Friends City of Friends ( no, Vennebyen) is an animated children's television series from Norway. The TV show itself presents stories for young children about policem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Schöneborn
Lena Schöneborn (born April 11, 1986 in Troisdorf, West Germany) is a German pentathlete, who won the gold medal in the Modern Pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is living in Berlin and besides Pentathlon she is studying Marketing. She won gold at the Women’s Final of the Modern Pentathlon European Championships 2011, held in Medway Medway is a unitary authority district and conurbation in Kent, South East England. It had a population of 278,016 in 2019. The unitary authority was formed in 1998 when Rochester-upon-Medway amalgamated with the Borough of Gillingham to for .... References External links * * 1986 births Living people People from Troisdorf Sportspeople from Cologne (region) German female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Modern Pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donata Rimšaitė
Donata Rimšaitė (russian: Доната Римшайте; born 29 January 1988) is a Russian-Lithuanian Modern pentathlon, modern pentathlete. She represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She won a silver medal at the 2010 Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Medway. In 2011, Rimšaitė began competing for Russia. She won a gold medal in the mixed relay at the 2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships, 2016 World Championships in Moscow. Awards * Knight's Cross Order for Merits to Lithuania (22 September 2010) * Best Russian women's modern pentathlist (2013) References External links * Donata RIMSAITE at Pentathlon.org 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Vilnius Lithuanian female modern pentathletes Lithuanian emigrants to Russia Naturalised citizens of Russia Russian female modern pentathletes Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic modern pentathletes for Lithuania World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists Modern pentathlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amélie Cazé
Amélie Cazé (born 18 February 1985) is a French modern pentathlete. She won the Gold medal of the individual event at the 2007, 2008 and 2010 World Championships and 2009 and 2010 European Modern Pentathlon Championships. She has represented France at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ... in 2004, 2008 and 2012 and finished 12th 8th and 18th respectively. References External links * * * * * 1985 births Living people French female modern pentathletes Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic modern pentathletes for France World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists 21st-century French women {{France-modern-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
