This article lists the main
modern pentathlon
The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anci ...
events and their results for 2012.
2012 Summer Olympics (
UIPM
The ''Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne'' ( en, International Modern Pentathlon Union), commonly known by the acronym UIPM, has been the international governing body of modern pentathlon since its foundation in London in 1948. Its hea ...
)
* August 11 & 12:
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in
London at the
Copper Box Arena, the
London Aquatics Centre, &
Greenwich Park
** Men:
David Svoboda
David Svoboda (; born 19 March 1985) is a Czech athlete who competes in the modern pentathlon. At the 2012 London Olympics, Svoboda won the gold medal in the Olympic pentathlon. At the 2008 Olympics, Svoboda was 28th in the pentathlon.
David is ...
;
Cao Zhongrong;
Ádám Marosi
Ádám Marosi (born 26 July 1984) is a Hungarian Modern pentathlete.
Career
Marosi won the 2009 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in London. He also won the gold at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup 2010 held in Medway, GB. He competed in ...
** Women:
Laura Asadauskaitė;
Samantha Murray;
Yane Marques
World modern pentathlon events
* May 7 – 13:
2012 World Modern Pentathlon Championships The 2012 World Modern Penthathlon Championship was held in Rome, Italy from May 7 to May 13, 2012. The event included pistol shooting, fencing, 200m swimming, show jumping and a 3 km run.
Medal summary Men's events
Women's events
Mixed eve ...
in
Rome
** Individual winners:
Aleksander Lesun (m) /
Mhairi Spence
Mhairi Spence (born 31 August 1985) is a British modern pentathlete. She has won a series of medals at European and World Championships, but was not selected for the 2008 Summer Olympics by the British team due to the limited number of places a ...
(f)
** Men's Team Relay winners: (
Jung Jin-hwa
Jung Jin-Hwa (also Jeong Jin-Hwa, ko, 정진화; born May 25, 1989, in Ulsan) is a modern pentathlete from South Korea. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he finished eleventh in the men's event, tying for the best resul ...
, HONG Jin-woo, &
Hwang Woo-jin
Hwang Woo-jin ( ko, 황우진, also Hwang Wu-Jin, born May 8, 1990, in Gwangju) is a modern pentathlete from South Korea. He competed for the modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, along with his compatriot Jung Jin-hwa.
"Car ...
)
** Women's Team Relay winners: (
Lena Schöneborn,
Janine Kohlmann, &
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 ...
)
** Mixed Team Relay winners: (Ganna Buriak & Oleksandr Mordasov)
** Men's Team winners: (
Riccardo De Luca
Riccardo De Luca (born 22 March 1986) is an Italian modern pentathlete. De Luca is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.
Biography
He won a team gold medal at the 2012 World Championships and placed nine and fifth at the 2012 and 2016 ...
,
Nicola Benedetti, &
Pier Paolo Petroni)
** Women's Team winners: (
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 ...
,
Samantha Murray, & Mhairi Spence)
* September 3 – 8: 2012 World Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships in
Drzonków
Drzonków (german: Drentkau) is a district of the city of Zielona Góra, in western Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, c ...
** Junior Individual winners:
Valentin Belaud
Valentin Belaud (born 16 September 1992) is a French modern pentathlete. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's event.
After returning from the 2019 Military World Games in October, he and his partner Élodie ...
(m) /
Margaux Isaksen (f)
** Junior Men's Team Relay winners: (
Kim Dae-beom, KIM Soeng-jin, & KIM Kyeong-pil)
** Junior Women's Team Relay winners: (Samantha Achterberg, Margaux Isaksen, &
Isabella Isaksen)
** Junior Mixed Team Relay winners: (Olga Sislova & Pavels Svecovs)
** Junior Men's Team winners: (Ilya Shugarov, Dmitry Lukach, & Maksim Kustov)
** Junior Women's Team winners: (Samantha Achterberg, Isabella Isaksen, & Margaux Isaksen)
* September 19 – 23: 2012 World Youth Modern Pentathlon Championships in
Tata
** Youth Individual winners: Oleg Naumov (m) /
Ieva Serapinaitė (f)
** Youth Men's Team Relay winners: (
Fabian Liebig, Marvin Faly Dogue, &
Christian Zillekens
Christian Zillekens (born 29 December 1995 in Neuss) is a German modern pentathlete. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's event. He finished in 21st place. He is married to fellow modern pentathlete Annika Sch ...
)
** Youth Women's Team Relay winners: (Ekaterina Makarova, Elizabet Rodriguez, & Sofia Serkina)
** Youth Mixed Team Relay winners: (Ekaterina Vdovenko & Oleg Naumov)
** Youth Men's Team winners: (Norbert Horvath, Krisztián Strobl, & Tamas Bence Frohlich)
** Youth Women's Team winners: (Ekaterina Vdovenko, Ekaterina Makarova, & Sofia Serkina)
Continental modern pentathlon events
* June 6 – 13: 2012 European Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships in
Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár (; german: Stuhlweißenburg ), known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the regional capital of Central Transdanubia, and the centre of Fejér ...
** Junior Individual winners: Lukas Kontrimavicius (m) /
Sarolta Kovács
Sarolta Kovács (born 12 March 1991) is a Hungarian modern pentathlete. An individual and team World Champion, she competed in the modern pentathlon at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Career
In 2016, she was the surprise winner of th ...
(f)
** Junior Men's Team Relay winners: (Maksim Kustov, Dmitry Lukach, & Danil Kalimullin)
** Junior Women's Team Relay winners: (Rebecca Wain, Kerry Prise, &
Kate French
Kate Lauren French is an American actress and model. She is perhaps best known for her role as Niki Stevens on ''The L Word''.
Early life
Kate Lauren French was born in Flemington, New Jersey.
Career
Following in her parents' footsteps, Frenc ...
)
** Junior Mixed Team Relay winners: (Adele Stern &
Valentin Belaud
Valentin Belaud (born 16 September 1992) is a French modern pentathlete. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's event.
After returning from the 2019 Military World Games in October, he and his partner Élodie ...
)
** Junior Men's Team winners: (Ilya Shugarov, Dmitry Lukach, & Maksim Kustov)
** Junior Women's Team winners: (Nadezhda Popova, Angelina Marochkina, & Svetlana Lebedeva)
* July 4 – 10: 2012 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in
Sofia
** Individual winners:
Riccardo De Luca
Riccardo De Luca (born 22 March 1986) is an Italian modern pentathlete. De Luca is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.
Biography
He won a team gold medal at the 2012 World Championships and placed nine and fifth at the 2012 and 2016 ...
(m) /
Laura Asadauskaitė (f)
** Men's Team Relay winners: (
Ilia Frolov
Ilia Mikhailovich Frolov (russian: Илья Михайлович Фролов; born April 4, 1984 in Samara, Russia, Samara) is a modern pentathlon, modern pentathlete from Russia. He is also a multiple-time medalist in the World and European Cha ...
,
Sergey Karyakin, & Alexander Savkin)
** Women's Team Relay winners: (Svetlana Lebedeva,
Donata Rimšaitė
Donata Rimšaitė (russian: Доната Римшайте; born 29 January 1988) is a Russian-Lithuanian modern pentathlete. She represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She won a silver medal at the 2010 Modern Pentathlon W ...
, & Anna Savchenko)
** Mixed Team Relay winners: (
Anastasiya Prokopenko
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 a ...
& Mihail Prokopenko)
** Men's Team winners: (Ilia Frolov,
Andrey Moiseyev
Andrey Sergeyevich Moiseyev (russian: Андрей Серге́евич Моисеев, born June 3, 1979) is a Russian pentathlete, who won the gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. His 2004 sc ...
, &
Aleksander Lesun)
** Women's Team winners: (
Evdokia Gretchichnikova,
Ekaterina Khuraskina
Ekaterina Vasilyevna Khuraskina (russian: Екатерина Васильевна Хураскина; born 21 August 1989) is a Russian modern pentathlete. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's competition, finishing in 17th ...
, & Donata Rimšaitė)
* July 18 – 23: 2012 European Youth "A" Modern Pentathlon Championships in Sofia
** Youth Individual winners: Sebastian Reder (m) / Tatsiana Rahachova (f)
** Youth Men's Team Relay winners: (Tamas Bence Frohlich, Krisztian Strobl, & Norbert Horvath)
** Youth Women's Team Relay winners: (
Marie Oteiza
Marie Oteiza (born 30 January 1994) is a French modern pentathlete.
She participated 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.
M ...
, Pulcherie Delhalle, &
Julie Belhamri
Julie Belhamri (born 4 April 1994) is a French modern pentathlete.
She participated 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.
Me ...
)
** Youth Mixed Team Relay winners: Paula Markowska & Oleg Naumov)
** Youth Men's Team winners: (Norbert Horvath, Krisztian Strobl, & Tamas Bence Frohlich)
** Youth Women's Team winners: (Manon Barbaza, Marie Oteiza, & Pulcherie Delhalle)
* August 16 – 18: 2012 European Youth "B" Modern Pentathlon Championships in
Warsaw
** Youth Individual winners: Alexandr Stepachev (m) / Eilidh Prise (f)
** Youth Men's Team Relay winners: (Alexandr Stepachev, Danila Glavatskikh, & Serge Baranov)
** Youth Women's Team Relay winners: (Anna Zs. Toth, Rebeka Ormandi, & Beáta Jozan)
** Youth Mixed Team Relay winners: (Eilidh Prise & Henry Choong)
** Youth Men's Team winners: (Serge Baranov, Danila Glavatskikh, & Alexandr Stepachev)
** Youth Women's Team winners: (Naomi Craig, Francesca Summers, & Eilidh Prise)
* October 2 – 7: 2012 Pan American & South American Modern Pentathlon Championships in
Buenos Aires
** Individual winners: Jorge Abraham Camacho (m) /
Yane Marques (f)
** Men's Team winners: (Nestor Villamayor, José Pereyra, &
Emmanuel Zapata)
** Women's Team winners: (Evelyn Prantera, Jessica Plaza, & Barbara Cordero)
* October 31 – November 4: 2012 Asian Modern Pentathlon Championships in
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...
** Individual #1 winners:
Jun Woong-tae (m) / HAN Song-yi (f)
** Individual #2 winners:
Kim Dae-beom (m) / ZHU Wenjing (f)
2012
Modern Pentathlon World Cup Modern Pentathlon World Cup is an annual series of modern pentathlon competitions organised by the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM). Competitions are held in a number of countries and each series culminates in a World Cup Final. It is th ...
* March 8 – 11: MPWC #1 in
Charlotte
** Individual winners:
Ilia Frolov
Ilia Mikhailovich Frolov (russian: Илья Михайлович Фролов; born April 4, 1984 in Samara, Russia, Samara) is a modern pentathlon, modern pentathlete from Russia. He is also a multiple-time medalist in the World and European Cha ...
(m) /
Lena Schöneborn (f)
* March 15 – 18: MPWC #2 in
Rio de Janeiro
** Individual winners:
Aleksander Lesun (m) /
Élodie Clouvel
Élodie Clouvel (; born 14 January 1989) is a French modern pentathlete. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed finishing in 31st place which also marked her maiden appearance at the Summer Olympics. She won the silver medal in the event at ...
(f)
* April 12 – 15: MPWC #3 in
Százhalombatta
** Individual winners:
Nicola Benedetti (m) /
Amélie Cazé (f)
* April 19 – 22: MPWC #4 in
Rostov
** Individual winners: Ilya Shugarov (m) /
Anastasiya Prokopenko
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 a ...
(f)
* May 26 & 27: MPWC #5 (final) in
Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...
UIPM's 2012 Modern Pentathlon World Cup #5 Results Page
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** Individual winners: Ilia Frolov (m) / Laura Asadauskaitė (f)
References
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External links
Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne Website (UIPM)
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