Adrian Parker (born 2 March 1951) is a British

modern pentathlete 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 anc ...

and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the

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, with

Danny Nightingale Robert Daniel "Danny" Nightingale (born 21 May 1954) is a British modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) i ...

and Jim Fox.1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Modern Pentathlon
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 10 November 2008) He finished 5th in individual modern pentathlon at the 1976 Olympics. Parker won the final event, the cross-country, with an "outstanding run", which helped Britain to win the gold medal. Parker had been the British pentathlon champion in 1975.

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1951 births Living people British male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Great Britain Modern pentathletes at the 1976 Summer Olympics English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Athletes from London Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub