Elmar Frings (26 March 1939 – 29 July 2002) was a German

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 ...

. He competed for the

United Team of Germany The United Team of Germany (german: Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) was a combined team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany that competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games. In 1956, the team also included athletes f ...

at the 1964 Summer Olympics and for West Germany at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

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* 1939 births 2002 deaths German male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for the United Team of Germany Olympic modern pentathletes for West Germany Modern pentathletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Neuss 20th-century German people {{Germany-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub