Max Esposito (born 16 June 1997) is an Australian

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 at the

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in the men's event. He was the youngest athlete in the race and finished seventh. Esposito has also competed in one

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and one

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 ...

Early life

Max Esposito is the son of Daniel Esposito, who competed at the

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in the modern pentathlon. His sister

Chloe Esposito Chloe Esposito (born 19 September 1991) is an Australian shooter and modern pentathlon competitor. She competed at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in the 10 m air pistol. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London ...

won a

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in the women's modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics and another sister, Emily, is a

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who competed at the

2010 Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

and

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

. Esposito was born in Camden, a town south-west of

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

. He now lives in the Hungarian city of Budapest. Esposito took up the sport of modern pentathlon at the age of 13.

Competition

Esposito's first international competition was in 2013 when he competed at the Oceanian Championships in

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. He finished in first place and that result, along with another win at the 2014 International Youth A Championships, qualified him for the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

. Esposito finished 17th in the individual boys event and 12th in the mixed relay event. In October 2014 Esposito competed at the 2014

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International Youth Championships in Tata, Hungary. He finished fifth in the individual event. On 30 May 2015 in

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, China the Asia/Oceania Championships were held. The event doubled as qualification for the

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, Brazil. Esposito won the event and he and his sister Chloe, who won the women's event, became the first Australian athletes to qualify for the 2016 Games. He then competed in the 2015 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in the men's individual event, finishing 47th. Esposito's next major competition was the 2016 Olympics. Coming into the final discipline, the run and shooting combined, he was ranked 17th and conceded a 45second handicap to the lead athlete. Esposito competed the combined course in the fourth quickest time out of all the athletes and climbed ten places to finish seventh. His total points score was 1462. After the Olympics Esposito competed in the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne Junior World Championships in

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, Egypt. Esposito finished ninth with a score of 1388 points. He finished 41 points behind Guatemalan

Charles Fernandez Charles “Max” Fernandez (born ) is a Labour Party politician from Antigua and Barbuda who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade from June 2014 to 2018. He currently serves as Minister of Tourism, Investment and Econom ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Esposito, Max 1997 births Living people Australian male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Australia Modern pentathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportsmen from New South Wales Modern pentathletes at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics