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Modern Pentathlon At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's
The women's modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre in Goudi Olympic Complex on 27 August. On its second appearance at the Olympics, thirty-two athletes from 21 nations participated in this event. Zsuzsanna Vörös of Hungary emerged as the top favorite in the women's event, and won the gold medal, with a score of 5,448 points. Meanwhile, Jeļena Rubļevska set a historic milestone as the first female Latvian to win an Olympic medal, taking the silver in this event. Great Britain's Georgina Harland claimed the nation's second Olympic bronze medal, and third overall for the women's. Competition format The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day. * Shooting: A 4.5 mm air pistol shooting (the athlete must hit 20 shots, one at each target). Score was based on the number of shots hitting at each target. * Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre (Athens)
Goudi Olympic Complex is a sports complex in Athens, Greece. It held two of the sports venues used during the 2004 Summer Olympics. Goudi Olympic Hall Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre Post-Olympics development The Goudi Olympic Complex is now the site of the ultra-modern Badminton Theater, which hosts major theatrical productions (e.g., ''West Side Story (musical), West Side Story'', ''Romeo and Juliet''). References 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 265, 367. Badminton venues Venues of the 2004 Summer Olympics Sports venues in Greece Olympic Parks {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Allenby
Katherine Fiona “Kate” Allenby MBE (born 16 March 1974) is a British modern pentathlete who competed in two Summer Olympics, taking the bronze medal at the 2000 Games and placing in 8th place in 2004. She has won medals at four World Championships, and after retiring from sport, she became a physical education teacher in Bath, England. Early life She was born in Tavistock, Devon, but lived in Australia during her childhood. Her father ran three London Marathons and played field hockey at the county level. Allenby joined The Pony Club and began to compete in tetrathlon, which features all the same events as the modern pentathlon except for the fencing event. Her original inspiration for getting involved in athletics came from Sebastian Coe's victory in the men's 1500 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and she dreamt of competing at the Olympics. Career She switched from tetrathlon to modern pentathlon at the age of sixteen after her father suggested she tried fenci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halina Bashlakova
Halina Bashlakova (also Galina Bashlakova, be, Галіна Башлакова; born 19 March 1973) is a modern pentathlete from Belarus. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ..., where she finished twenty-first in the women's event, with a score of 4,944 points. Bashlakova is also a three-time medalist at the World Championships, winning a silver and two bronze in both team and relay events. References External links * archived page from Pentathlon.org 1973 births Living people Belarusian female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Belarus Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists 21st-century Belarusian women {{Belarus-modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eszter Hortobagyi
Eszter Hortobagyi (born July 6, 1976, in Budapest) is a Hungarian-born Australian modern pentathlete. She placed 20th in the women's individual event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Hortobagyi competed for Hungary in her youth, where she won a world junior championship. After learning in 1995 that the 1996 Summer Olympics would not include a women's modern pentathlon event, she ceased her international competition. She migrated to Australia in 1997 and gained Australian citizenship in 2002. While she reentered the sport before the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, which introduced a women's event, she was unable to qualify for the Olympics due to the birth of her son. When interviewed during the 2004 Olympics, she stated that although modern pentathletes have more resources available in Hungary, she preferred the less competitive atmosphere in Australia as it allowed her to spend more time with her family. At the Olympics, Hortobagyi had her best results in the equestrian and cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blandine Lachèze
Blandine Lachèze (born October 11, 1982 in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne) is a female modern pentathlete from France. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished nineteenth in the women's event, with a score of 4,988 points. Lachèze won an individual gold medal at the 2003 Asian Open Championships in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, and a relay bronze at the 2004 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Moscow, Russia Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio .... References External links * archived page from Pentathlon.org Sportspeople from Fontainebleau 1982 births Living people French female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for France Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Modern Pentathlon Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Allen (pentathlete)
Anita Allen (born September 10, 1977, in Star City, Indiana) is a United States Army medical service officer who competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in the modern pentathlon, where she finished 18th of 32 competitors. A 2000 graduate of West Point, Allen finished first in the riding portion of the event. She was a standout cross country runner while at the academy. She won the women's modern pentathlon on August 11, 2003, at the 2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al .... Gallery File:AnitaAllen-Riding.jpg File:AnitaAllen-Running.jpg File:AnitaAllen-Fencing.jpg File:AnitaAllen-Flag.jpg References External links * * * 1977 births Living people American female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for the United States Mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olesya Velichko
Olesya Yuryevna Velichko (russian: Олеся Юрьевна Величко; born May 20, 1981 in Taraz, Kazakhstan) is a modern pentathlete from Russia. She is a multiple-time medalist at the World Championships, and a double champion at the 2001 Junior World Championships. Velichko competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ..., where she finished seventeenth in the women's event, with a score of 5,016 points. References External links * archived page from Pentathlon.org 1981 births Living people Russian female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes of Russia Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katalin-Beat Partics
Katalin Partics (born October 22, 1976) is a Greek modern pentathlete. She competed in the women's individual modern pentathlon events at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ..., in which she placed 22nd, and the 2004 Summer Olympics, in which she placed 16th. References 1976 births Living people Greek female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Greece Modern pentathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Budapest {{Greece-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Beth Iagorashvili
Mary Beth Iagorashvili (née Larsen) (born July 28, 1974 in Waukesha, Wisconsin) is a retired American modern pentathlete. She is also the first U.S. female modern pentathlete and one of the twenty-four athletes to participate in the first-ever women's event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 1999, she married Georgian-born modern pentathlete Vakhtang Iagorashvili, who won an individual bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Iagorashvili emerged as one of the top favorites to win the women's modern pentathlon in the early 2000s. She won the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and bronze at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, which both obtained her qualifying places for the Olympic games. With her husband being ineligible to compete because of citizenship issues, Iagorashvili competed in Sydney for the Olympic games, and finished fourth in the women's event with a score of 5,129 points. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lada Jienbalanova
Lada Vladimirovna Jienbalanova (russian: Лада Владимировна Джиенбаланова; born April 10, 1970) is a female modern pentathlete from Kazakhstan. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished fourteenth in the women's event with a score of 5,076 points. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Jienbalanova fell off her horse during the riding segment, and decided not to run in the 3 km-cross country race, finishing only in last place. In 2002, Jienbalanova achieved her best results in the modern pentathlon by winning gold medals at the Asian Championships in Tokyo, Japan, and at the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. She also led her national team to obtain the bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Pinette
Monica Pinette (born February 5, 1977) is a two-time Olympic modern pentathlete from Canada. She is one of the first female Canadian modern pentathletes, and the only indigenous athlete of (Métis) to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Her 13th-place finish overall at the 2004 Summer Olympics was Canada's best recorded performance in the modern pentathlon to date. Early life and career Pinette was born in the city of Vancouver and grew up in Langley, British Columbia. Pinette began her sporting career as a member of the Pony Club in Vancouver. She took up the pentathlon at age 21. She has participated in modern pentathlon at different local clubs for swimming, shooting, fencing, and horse-riding. Pinette provides a unique challenge for her opponents as she is left handed, a rarity in the sport of fencing. Pinette graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, and earned a diploma in Journalism and Photojournalism from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amélie Caze
''Amélie'' (also known as ''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''; ; en, The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain, italic=yes) is a 2001 French-language romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. It tells the story of a shy waitress, played by Audrey Tautou, who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better while dealing with her own isolation. The film features an ensemble cast of supporting roles, including Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Claire Maurier, Clotilde Mollet, Isabelle Nanty, Dominique Pinon, Artus de Penguern, Yolande Moreau, Urbain Cancelier, and Maurice Bénichou. The film was theatrically released in France on 25 April 2001 by UGC-Fox Distribution and in Germany on 16 August 2001 by Prokino Filmverleih. The film received critical acclaim, with praise for Tau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
