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In the Spotlight: Modern Pentathlon

Heather Fell
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Grace Cullen 21 December 2011

Each week from now until London 2012, UK Sport’s In the Spotlight will focus on a different Olympic or Paralympic sport. This week, Modern Pentathlon.

Title	Name
Chairman	Anthony Temple
Chief Executive	Jon Austin
Performance Director	Jan Bartu
Funding Award (2009-2013)	£6,284,800
National governing body	PentathlonGB
Website	http://www.pentathlongb.org

Past Performances (since 2000)

Olympic Games, Sydney, 2000: Gold (1), Stephanie Cook, Bronze (1), Kate Allenby, Athens, 2004: Bronze (1), Georgina Harland, Beijing, 2008: Silver (1) Heather Fell

Milestone Events in 2011

European Championships (14-20 July) in Hungary

Medal Target Minimum (1), Maximum (3)

Modern Pentathlon at London 2012

Venue: Handball Arena - Olympic Park (fencing); Aquatics Centre - Olympic Park (swimming); and Greenwich Park (riding, combined event)
Dates: 11-12 August
Medal events: 2

Modern Pentathlon includes five events: pistol shooting, epee fencing, 200m freestyle swimming, show jumping and a 3km cross country run and first appeared on the Olympic programme in Stockholm 1912. The women’s event was first introduced at the Sydney Games in 2000 and Great Britain has won at least one medal at every Olympic Games since. London 2012 will be the first Olympic Games at which the running and shooting elements are combined.

Interact with Modern Pentathlon

Twitter: @PentathlonGB
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/PentathlonGB

In the News

‘Jamie Cook named GB Modern Pentathlete of the Year’

‘Weale and Fell take senior GB titles with Cooke and Prentice winning juniors’

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