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The Modern Pentathlon Association Great Britain is the national governing body for the sport of modern pentathlon in Great Britain, recognised by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne.Modern Pentathlon, the sport Baron Pierre de Coubertin called ‘the veritable consecration of the complete athlete’ comprises five events: fencing, swimming, riding, shooting and running. Today's competition involves fencing épée for a single hit against each of the other competitors; swimming 200 metres freestyle; riding an unknown horse round a show-jumping course, and then running four 800 metre laps each preceded by shooting at five targets with a laser pistol. First appearing in the Olympic Games of 1912 at the specific request of de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Olympic Games, the same five s
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| dbo:abstract | The Modern Pentathlon Association Great Britain is the national governing body for the sport of modern pentathlon in Great Britain, recognised by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne.Modern Pentathlon, the sport Baron Pierre de Coubertin called ‘the veritable consecration of the complete athlete’ comprises five events: fencing, swimming, riding, shooting and running. Today's competition involves fencing épée for a single hit against each of the other competitors; swimming 200 metres freestyle; riding an unknown horse round a show-jumping course, and then running four 800 metre laps each preceded by shooting at five targets with a laser pistol. First appearing in the Olympic Games of 1912 at the specific request of de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Olympic Games, the same five sports have comprised this greatest of all Olympic challenges and the sport completed one hundred years of unbroken Olympic participation in 2012. Despite technological changes the five events have remained essentially the same. In Stockholm in 1912, competitors brought their own horses, fenced outdoors without electric equipment, used military pistols and swam and ran outdoors. The Stockholm event took six days to complete while the super-athletes of today finish in a single day; in 1912 only men competed while today women share equal billing; the 1912 competitors were nearly all military men while today civilians generally dominate the sport. The recent changes in the sport which combine shooting and running in a single event and make use of laser pistols are some of the exciting new developments that put Modern Pentathlon at the forefront of 21st century sporting advances. Even after one hundred years of Olympic competition, Modern Pentathlon's ability to move with the times has made it the true test of the all-round Olympic super athlete. (en) |
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| dbp:abbrev | MPAGB (en) |
| dbp:address | University of Bath (en) BA2 7AY (en) Claverton Down, Bath, (en) Wessex House 6.11 (en) |
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| dbp:assocname | Modern Pentathlon Association Great Britain (en) |
| dbp:board | Board (en) |
| dbp:chiefexec | Jon Austin (en) |
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| dbp:country | United Kingdom (en) |
| dbp:countryflag | Great Britain (en) |
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| dbp:financetitle | FINANCE (en) |
| dbp:historytitle | HISTORY (en) |
| dbp:ifabbrev | UIPM (en) |
| dbp:ifed | Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (en) |
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| dbp:iocnation | Great Britain & Northern Ireland (en) |
| dbp:keystaff1name | Sue Hyde (en) |
| dbp:keystaff1position | National Competitions & Events Manager (en) |
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| dbp:keystaff2position | Performance Director (en) |
| dbp:keystaff3name | Istvan Nemeth (en) |
| dbp:keystaff3position | Women's Head Coach (en) |
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| dbp:president | Anthony Temple (en) |
| dbp:region | East Midlands (en) West Midlands (en) Yorkshire (en) East (en) North (en) South (en) South East (en) North West (en) South West (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | The Modern Pentathlon Association Great Britain is the national governing body for the sport of modern pentathlon in Great Britain, recognised by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne.Modern Pentathlon, the sport Baron Pierre de Coubertin called ‘the veritable consecration of the complete athlete’ comprises five events: fencing, swimming, riding, shooting and running. Today's competition involves fencing épée for a single hit against each of the other competitors; swimming 200 metres freestyle; riding an unknown horse round a show-jumping course, and then running four 800 metre laps each preceded by shooting at five targets with a laser pistol. First appearing in the Olympic Games of 1912 at the specific request of de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Olympic Games, the same five s (en) |
| rdfs:label | Modern Pentathlon Association Great Britain (en) |
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