Toronto, Ontario October 18, 2018 Pentathlon Canada will field its largest Senior Team in recent years at the Pan American Modern Pentathlon Championships from November 27th to December 2nd 2018 in Lima, Peru. Anchoring the team will be 3 seasoned International Competitors: 2015 Toronto Pan American Games Alumni & 2018 Pentathlon World Championships competitor Garnett…
Read moreBUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: October 11, 2018 – In the next three days the new Youth Olympic Games champions in Modern Pentathlon will be crowned during the climax of the individual competitions at Youth Olympic Park in Buenos Aires (ARG). The best female and male athlete will ascend the podium following in the footsteps of Leydi…
Read moreThe board of directors of Pentathlon Canada has approved a new set of National Team Standards effective January 1, 2017. The new standards can be found on the Pentathlon Canada website: https://www.pentathloncanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Pentathlon-Canada-National-Team-Standards.pdf With this new set of standards the current National Team Members are: Women: Melanie McCann, Donna Vakalis, Beatrice Cigagna, Hillary Elliott, Kelly Fitzsimmons…
Read moreTwo modern pentathlon athletes chosen to represent Canada TORONTO — On Wednesday, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Pentathlon Canada named the two athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in modern pentathlon at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games from August 5 to 21. The two athletes are London 2012 Olympians Melanie McCann and Donna Vakalis.…
Read moreBaden, ON — The 2015 Canadian Modern Pentathlon Championships took place in Kitchener-Waterloo and Baden, Ontario August 15-16, 2015. 28 athletes from British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, Ontario and the USA competed in the sport consisting of 5 elements: epee fencing, freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping and the combined run-laser shoot. Olympian Donna Vakalis (Toronto, ON)…
Read moreBaden, ON — The 2015 Canadian Modern Pentathlon Championships will take place in Kitchener-Waterloo and Baden, Ontario August 15-16, 2015. Over 30 athletes from British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, Ontario and the USA are expected to compete in the sport consisting of 5 elements: epee fencing, freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping and the combined run-laser shoot.The…
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Pentathlon Canada
Pentathlon 101
In 1983, Lynn Séguin (nee: Chornobrywy) became the modern pentathlon world champion and was named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year
Melanie McCann’s (Mount Carmel, ON) 11th place finish in the Women’s Pentathlon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was the highest placing ever by a Canadian at the Games.
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