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2023 Modern Pentathlon National Championships

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Notice of 2023 Pentathlon Canada AGM

Please click below to download the Notice of 2023 Pentathlon Canada AGM in English and French. English Français

Call for Application- Pentathlon Canada Board of Directors

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UIPM U17 &U19 Youth World Championships, Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy

Pentathlon Canada congratulates our U19 and U17 team for their performance at the September 2022 Youth World Championships in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. In the U19 division, Quinn Schulz qualified for the finals, finishing 18th. Fellow team member, Connor Chow, finished first in the Obstacle discipline test event. Obstacle is the lead sport proposed to replace…

Call for Applications

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Statement on the Removal of Horse Riding

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Athlete Blog

Team Athletes adjust their swim training during the Pandemic

During this pandemic, swim training is especially difficult for athletes around the world.This spring, some of out team and youth athletes have taken to open water in lakes, quarries, and canals to get their swim practises in, first with wetsuits in May, and now it is a bit warmer, without wetsuits whilst they await for…

Modern pentathlon, ancient ideals

‘COVID-19 is forcing all of us to be resourceful and resilient’ DATE: April 8th 2020 Source: https://www.cbc.ca/playersvoice/entry/ancient-ideals-modern-pentathlon Athletes, coaches and teams around the world are grappling with uncertainty as I write this. From Olympic variables to training in self isolation, changing qualifier dates, lost funding, lost jobs, lost travel opportunities. The challenges seem insurmountable for…

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Did you know…

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) 11^th 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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