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The first edition of the International Federations Educators Course took place in Tokyo, Japan, from December 7 to 9. Promoted by the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF), the course was held in close collaboration with the Japan Sports Council and the Olympic Solidarity. It was addressed to twenty experts from eight International Federations and UIPM was represented by Alexandre França (BRA) and Ichiro Tomyasu (JPN).
Alexander Lesun, the Rio 2016 men’s Olympic Modern Pentathlon champion, has been named as Russia’s Athlete of the Year.
The 28-year-old’s achievements were recognised at an annual awards ceremony on December 14 at the Ministry of Sport, where he also received the “Pride of Russia” award.
Lesun won Olympic gold in Rio with a near-flawless performance and set new Olympic records for Fencing and overall score. But that was far from his only achievement in 2016.
One of the most influential figures in international sports governance has given a glowing endorsement of UIPM’s youngest sport, Laser-Run.
The President of SportAccord, Patrick Baumann, believes that Laser-Run is “a natural fit” for his vision of the future of the Urban Games.
The sport was conceived in 2015 and UIPM has already staged two successful World Championships, in Perpignan (FRA) and Lisbon (POR). The latter competition attracted 421 athletes from 22 countries, aged from under-11 to over-60, and the 2017 version will take place in Cape Town (RSA).
The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) today announced the appointment of UK-based Pro-Active Broadcast to manage and distribute the broadcast and webstream output from their World Cup and World Championship events during the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
Pro-Active will be responsible for the creation and distribution of highlights programmes from all rounds of the UIPM World Cup including the World Cup Final, as well as the Senior World Championships.
UIPM Awards 2016: list of winners and criteria
The achievements of the world’s leading senior and junior pentathletes, the best team, the best coach, competition organisers were recognised in the UIPM Annual Awards for 2016, handed out at the 68th UIPM Congress in December 2016 in Frankfurt (GER).
The following awards were distributed based entirely on the criteria of points gained from results in UIPM competitions during the calendar year and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games:
Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr has been elected 1st Vice-President of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) at the first full meeting of the new Executive Board.
Mr Samaranch (ESP) became a Vice-President of Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2016 and now takes up the most senior office in the UIPM Movement beneath the Presidency. He succeeds Ivar Sisniega (MEX).
The road to Tokyo has been laid, and the journey is about to begin.
After an incredibly busy 2016, the world’s leading modern pentathletes have resumed their unforgiving training regimes and now stand on the brink of a return to competitive action in the UIPM 2017 World Cup Series.
This year, all roads lead to the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and the UIPM 2017 World Cup Final on June 22-25 promises to reach a bigger audience than ever before.
Bence Demeter (HUN) enjoyed some encouraging early-season success at the two-day Peridot Indoor Competition in his home capital city of Budapest.
Demeter (HUN) capitalised on home advantage to win gold ahead of silver medallist Simon Casse (FRA) and his own compatriot Istvan Malits (HUN), who claimed bronze.
Two Hungarians made the podium in the women’s event, but it was Iryna Prasiantsova (BLR) who took the top spot on the podium. Sarolta Kovacs, the 2016 world champion, was runner-up and Anna Zs Toth came third.
The first ‘UIPM Live’ webinar is only days away.
This new video concept aims to spread knowledge about UIPM Sports to a global audience via social media, and the first member of the UIPM Family to feature will be Sebastian Dietz, who will give an athlete’s perspective on career management and transition.
You can catch the discussion with Sebastian Dietz on Thursday, February 16th at 8 PM (CET).
Modern Pentathlon will be beamed out live on TV across Europe this summer after the UIPM signed a contract with continental network Eurosport.
The agreement will include the 2017 World Cup Final in Vilnius (LTU) in June and the Senior World Championships in Cairo (EGY) in August, where the finals will be broadcast live to a vast audience of sports fans across Europe and beyond.