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November 2011 Newsletter of Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne
HIGHLIGHTS
2011 Junior World Championships – Page 2
2011 UIPM Congress – Page 6
UIPM Signs MOU with CISM – Page 7
UIPM Riding Camps – Page 8
2011 New Balance Competition Awards – Page 8
2011 Season Review – Page 9
Inside UIPM: Monthly activities of President Schormann & Secretary General Bouzou – Page 9
UIPM Secretary General gets Elected WOA President – Page 12
New Balance World Rankings – Page 13
UIPM's Honorary President His Serene Highness,
Prince Albert II of Monaco Open’s UIPM’s Congress
Review all the decisions from the 63 rd UIPM Congress in Nice, France on page 7

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2011 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
Women’s Final
Sarolta Kovacs (HUN) has capped a memorable year by defending her Junior
World Championships title in front of a large crowd at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Kovacs used all her experience to out shoot and out run the winner of the
fencing Alise Fakhrutdinova (RUS) and Freyja Prentice (GBR) who had to
settle for silver and bronze respectively in the combined event.
Kovacs had a solid start to the day finishing 5th in the fencing behind silver
medallist Fakhrutdinova. A typically strong swim by the Hungarian and then
only 2 rails down in the ride meant the 21 year old started 1 second behind
Fakhrutdinova in the Combined Event. Kovacs shot brilliantly to overtake the
Russian in the 1st shoot and never looked back to repeat her performance of a
year ago and become the Junior World Champion.
Kovacs, who also won the silver
medal at this year‟s Senior World Championships stated: “I am
very happy about this second junior world title which came in such
a hard competition with strong opponents focused on winning the
medals. This was my hardest season ever and this is the best end
possible.”
The fencing superstar Fakhrutdinova: “I am so happy as it's my
most important result at international level. The key to this medal
was my fencing performance, which gave me a big lead on my
opponents. I also
produced my best
combined event performance today which I am thrilled about.”
Prentice who added a bronze to her silver medal last year: “I
thought I lost my chance for a medal with a nightmare second
shoot. This got me so frustrated that I put everything into my
last 2 running legs which got me back to the bronze medal
position.”
Prentice‟s bronze medal led to Great Britain winning the gold
teams medal ahead of Ukraine who won the silver and Kovacs‟s
Hungary snared the bronze.
Men’s Final
Jamie Cooke (GBR) has produced one of the greatest comebacks in history to come from behind and
become the 43rd Junior World Champion.
Pavel Iliashenko (KAZ) managed to hold on to win silver and Alexander Nobis (GER) came from 10th
position at the start of the combined event to win bronze.
Cooke started the day terribly, finishing 29th in the fencing, a massive 264 points behind the winner of the
discipline Eslam Hamad (EGY). Cooke, who is the swimming world record holder, then produced a
phenomenal swim which was over 7 seconds ahead of his nearest rival to burst back into contention.

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I was 2nd a few years ago and when I realised I had a
chance of winning after the 2nd shoot here today I told
myself that there would be no way that I would be coming
2nd again. This is a dream come through and gives me so
much confidence for the important 2012 Olympic year.”
Iliashenko was so proud to bring a silver medal home for
Kazakhstan: “This medal means a lot to me and my
country. I am so proud of my performance today, I
performed well in all the disciplines and this medal is the
perfect way to end 2011.”
A near perfect ride, completed his comeback which had
him in 5th place heading into the combined event.
Precision shooting and lightning quick running meant that
Cooke etched his name into the history books and realised
his dream of becoming the Junior World Champion.
The 21 year old who has already secured Olympic
qualification standard through his 4th position at the Senior
European Championships stated: “I didn’t expect to win
here today, especially after my terrible fence, were I just
could not get a hit. My main goal at this event was to get
experience for next year’s senior tour, so I did not place to
much pressure on myself.
Nobis, who had his first full
year on the senior circuit
this year was overjoyed with
his performance: “I am so happy, I can’t believe it. I was so nervous at the
start of the day. But a 6th place in the fencing relieved this pressure and I
started to believe in myself.
When I started 10th in the combined event, I did not think I had a chance for a
medal so I was relaxed. But in the last 5 shots I realised I was very close to
the leaders so I ran as hard as I could and managed to catch 3rd position
which was unbelievable.”
A strong overall performance by the Koreans meant they went home with the
teams gold medal ahead of a very consistent Russia and Belarus.
Mixed Relay
The Hungarian pair of Sarolta Kovacs and Bence Demeter
has dominated from start to finish to win the gold medal in the
Mixed Relay Junior World Championships.
The Hungarian‟s finished 20 seconds ahead of Ye Zhang and
Jiahao Han (CHN) who claimed silver and the Russian pair of
Gulnaz Gubaydullina and Ilia Shugarov who won a welldeserved
bronze.
"This was my 1st time doing a mixed relay, but I really liked it"
stated Kovacs. "I loved competing with Bence Demeter. We
were really a really strong teal, but it was really hard as the
Chinese & Russian team were really good."
This gold medal caps off a dream week and a dream year for Kovacs who successfully defended her
individual Junior World Championship title on Saturday. Her partner and boyfriend Demeter finished 4th
yesterday, so he will be pleased to finish his breakthrough season on a high with a gold medal.

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The Hungarian pair had a very consistent day. They finished 2nd
in the fence with 27 victories only 1 behind the impressive
Chinese pair. Kovacs & Demeter matched their performance from
the fence in the swim also finishing 2nd with a time of 1:57.72.
Only 2 rails down in the ride, meant they finished with the highest
score and a lead of 25 seconds heading into the combined event.
With both of them being incredibly experienced, they never looked
like losing the gold and comfortably pocketed yet another gold
medal of their young, fledging careers.
Women’s Relay
Freyja Prentice & Lydia Rosling (GBR) have stormed to the
Women‟s Junior World Championships Relay gold in
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The British girls , who both won gold in the Women's teams
event on Saturday produced one of the great combined
event to move up from 5th position to steal the gold from
the German pair of Janie Kohlmann & Annika Schleu who
had to settle for silver. The talented team of Adrienn Toth &
Zsofia Foldhazi (HUN) held off a fast finishing American
team to win bronze.
The British team, including individual bronze medallist
Prentice thought their dreams of gold had vanished after
finishing in 6th position in both the fencing and swimming to
be well of the pace set by the Ukrainian team of Anastasiya Spas and
Ganna Buriak after 2 events.
A solid, yet unspectacular ride of 1148 points gave the Brits a glimmer
of hope heading into the combined event. With the pressure lifted off
the girls, they were able to compete care free in the combined event
and it showed.
The 21 year olds competing in their last Junior World Championships
posted the fastest time in the combined event by an astonishing 17
seconds to overtake the German team on the final lap to finish their
junior careers on the ultimate golden high.
“I’m very happy that we could end the championships like this,” said
Prentice, who crossed
the finish line to take
gold. “The Germans,
Hungarians, Russians
and Ukrainians all had
good teams in the relay today and we knew they wouldn’t
be easy to beat.
“We were always near the top but never quite in front today
and that took the pressure off us. We kept our heads down
and it paid off.”
This gold capped a dream Championships for Great Britain,
walking away with 3 gold medals and one bronze.

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“Jamie’s gold made the competition. It was amazing to get an individual gold,” she added. “We couldn’t have
asked for a better championships – it’s been amazing."
Men’s Relay
The Korean pair of Woojin Hwang & Soengjin Kim has led from start to become
the Men‟s Relay Junior World Championships title in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Koreans did enough to comfortably beat a fast finishing French team
represented by Valentin Prades & Geoffrey Megi who made up for their poor
showing in the individual event to win silver. The German pair of Patrick Dogue
& Christopher Krause just held off Belarus for a dream bronze medal.
The Korean‟s set the tone for their golden day with brilliant fencing performance
leaving all their rivals in their wake. They
followed this up with a 2nd place in the
swim, narrowly behind the Russian pair.
After 2 events, they looked certain for
the gold, however a poor ride of only
1096 points gave their rivals a glimmer of hope heading into the
combined event. Unfortunately for the rest, that was the closest they
got, with the Koreans keeping their nerves intact and ran away with
the Junior World Championships title with.
"1st is very good and we are both ecstatic" said Soengjin Kim. "We
were good in all the events today, except for the riding, but it worked
out to be good enough. This is the best combined event we have both
every done we are both very happy."
Final Medal Tally
After the excitement of a record breaking 47 relay teams
and 94 athletes competing in all 5 disciplines in one day
the 43rd Junior World Championships has been drawn to a
close in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Great Britain confirmed themselves as the top junior
Nation by topping the medal tally with an impressive 3
gold‟s and 1 bronze, led by the extraordinarily talented
Jamie Cooke. The traditional powerhouse of Hungary
came in 2nd with 2 gold‟s with Sarolta Kovacs grabbing
them both in the individual and the mixed relay with her
boyfriend Bence Demeter.
Korea reiterated their standings as an emerging dynamo of
the Pentathlon world by winning 2 gold in the Men‟s team
and the Men‟s relay. With performances on the senior level as well this year, the Koreans can now truly call
themselves a medal contender in all categories.
10 countries, including 3 Asian nations won medals at the 1st ever Junior World Championships in South
America, which shows the global diversity of the sport that is set to celebrate its 100 year anniversary in the
Olympic Movement at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Check out the full medal tally below:
Gold Silver Bronze Total
GBR 3 1 4
HUN 2 2 4
KOR 2 2
RUS 2 1 3

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GER 1 2 3
FRA 1 1
CHN 1 1
KAZ 1 1
UKR 1 1
BLR 1 1
The local Argentinian organising committee did a fantastic
job hosting their 1st big international event. With great
facilities, perfect horses, all the athletes, coaches and
officials had a fantastic time and will never forget their time
in Buenos Aries, especially if they are the stars of the
show Jamie Cooke and Sarolta Kovacs.
UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann who was in
Argentina to witness the entire event stated: "This was an
extremely high level competition. There was strong
support from the military academy/General Bari del Valle
SOSA. The facilities at the academy were very close
together in a wonderful park environment.
There was a high level of performance and as always a
friendly atmosphere. The 2011 Junior World Championships could not have been run better and they will be
great hosts for the 2012 UIPM Congress which will be the 100 year anniversary of Modern Pentathlon being
in the Olympic Games."
All the junior athletes will now rest, some longer than others as a selected few will be straight back into
training for the senior circuit which begins with World Cup #1 in the USA on 8 March.
The junior Pentathlon world, now turns its focus to Drzonkow, Poland who will host the 2012 Junior World
Championships on 2-8 September 2012.
2011 UIPM CONGRESS – NICE, FRANCE
A very successful 2011 UIPM Congress has
concluded at the Radisson Blu in Nice, France with all
continents across the globe represented.
The day started with UIPM's Honorary President His
Serene Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco officially
opening the Congress.
The Prince stated: "It is a major honour to come and
speak to all you today in my capacity as UIPM's
Honorary President. In the past years I have had the
satisfaction of witnessing the positive developments of
your sport, particularly, the combined run and shoot
event and the introduction of Laser Shooting, which
will bring greater proximity to the media, to young
people and to wider audiences."
In a full productive day of meetings in the sunny French Riviera, the following highlights took place:
UIPM became the first International Federation to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the
Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) which contained steps for close collaboration in the
future (more on page 7).

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From the hard work of UIPM's Medical Executive Fabio Pigozzi the nations approved the no-needle
policy which has already been adapted by FIG, FISA and the UCI. This assists UIPM in continuing
it's clean sport legacy which has built up over the past 100 years.
Russian Modern Pentathlon's President Vjacheslav Aminov was elected by the Congress as UIPM's
fifth Vice President in order to strengthen the Executive Board.
In order to give Modern Pentathlete coaches more of a voice, a Coaches Committee has been
formed starting 1 January 2012.
Christine Bouthors for her lifelong contribution to Modern Pentathlon, both Internationally and in
France, received the esteemed Medal of Honour from UIPM's President & Secretary General.
"The discussion of the congress was mainly on financial situations and future projects to make Modern
Pentathlon more attractive to the media." stated UIPM's President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann. Mr Schormann
continued: "UIPM was very pleased, as the
Congress underlined the support of the laser
shooting."
UIPM's Secretary General Joël Bouzou also
said: "This was a very successful Congress,
with a lot of issues being discussed ahead of
the very important Olympic Year. I was very
happy to welcome delegates to Nice, which is
very close to the UIPM Headquarters in
Monaco."
The next edition of the UIPM Congress will be
held in Buenos Aries, Argentina which is the
same location as the 2011 Junior World
Championships.
UIPM SIGNS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH CISM
At the 2011 UIPM Congress in Nice, France UIPM
and the Conseil International Du Sport Militaire
(CISM) signed an historic Memorandum of
Understanding.
This was based on the years of tradition that
Modern Pentathlon has with the Military Movement.
The President of CISM Colonel Hamad Kalkaba
Malboum who was present in Nice to sign the MOU
stated: "CISM is delighted to be invited to this
congress to sign CISM’s 1st MOU with an
International Federation. UIPM & CISM has always
been close, however this MOU paves the way for a
closer and more fruitful relationship in the future."
As well as signing the MOU UIPM‟s President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann and UIPM Secretary General Joël
Bouzou gave the CISM President a plaque which reflected the gratitude of CISM‟s support to Modern
Pentathlon over the past years.
The main points in the MOU are:
UIPM shall offer its collaboration to CISM regarding the organization of clinics and seminars for
coaches, trainers, referees etc during CISM competitions.
UIPM acknowledges the existence of the CISM Regional Development Centers (existing and future
ones) as one entity able to promote the improvement the quality of officials (trainers, coaches and
managers) in Modern Pentathlon within the Military Sports.

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UIPM commits itself to consider the integration of coaches, trainers and referees from the CISM
Member Nations inside specific training camps organized within the structures of UIPM.
Fix on a common agreement the dates of the CISM competitions so that they are harmoniously
integrated in the UIPM international calendar.
Advertise their collaboration through their existing and future communication means, including their
respective websites.
UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann stated: “This is a major step forward for our relationship with
CISM. This now sets up the platform for more development of Modern Pentathlon within the military family
which will benefit at a global level.”
2011 UIPM RIDING CAMPS STAGE ONE
The first round of the 2011/2012 UIPM Riding Camps have
been completed in Beijing, China.
Athletes who have already qualified for the 2012 London
Olympic Games were invited to this UIPM initiative. The
Chinese camps included: Cao Zhongrong, Wang Guan,
Chen Qian Miao Yihua from China, Australians: Chloe
Esposito & Edward Fernon and Soo jin Yang (KOR) &
Shinichi Tomii (JPN)
The athletes were trained in many areas, including:
Flat Work: Improving their jumping position, their
ability to ride corners, approach to the obstacle and
developing a better rhythm on the horse.
Jumping obstacles: Up right, parallel and combination jumps. Practising completing a whole course
of obstacles at the height required for Modern Pentathlon which is 1.2 metres.
Australia's Oceania Champion Chloe Esposito said “It’s been fantastic to ride two different horse every day,
and would like to thank the UIPM for providing a pentathlon riding opportunity to help my Olympic
preparation.”
There will be additional riding camps in Europe prior to the Olympics next year.
2011 NEW BALANCE COMPETITION AWARDS
After a fantastic World Cup Series, brilliant World Championships
and spectacular multi-sport events UIPM has decided that the 2011
New Balance competition awards go too:
Best Overall competition: Pan American Games (MEX)
Best Overall Promoted competition: Champion of
Champions (ITA)
Best Mixed Relay Promotion competition: Asian Games (CHN) & Senior World Championships
(RUS)
Best New Organiser competition: Youth A World Championships (TUR)
Congratulations to all the above organisers as well as all the others who organised a Modern Pentathlon
event in 2011. Without them the sport wouldn‟t exist!

2011 SEASON REVIEW
INSIDE UIPM
UIPM PRESIDENT
L to R: UIPM South American Confederation President
Jorge Salas UIPM Honorary President His Serene
Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco, UIPM President Dr
h.c. Klaus Schormann and UIPM Secretary General Joël
Bouzou at the 2011 UIPM Congress.
Klaus Schormann chaired together with UIPM
Secretary General Joël Bouzou a very
successful Congress. Please read more on
page 6.
13 November 2011: Nice, France
UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann met
with the National Federations Delegates to
discuss their countries needs and gave them
ideas for the development of their Modern
Pentathlon programmes.
14-24 November 2011: Buenos Aires,
Argentina Junior World Championships
UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann
together with UIPM Vice President Kui-Sung
Choi and South American President Jorge
Salas discussed with General Bari del Valle
Sosa the cooperation between UIPM,
Argentina Modern Pentathlon Federation and
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2011 was a historic year for Modern Pentathlon. The new laser
system was implemented, world records in swimming and
shooting were broken and 2 new World Champions were
crowned at the 51st World Championships.
Watch all this, plus all the action from the 2011 World Cup Series
on UIPM‟s official Youtube channel youtube.com/uipmchannel.
9-11 November 2011: Nice, France UIPM
Executive Board Meeting
UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann chaired
the UIPM Executive Board meeting in preparation
of the UIPM Congress and the 2012 season. The
Executive board confirmed that the 100 year
anniversary congress will be held in Buenos Aires
on 17-21 October 2012. The rest of the
competitions can be found on Pentathlon.org.
The main discussions were the 2011/2012 budget
and the development of Modern Pentathlon into a
global sport. Additional discussions included: laser
technology, UIPM Riding Camps, UIPM media
developments and laser shooting seminars.
12 November 2011: Nice France UIPM Congress
After UIPM Honorary President His Serene
Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco officially
opened the Congress, UIPM President Dr h.c.
L to R: UIPM Vice President Kui-Sung Choi, South American
President Jorge Salas, UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus
Schormann and General Bari del Valle SOSA.

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L to R: UIPM Treasurer Gyula Bretz, UIPM Vice President Kui-
Sung Choi, UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann, General
Bari del Valle SOSA and South American President Jorge Salas
President Schormann met at different times
during the Junior World Championships
with UIPM Vice President for Business
Affairs John Helmick, UIPM Vice President
Kui-Sung Choi, UIPM Treasurer Gyula
Bretz, President of NORCECA John
Holland and President of South America
Jorge Salas to discuss the promotion of the
new shooting technology and the needs of
the developing nations and new
federations to grow Modern Pentathlon
within their continents.
The day after the Junior World
Championships, the Argentinean Olympic
Committee President and IOC Member Dr
Gerardo Werthein and his 1st Vice
President Alicia Masoni de Morea invited
President Schormann UIPM Treasurer
CISM based on the new Memorandum of
Understanding signed during the 2011 UIPM
Congress.
During the reception of the Junior World
Championships Organising Committee,
President Schormann, together with UIPM‟s
Treasurer Gyula Bretz spoke with the main
supporters and sponsors of the Junior World
Championships the President of the Military
University General Brown and the Manager
of the High Sport Leval Office Victor
Groupierre. They managed to convince them
to support the 2012 Centenary Congress in
Buenos Aires.
Gyula Bretz and President of South America Jorge Salas to a meeting in his office to discuss the schedule
and preparation of the Executive Board Meeting and
2012 UIPM Centenary Congress. The NOC will be a
strong partner to UIPM and the Modern Pentathlon
Federation of Argentina in hosting the 2012 Congress.
This will be a great challenge for the Olympic Movement
in Argentina after a very successful Junior World
Championships and a year before the 2013 IOC
Session.
L to R: South American President Jorge Salas,
UIPM Treasurer Gyula Bretz, Argentinian Olympic
Committee‟s 1st Vice President Alicia Masoni de
Morea, UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann,
Argentinean Olympic Committee President and IOC
Member Dr Gerardo Werthein and Argentinean
Olympic Committee Secretary General Mario
Moccia.
L to R: UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann, South American
President Jorge Salas, Secretary General of MPFA Diego Marcelo
Gusman and Technical Delegate Carlo Passiatore.
The Argentinean Olympic Committee hosted the whole
Argentinian Olympic and non-Olympic sport society at
the horse centre “Haras El Capricho” where the 13th
international show jumping festival started. Here they
honoured the best athletes from the 2011 Pan American
Games and also the best young people of the IOC Sport
and Literature national contest.
UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann, President of
South America Jorge Salas and Technical Delegate
Carlo Passiatore were all invited by NOC President Dr
Gerardo Werthein. President Schormann took the
opportunity to meet with many National Sport Presidents
to promote the 2012 UIPM Congress.

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25 November 2011: Moscow, Russia
UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann took part at the 100 year anniversary of the Russian OIympic
Committee Gala. Here he met with the newly elected UIPM Vice President Viacheslav Aminov. To discuss
about his responsibilities and the next steps in developing sport political and sport business activities for
UIPM over the next 12 months.
Olympians from four generations and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin were the stars at the gala
attended by more than 1,000 people. IOC President Dr Jacques Rogge was also in attendance and gave a
speech stating “May I offer warm applause to the heroes of the night, the athletes of Russia,” said Rogge,
also saluting the many sports leaders in the room, coaches and trainers, as well as national federation
leaders.
L to R: 2010 World Champion Serguei Karyakin, IOC President Dr Jacques Rogge, World #1 Aleksander Lesun, UIPM
President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann and Secretary General of the Kazakhstan Olympic Committee Timur Dossymbetov
UIPM SECRETARY GENERAL
29 November 2011: Qatar
UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann and UIPM „s Middle East
Coordinator Mihail Kouzev met in the office of the Qatar Olympic
Committee with Secretary General Sheik Saoud Bin Abdulrahman
Al-Thani to discuss the next steps of developing Modern Pentathlon
in Qatar and neighbouring countries.
The NOC and Qatar Modern Pentathlon Federation would like to
set the example of development of Modern Pentathlon for the rest
of the Middle Eastern Countries to follow. There will be a very close
partnership between those 2 organisations and UIPM in the future.
L to R: UIPM„s Middle East Coordinator Mihail Kouzev,
UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann and Qatar
Olympic Committee Secretary General Sheik Saoud Bin
Abdulrahman Al-Thani.
9-12 November 2011: Nice, France UIPM Executive Board Meeting & Congress
UIPM Secretary General Joël Bouzou attended and participated in the UIPM Executive Board meeting and
gave an in depth presentation to the UIPM Executive Board members the current situation on laser shooting
and the technical details of how the system works.

UIPM Secretary General during his speech at
the 2011 UIPM Congress.
Diplomats from each of the countries attended
the event and were able to talk in a relaxed
atmosphere. The idea was based on the „Ping
Pong Diplomacy that brought China and the
USA together during the Cond War 40 years
ago through a table tennis match.
Mr Bouzou stated “This first Peace and Sport
Table Tennis Cup is clearly a success. Many
reasons can cause conflict, but without doubt
there is one element that can unite: Sport. We
hope that this initiative will encourage other
nations to attend similar events for peace.”
Various Times in November: Monaco
UIPM Secretary General Joël Bouzou had
meetings with UIPM‟s bank to discuss UIPM‟s
finances.
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Secretary General Bouzou, together with UIPM President Dr
h.c. Klaus Schormann chaired the 2011 UIPM Congress,
where again Mr Bouzou gave a presentation on laser
shooting and answered questions from the delegations.
20-22 November 2011 – Qatar
UIPM Secretary Joël Bouzou, in his position as President
and Founder of Peace & Sport attended the Qatar Peace &
Sport Table Tennis Cup. Here mixed teams from North &
South Korea, India & Pakistan, USA & Russia, France &
Japan and China & Qatar played together in the battle for
peace.
UIPM SECRETARY GENERAL ELECTED WOA PRESIDENT
UIPM Secretary General at the Peace & Sport Table
Tennis Cup in Qatar.
UIPM Secretary General Joël Bouzou has been elected
as President of the World Olympians Association
(WOA) at the General Assembly at Lausanne,
Switzerland.
The 1987 Modern Pentathlon World Champion
Focused his election campaign on two main themes-
encouraging social commitment from Olympians and
providing services to Olympians during and after their
career.
Bouzou was nominated by a vast majority in the first
round of voting. He succeeds the American Richard
"Dick" Fosbury at the head of the only international
organization which unites all of the 100,000 athletes to
have competed in an Olympic event.
Bouzou, who is also the President and Founder of Peace & Sport said he wants the WOA to become “a
global player to serve society. Sport has given us so much. It has changed our lives. It can be a life-changer
for so many more people in so many different ways. And we are the ones who can make that happen (...).
"The World Olympians Association is the most amazing reservoir of resources, experience and talent you
could find! And yet it remains largely untapped. We need to change that.”

This position is a reward to a man who
has dedicated his life to Modern
Pentathlon and the Olympic
Movement.
Not only has he competed in 4
Olympic Games (Moscow 1980, Los
Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona
1992) and won an Olympic medal, he
has also been the Secretary General
of UIPM since 1997 where he has
overseen a significant rise in the sport.
These 2 factors, together with the rest
of his distinguished career we can all
see Bouzou is the right man for the job.
UIPM MEDAL OF HONOUR
L to R French Federation President Francois
Despres, UIPM Secretary General Joël
Bouzou, Medal of Honour Recipient
Christine Bouthors and UIPM President
Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann.
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results and historical material to a level that everyone can use and enjoy.
PENTATHLON NEW BALANCE WORLD RANKING
New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking
The PWR is updated live on www.pentathlon.org after each competition.
PWR as at 30 November 2011:
Women
1 GER Lena Schoneborn 203
2 UKR Victoria Tereshuk 191
3 LTU Laura Asadauskaite 191
4 GBR Mhairi Spence 174
5 FRA Elodie Clouvel 166
6 HUN Sarolta Kovacs 165
7 BRA Yane Marques 159
8 GER Eva Trautmann 158
9 RUS Ekaterina Khuraskina 153
10 GBR Heather Fell 151
11 LAT Elena Rublevska 147
UIPM Secretary General Joël Bouzou with the newly elected WOA
Board.
Christine Bouthors was given one of the highest Modern
Pentathlon honours at the recent UIPM Congress, by being
awarded the medal of Honour by UIPM President Dr h.c.
Klaus Schormann and Secretary General Mr Joël Bouzou in
Nice, France.
The award was justice for the French Women‟s lifelong
dedication as a Modern Pentathlon administrator. Mrs
Bouthors has worked for the French Modern Pentathlon
Federation since 1975, she was the Administrative and
Financial Director with Presidents Mr. Emile Jarrot until 2002,
Mr. Alain Gelès and now Mr. François Despres and Istvan
Laszlo. Also Rene Frassinelli, Joël Bouzou and Claude
Guiguet as national technical directors.
One of the legacy‟s that Mrs Bouthors has achieved in her 36
years as a Modern Pentathlon administrator is organising the
12 UKR Iryna Khokhlova 142
13 GER Annika Schleu 140
14 CHN Qian Chen 140
15 GBR Freyja Prentice 139
16 RUS Evdokia Gretchichnikova 139
17 GBR Katy Burke 139
18 HUN Leila Gyenesei 136
19 BLR Anastasiya Prokopenko 136
20 HUN Adrienn Toth 135

Men
1 RUS Aleksander Lesun 205
2 HUN Adam Marosi 190
3 RUS Andrei Moiseev 179
4 UKR Pavlo Tymoshchenko 178
5 HUN Robert Kasza 175
6 HUN Bence Demeter 167
7 RUS Serguei Karyakin 162
8 KOR Jinhwa Jung 161
9 CZE David Svoboda 148
10 CHN Zhongrong Cao 147
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PENTATHLON IN THE ANCIENT GAMES
11 GBR Nicholas Woodbridge 147
12 RUS Ilia Frolov 145
13 ITA Nicola Benedetti 139
14 GBR James Cooke 138
15 KOR Choon-huan Lee 136
16 KOR Jin-woo Hong 136
17 UKR Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy 135
18 ARG Emanuel Zapata 135
19 ITA Riccardo De Luca 132
20 AUT Thomas Daniel 132
708 BC - Lampis of Sparta won the first ancient Pentathlon
MODERN PENTATHLON
1912 - Stockholm: First time in the Olympic Programme
1948 - London: UIPM was born
1996 – Atlanta: First time all 5 events competed in one day at Olympics
1998 – Budapest, Mexico, Monaco, Olympia and Lausanne:
UIPM 50 Years Anniversary
2000 – Sydney: First time for women in the Olympic Programme
2004 – Athens: Pentathlon home after 2712 years
2010 – Singapore: First ever Youth Olympic Games
2012 – London: 100 Years of Modern Pentathlon in the Olympic Games
2012 –Centenary Congress Buenos Aries, Argentina
UIPM Headquarters
Stade Louis II – Entrance E -13 Avenue des Castelans, MC-98000 Monaco
Tel. +377 9777 8555 - Fax +377 9777 8550
E-mail:uipm@pentathlon.org Web site: www.pentathlon.org
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World Cup #1: Charlotte, USA 8-11 March 2012
World Cup #2: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15-18 March 2012
World Cup #3: Budapest, Hungary 12-15 April 2012
World Cup #4: Rostov, Russia 19-22 April 2012
World Cup Final: Chengdu, China 26-27 May 2012
Who will be the world’s most complete athlete in 2012?