UIPM Judges Certification Programme: Spain preps for its first UIPM Pentathlon Challenger event

Precious Olympic places will be on the line when Madrid hosts its newly rebranded UIPM Pentathlon Challenger event later this year in Madrid (ESP).

With that in mind, a group of judges were put through the paces in Barcelona in July, taking part in a UIPM Judges Certification Programme course in Barcelona (ESP) with Levels 1,2 and 3 of certification at stake. 

UIPM JCP educator and Technical Committee member Agnes Kulcsar (HUN) was on hand for the course which ran from July 5-9 and was run in conjunction with the Modern Pentathlon International meeting as part of the Catalan Setmana de l’esport. 

The UIPM Pentathlon Challenger Spain event takes place from September 27 to October 1 and the nine students who took part in the recent course will all be on hand in Madrid for the competition. There were eight Spaniards and one Hungarian, Sarolta Zalai, among the five men and four women on the course. 

UIPM JCP educator Agnes Kulcsar (HUN) said: “This was a very dilligent group of students who were eager to learn and improve their judging skills which made for a very enjoyable course in Barcelona. I thank them for their efforts and dedication and look forward to the event in Madrid later this year.”

Technical Diretcor the Spanish Modern Pentathlon Federatio Pedro Perez said: “We are all really looking forward to hosting the UIPM Pentathlon Challenger Spain in September and are focused on putting on a great competition. I thank UIPM for their support in helping ensure our judges are ready for a great week of competition in Madrid.”