Eight athletes named as eligible candidates for UIPM Masters Committee election

Eight Masters athletes from different countries across three continents have been named as eligible candidates for this year’s UIPM Masters Committee election.

The next Masters Committee will serve from 2025-2028, encompassing the historic transition of Modern Pentathlon to incorporate a new Obstacle discipline, which has already been embraced by the Masters community in numerous competitions.

The Committee will be elected during the UIPM 2024 Masters World Championships in Gyomro (HUN) from September 13-15 (athletes can click here to register for the competition), and three female and five male applicants have been approved by the UIPM Electoral Committee to stand for election.

From Asia, Muhammad Hairul Nazwa bin Dol of Singapore is one of the candidates, along with African contenders Sherif Salah of Egypt and George Harrop-Allin of South Africa.

All three female candidates – Krisztina Gerhardt of Hungary, Nathalie Denoyes of France and Andra Novicka of Latvia – are European, along with male counterparts Emanuele Gambini of Italy, Antonio Sanchez Paraja of Spain.

All candidates were checked against a strict criteria to ensure their eligibility.

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