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- 10 Olympic pentathletes bring expertise and experience to historic consultation
- Five continents represented in global process to identify new discipline
- UIPM executives salute ‘intelligence, imagination and passion’ of group members
The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) today announces the full composition of the working group that will lead the historic 5th Discipline consultation.
MONACO: January 5, 2022 – The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) has revealed the composition of all Commissions and Committees for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games cycle.
- Historic 21-person group of stakeholders and experts meet by video conference
- Marketing and media experts point to huge opportunities presented by new discipline
- Input and proposals of athletes praised as UIPM unites in pivotal endeavour
The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) is delighted to confirm the successful bids of Bath (GB), Ankara (TUR) and Bali (INA) as host cities for major UIPM events in the next two years.
This selection marks some historic firsts with two new major competition organizers added to the UIPM calendar for the first time as we continue to expand the global horizons of our multi-discipline sports.
Modern Pentathlon representatives from across Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa have been awarded financial supports to study at the World Academy of Sport (WAoS).
The third intake of athletes, coaches and administrators from across the Pentathlon family is being led by Olympian and former Modern Pentathlon World Champion Ekaterina Khuraskina (RUS) who has been awarded a full scholarship to study the prestigious Sports Management course at the University of London.
UIPM opens new positions as we moving closer to the start of the UIPM 2022 season competition events. Learn more about job offers below and take the opportunity to join the sports global community and work in a dynamic and exciting environment.
DEADLINE – All applications must be sent before March 4, 2022
REQUIRED – CV and application letter to be sent at uipm@pentathlon.org
The global UIPM family is in deep mourning after the untimely passing of one of the most admired experts and passionate thinkers and advocates for the Olympic movement, Professor Dr. Norbert Müller, who died February 16th, at the age of 75.
Prof. Dr. Müller was one of the foremost global scholars of Pierre de Coubertin stretching all the way back to the 1970s when he wrote his dissertation on Baron de Coubertin, the father of the Modern Olympic Games and creator of Modern Pentathlon.
The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) warmly congratulates UIPM First Vice President Juan Antonio Samaranch (ESP) on his election as Vice President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the the IOC Session in Beijing on Saturday, February 19, 2022.
As the curtain came down on a hugely successful Winter Olympic Games in Beijing last weekend, the world was already looking forward to the next instalment in Milano Cortina in 2026.
There, we will see another new Winter Olympic sport, ski mountaineering, added to the Games, to go along with the traditional sports which already thrill sports fans and viewers around the world.
With the escalating tensions and worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine in the wake of the breach of the Olympic Truce by the Russian government and the government of Belarus through its support, the UIPM Executive Board made the following decisions during an emergency meeting today: