Nominations Open for 2023-2024 Pentathlon Canada Board of Directors
Pentathlon Canada is seeking applications from individuals interested in filling Board positions and standing for election during the 2023 Pentathlon Canada Annual General Meeting (AGM), to be held virtually Saturday, April 22, 2023, from 3:00 – 5:00 pm EST.
There are 3 (three) Director-at-Large positions available for 2-year terms as well as 1 (one) President position and 1 (one) Treasurer position, which are also for 2-year terms. A detailed description of the Director-at-Large, President and Treasurer positions:
https://bit.ly/PentathlonCanadaBoardApplications
Pentathlon Canada is the National Sports Organization that governs the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon.
About Modern Pentathlon
Modern pentathlon, a core Olympic sport, is the only sport created specifically for the Olympics. The founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre von Coubertin, developed the sport as the ultimate skill-and-strength test of a soldier. Modern pentathlon debuted at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and has featured in every subsequent edition of the Games. In 2000, the women’s competition was added. It is still the most varied and demanding multisport test in the Olympic family.
What does a Modern Pentathlete do?
Modern pentathletes compete in a four-discipline (five sports) competition consisting of one-touch épée fencing (round-robin and bonus event), 200-metre freestyle swimming, equestrian show-jumping and lastly, a combined laser pistol shooting and running event (referred to as Laser Run). The final Laser Run event is incredibly exciting. Athletes are seeded in order of their total points accumulated from the three previous sports. The number of seconds each athlete starts after the highest-ranked competitor is determined by their points difference.
The first running lap is followed by four Laser Run laps. The first athlete crossing the finish line wins. Each Run is 600 metres. At the Laser pistol range, the athlete must complete five shots on the target’s bullseye within 50 seconds. Athletes who complete five shots before the 50-second time limit start running immediately. The relay events (men, women and mixed) include all five sports, adjusted for teams of two.