2016 in modern pentathlon
# 2016 in modern pentathlon

This article lists the main modern pentathlon events and their results for 2016.

## 2016 Summer Olympics (UIPM)

* August 18 – 20: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Deodoro Modern Pentathlon Park
   * Men: Aleksander Lesun; Pavlo Tymoshchenko; Ismael Marcelo Hernandez Uscanga
   * Women: Chloe Esposito; Élodie Clouvel; Oktawia Nowacka

## World modern pentathlon events

* May 22 – 29: 2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Moscow
   * Individual winners: Valentin Belaud (m) / Sarolta Kovács (f)
   * Team Relay winners: South Korea (Hwang Woo-jin & Jun Woong-tae) (m) / Germany (Lena Schöneborn & Annika Schleu) (f)
   * Mixed Team Relay winners: Russia (Aleksander Lesun & Donata Rimšaitė)
   * Men's Team winners: Egypt (Yasser Hefny, Amro El Geziry, & Omar El Geziry)
   * Women's Team winners: Hungary (Tamara Alekszejev, Zsofia Foldhazi, & Sarolta Kovács)
* July 12 – 19: 2016 World Youth "A" Modern Pentathlon Championships in Limerick
   * Youth Individual winners: JEONG Young-jin (m) / Aurora Tognetti (f)
   * Youth Team Relay winners: South Korea (JEONG Young-jin & KIM Woo-cheol) (m) / Italy (Aurora Tognetti & Elena Micheli) (f)
   * Youth Mixed Team Relay winners: Russia (Xeina Fralcova & Andrei Zuev)
   * Youth Men's Team winners: South Korea (KIM Se-dong, KIM Dae-won, & JEONG Young-jin)
   * Youth Women's Team winners: Russia (Mariia Khamppu, Xeina Fralcova, & Adelina Ibatullina)
* September 11 – 18: 2016 World Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships in Cairo
   * Junior Individual winners: Charles Fernandez (m) / KIM Sun-woo (f)
   * Junior Team Relay winners: Russia (Alexander Lifanov & Serge Baranov) (m) / Russia (Sofia Serkina & Alena Popova) (f)
   * Junior Mixed Team Relay winners: Italy (Matteo Cicinelli & Francesca Tognetti)
   * Junior Men's Team winners: Russia (Danila Glavatskikh, Viacheslav Bardyshev, & Alexander Lifanov)
   * Junior Women's Team winners: Italy (Aurora Tognetti, Irene Prampolini, & Francesca Tognetti)
* September 17 – 26: 2016 World CISM Military Modern Pentathlon Championships in Warendorf
   * Individual winners: Yasser Hefny (m) / Ekaterina Khuraskina (f)
   * Mixed Team Relay winners: Poland (Oktawia Nowacka & Jaroslaw Swiderski)
   * Men's Team winners: Egypt (Sherif Rashad, Eslam Hamad, & Yasser Hefny)
   * Women's Team winners: Russia (Anna Savchenko, Ekaterina Khuraskina, & Svetlana Lebedeva)

## Continental modern pentathlon events

* March 15 – 20: 2016 Pan American & South American Modern Pentathlon Championships in Buenos Aires
   * Individual winners: Nathan Schrimsher (m) / Leidis Laura Moya (f)
   * Men's Team winners: United States (Nathan Schrimsher, Dennis Bowsher, & Lucas Schrimsher)
   * Women's Team winners: United States (Samantha Achterberg, Margaux Isaksen, & Isabella Isaksen)
* June 6 – 12: 2016 European Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships in Drzonków
   * Junior Individual winners: Alessandro Colasanti (m) / Francesca Tognetti (f)
   * Junior Team Relay winners: France (Brice Loubet & Gregory Flayols) (m) / Hungary (Sarolta Simon & Alexandra Boros) (f)
   * Junior Mixed Team Relay winners: Belarus (Ilya Palazkov & Iryna Prasiantsova)
   * Junior Men's Team winners: Russia (Viacheslav Bardyshev, Danila Glavatskikh, & Alexander Lifanov)
   * Junior Women's Team winners: Russia (Sofia Serkina, Alena Shornikova, & Xeina Fralcova) (f)
* July 4 – 11: 2016 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Sofia
   * Individual winners: Jan Kuf (m) / Laura Asadauskaitė (f)
   * Team Relay winners: Russia (Alexander Savkin & Aleksander Lesun) (m) / Belarus (Iryna Prasiantsova & Katsiaryna Arol) (f)
   * Mixed Team Relay winners: Czech Republic (Natalie Dianová & Jan Kuf)
   * Men's Team winners: Italy (Pierpaolo Petroni, Fabio Poddighe, & Riccardo De Luca)
   * Women's Team winners: Lithuania (Gintarė Venčkauskaitė, Laura Asadauskaitė, & Karolina Guzauskaitė) (f)
* July 27 – 31: 2016 European Youth "A" Modern Pentathlon Championships (Tetrathlon) in Barcelona
   * Youth Individual winners: Ivan Khamtsou (m) / Xeina Fralcova (f)
   * Youth Team Relay winners: Great Britain (Josh Miller & Harry Sykes) (m) / Italy (Aurora Tognetti & Elena Micheli) (f)
   * Youth Mixed Team Relay winners: Russia (Xeina Fralcova & Andrei Zuev)
* August 25 – 28: 2016 European Youth "B" Modern Pentathlon Championships in Solihull
   * Youth Individual winners: Giorgio Malan (m) / Laura Heredia (f)
   * Youth Team Relay winners: Hungary (David Soponyai & Csaba Bohm) (m) / Czech Republic (Katerina Tomanova & Veronika Novotna) (f)
   * Youth Mixed Team Relay winners: Turkey (Yaren Nur Polat & Alp Tas Mehmet)

## 2016 Modern Pentathlon World Cup

* February 21 – 28: MP World Cup #1 in Cairo
   * Individual winners: Amro El Geziry (m) / Lena Schöneborn (f)
   * Mixed Team Relay winners: Italy (Auro Franceschini & Lavinia Bonessio)
* March 8 – 15: MP World Cup #2 in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
   * Individual winners: JUN Woong-tae (m) / Claudia Cesarini (f)
   * Mixed Team Relay winners: Germany (Lena Schöneborn & Patrick Douge)
* March 30 – April 3: MP World Cup #3 in Rome
   * Individual winners: Valentin Prades (m) / Laura Asadauskaitė (f)
   * Mixed Team Relay winners: Italy (Lorenzo Michele & Lavinia Bonessio)
* April 13 – 18: MP World Cup #4 in Kecskemét
   * Individual winners: James Cooke (m) / Anastasiya Prokopenko (f)
   * Mixed Team Relay winners: Guatemala (Charles Fernandez & Isabel Brand)
* May 3 – 9: MP World Cup #5 (final) in Sarasota, Florida
   * Individual winners: James Cooke (m) / Lena Schöneborn (f)
   * Mixed Team Relay winners: Ireland (Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe & Natalya Coyle)
