MilPIN - New Athletes - Norway

May 6, 2008

MilPIN - Procedure

Countries are reminded to forward their MilPIN requests for the 2008 season in due time

- no start will be given to athletes not having a MilPIN

- for the moment still Marcus Pucher is responsible for the distribution of the MilPINs

- Registration form
 

May 6, 2008

MilPIN - New Athletes - Germany and Latvia

May 5, 2008

Invitation - 55. World Championship - Ankara (TUR) - (3 - 12 September 2008)

Deadline Preliminary Agreement: June 3
Deadline Final Entry: August 13
- Participating Countries are strongly requested to respect the given deadlines.
- Countries have to meet the qualification criteria (the qualification list will be published in time).
- In order to be allowed to participate all athletes have to be in possession of a valid MilPIN
 

April 16, 2008

News from South America

The Delegation of VENEZUELA has requested for a starting opportunity at one of the European top competitions in order to prepare for the World Championship in Ankara in September (6 male athletes).

The Team Captain COLOMBIA informed that there are serious considerations to participate at the forthcoming World Championship for the very first time with a full male team and maybe even with female athletes.
 

April 15, 2008

Competition Calendar 2008

Updated competition overview for the 2008 season.
 

April 15, 2008

Invitation - Riga (LAT) - (4 - 10 August 2008)

Deadline Preliminary Agreement: April 20
Deadline Final Entry: July 1
Participating Countries are strongly requested to respect the given deadlines.
Otherwise countries from the waiting list will be invited instead!
 

April 13, 2008

Invitation - Revingehed (SWE) - (8 - 11 May 2008)

Deadline Preliminary Agreement: April 4
Deadline Final Entry: April 24
Participating Countries are strongly requested to respect the given deadlines.
 

April 11, 2008

MilPIN - New Athletes - The Netherlands

The Dutch team has once again been the first team to register new athletes
for the new competition season.
 

April 10, 2008

Invitation - Vipava (SLO) - (2 - 5 June 2008)

Deadline Preliminary Agreement: April 15
Deadline Final Entry: May 10
Participating Countries are strongly requested to respect the given deadlines.
 

April 10, 2008

New President Sport Committee - Maj Alessandro Trono (Italy)

A new President of the CISM Sport Committee - Military Pentathlon has been elected by the CISM Board of Directors during their last meeting in Sweden/Finland in the first week of March.

Maj Alessandro Trono follows MajGen Johann Pucher (AUT), who resigned as President SC after
15 years. The election of the 41 year old Italian, who has been member of the CISM Sport Committee already since 2002, is a clear sign of continuity but also a signal for rejuvenation.

Before becoming a member of the SC, Maj Trono himself was a pentathlete and competed at
14 World Championships between 1986 and 2000.

Especially in a sport like Military Pentathlon - with no backing up from a civilian international
federation - the President of the SC is the ultimate authority. He is fully responsible for the management, development and technical aspects of a category one sport in CISM.

In a first statement Maj Trono underlined, that he will aim to maintain the top position of Military Pentathlon, as the flagship of military sports, as he primary objective.
 

March 19, 2008

Invitation - Riga (LAT)  - (18 - 23 May 2008)

Deadline Agreement: April 21
Participating Countries are strongly requested to respect the given deadlines.
Otherwise countries from the waiting list will be invited instead!
 

March 19, 2008

Invitation - Lecce (ITA) - (25 May - 1 June 2008)

Deadline Preliminary Agreement: April 11
Deadline Final Entry: May 5
Participating Countries are strongly requested to respect the given deadlines.
Otherwise countries from the waiting list will be invited instead!
 

March 13, 2008

Invitation - Holstebro (DEN) 2008

Deadline Preliminary Agreement: April 23
Deadline Final Entry: May 23
Participating Countries are strongly requested to respect the given deadlines.
Otherwise countries from the waiting list will be invited instead!
 

March 13, 2008

Competition Calendar 2008

Thanks to the competition organsers in Italy and in Latvia, Turkey will receive starting options
in Lecce (ITA) in May and also in Riga (LAT) in August.
 

March 5, 2008

National Championships - St.Petersburg (RUS) 2008

Date: 5-10 June
Venue: St Petersburg
Invited Countries: KAZ, LAT, RUS
 

March 2, 2008

Invitation - Leopoldsburg (BEL) 2008

Deadline Preliminary Agreement: March 31
Deadline Final Entry: April 21
Participating Countries are strongly requested to respect the given deadlines.
Otherwise countries from the waiting list will be invited instead!
 

February 29, 2008

Pre-Invitation - Holstebro (DEN) 2008

Deadline: March 31
Participating Countries are strongly requested to respect the given deadlines.
Otherwise countries from the waiting list will be invited instead!
 

February 29, 2008

Competition Calendar 2008

- The calendar co-ordination process is finished.

- A fair and balanced calendar for all countries was the guiding theme for the whole process.
- All countries have already received the information for which competitions they can expect
   invitations within the next weeks.
- Participating teams are strongly requested to inform the respective competition organiser
   as well as the SC MilPent in case there are changes in their planning.

There is still free capacity at some competitions. (see calendar)
 

February 28, 2008

Competition Calendar 2008

- The calendar planning and coordination process has come to an end.
   Unfortunately TUR was still not able to react on proposals so far.
- Austria (Wiener Neustadt) was able to increase the number of participating countries.

- Denmark (Holstebro) also confirmed that they will host more countries than previously announced.

- Latvia proved once again that they have become a real stronghold of Military Pentathlon.
  They are able to host a total of 14 countries.

- Competition in Kazlu Ruda (LTU) confirmed for 2-6 June.

Countries from outside Europe are urged to inform the President SC or directly Marcus Pucher
in case they are interested to participate at one of the European competitions.
 

February 20, 2008

News from Norway - Retirement of Gunhild Berntsen

Gunhild Berntsen, the leading European athlete for nearly a decade, has retired from competition sport by the end of 2007.
Gunhild won 5 times the European Cup in a raw (2002 – 2006) and additionally she finished twice as runner up and twice in third place within the last 9 years. She is a two-times European Champion in the individual classification as well as a multiple medal winner with the team at World Championships.
However there is one big goal she could unfortunately not reach throughout her whole career, an individual medal at World Championships. Two times she finished in 4. place and additionally three times in 5. place. In 2007 just 4.4 pts were missing to the long desired individual medal.
Gunhild retires with a PB of 5380.6pts, the second highest from a European athlete ever.
The Military Pentathlon family wishes her all the best for her future life, and we hope to see her again as official or spectator at our competitions.
 

January 23, 2008

European Cup 2008

The Sport Committee has decided that the competition in Leopoldsburg (BEL) will be part of the European Cup in 2008. The competition will be open for a total of 7 countries.
 

January 23, 2008

News from Switzerland

As it looks now 2008 will be the last competition season for Switzerland. It is planned that Switzerland terminates its participation in Military Pentathlon at the end of this year. Only 2 athletes are left and the have to quit their career for financial reasons.
SUI is one of the most traditional countries in Military Pentathlon, and started already in 1952. Since then they participated at total of 45 times at World Championships so far, which makes them number 6 in terms of participation at World Championships (since 1962 they have not missed a single championship).
Switzerland was not only a frequent participant but also a very valuable competition organiser, making them a real stronghold of our sport. Bremgarten is one of the most traditional competition venues worldwide, hosting nearly each year an international tournament since the mid 60s. Also 2 World Championships (1981, 1992) were organised by Switzerland at their superb competition facilities in Bremgarten.
Apart from that Switzerland will always be remembered because of the outstanding results achieved by their athletes. Two individual titles were achieved by the legendary Ernst Engeli, the second best athlete ever in the history of Military Pentathlon (Pers Best 5652,9 pts). In the team classification Switzerland was also able to gain one title. Other famous names that will always be linked with Military Pentathlon are among others: Thomann and Tall in the 70s, Waser, Schenk and Taubert later in the 80s and early 90s.
In 1994 a last “golden era” ended when nearly the whole team had retired at the same time. For years Switzerland was only represented by individual starters like Jörg Wetzel or Adrian Stutz. Between 2000 and 2006 Switzerland was able to form a new team again; however they could not meet the successes reached by their predecessors. Financial restrictions did not allow for a long term planning and building up a strong new team. Between 1993 and 2001 Switzerland was also active in the female Military Pentathlon and has successfully been represented by Lottti Leuzinger, a two-times-winner of the European Cup.
Last but not least Switzerland was also represented in the Military Pentathlon Sport Committee:
Theo Hügi was member of the Technical Committee between 1975 and 1993,
while Felix Muff retired only last year from his post in the Sport Committee (1996 till 2007).
 

January 23, 2008

Resignation of MajGen Pucher

Speech held at the Military World Games in Hyderabad, India (October 20, 2007) by Capt Rob Jansen
at the occasion of the resignation of MajGen Pucher as President of the CISM Sport Committee.
 

January 23, 2008

Competition Calendar 2008

- The Belgian delegation confirmed the competition in Leopoldsburg and is willing to invite up to 6
   countries. With a total of 7 countries the SC is considering the possibility to assign the status of
   a European Cup Tournament for male athletes.
- Already now it becomes clear, that the summer competitions (Holstebro, Riga, Wiener Neustadt)
   will be massively overbooked; surely not all countries interested in participating can receive an
   invitation. However there is still free capacity in the spring competitions (Revingehed, Leopoldsburg,
   Lecce). Teams and delegations are requested to reconsider their participation intentions.
 

January 20, 2008

Composition of the Teams

In order to allow for an even better coordination process, teams are requested to inform us of their expected composition of the teams by answering the following 2 questions.

- Will you have female athletes competing on international level in 2008? Yes/No
- How many male athletes/female athletes you are planning to send to international competitions?
Please send this information as soon as possible to Marcus Pucher.
For the coordination process it is crucial to know about the approximate number of athletes and not only about the number of interested countries.
 

January 18, 2008

New Sport Committee President - Deadline for candidatures extended till January 31

A new President of the CISM Sport Committee Military Pentathlon will be appointed by the CISM Board of Directors during the next board meeting taking place beginning of March 2008. CISM has the intention to ensure continuity in the presidency for the years to come, in what is considered by CISM as the flagship of military sports.
Until now 2 candidates have forwarded their candidature to the Secretary General:
The candidates are Maj Lennart Ekloef (57) from Sweden, member of the SC since 1989 and
Maj Alessandro Trono (41) from Italy, member since 2002.
 

Interested persons have to forward their candidature to CISM on January 31 at the very latest. For more information please see the linked document.
 

January 18, 2008

Competition Calendar 2008

- International Competition in Tallinn, Estonia (23 - 26. September) confirmed.
- The competition in Riga, Latvia (4 - 10. August) will be open for countries with mixed teams
   exclusively. Only provided that there is additional capacity available, countries without female
   athletes will be taken into consideration.
 

January 16, 2008

Ranking List - for the start of the 2008 season

Within the last years the ranking list has been transformed into an entry list, in order to meet in a better way the demands of the competition organisers. It consits of all the important data for the establishment of the starting lists at competitions, like the MILPIN, the correct spelling of names as well as the entry times for obstacle run and obstacle swimming. Since there cannot any ranking be found in this list, it would be reasonable to change its name also officially into "Entry List".
This, my final, edition of the list will guarantee that for the first competitions of the 2008 season everything is set to go for the organisers. Then it will be up to the new SC to take decisions as
regards the future of this list.
 

January 6, 2008

Qualification List - for the 2008 World Championship

According to the regulations participation at World Championships is possible only for A-countries and additionally for those athletes, who have individually reached the qualification limit.
In order to promote Military Pentathlon for females the qualification regulations are currently suspended and therefore no qualification list is available for female athletes.
 

January 6, 2008

Happy New Year!

The President SC in his own name and on behalf of the Sports Committee Military Pentathlon wishes all friends of Military Pentathlon a successful and healthy year 2008. We wish the teams all the best and we all hope that competitors may not suffer injuries during training and competitions.

May you all enjoy this wonderful military sport during the upcoming competition season again !
 

January 1, 2008

Calendar 2008

The Calendar planning for 2008 will be administrated (like in the past) by the President of the Sport Committee MajGen Johann Pucher and Marcus Pucher.
 

January 1, 2008

Lecce 2008

In 2008 Italy will again be host of an international Military Pentathlon competition, which will be the 4th competition within 5 years to be held in the beautiful city of Lecce. Apart from Austria, thus Italy has become, together with Latvia, one of the strongholds of Military Pentathlon in Europe in recent years.
The competition will be open for teams with mixed participation only. Decisions regarding participating countries will be taken by the organiser in coordination with the Pres SC at the beginning of 2008.
 

January 1, 2008

Country Codes

As from January 1 the official country code for Romania has been changed into ROU.
In Military Pentathlon only the official IOC country codes are applied.
Note: The correct country code for Serbia is SRB.
For more information see a comparison of three-letter country codes.
 

January 1, 2008

MajGen Johann Pucher (Sport Committee President 1993 - 2008)

After 15 years as president of the Technical/Sport Committee, MajGen Johann Pucher will hand over the presidency of Military Pentathlon to a younger generation in order to give a new impetus to the development of Military Pentathlon. MajGen Pucher has become member of the Sport Committee in 1990 and president in 1993 after having acted as president ad interim already in 1992. He may stay as member of the Board of Directors in CISM for another 4 years.
Military Pentathlon has become one of the pillars of military sports and has been one of the most successful sports in CISM, reaching the landmark of 50 World Championships as the first CISM sport already in 2002. Taking into account that World Championships in the beginning of the 90s had around 15 participating countries and less than 100 participants (incl. women) it has been an unparalleled success to double the number of participating nations in Military Pentathlon since then. Presently more than 30 countries with about 200 athletes are participating regularly at world level. Already in 2002 a qualification system had to be introduced in order to steer participation and to ensure an appropriate level of performance at World Championships.
Milestones in the development of Military Pentathlon during the "Pucher Years" have been:

• Introduction of the Obstacle Relay (1993, part of the World Championships since 1995)
• Introduction of the European Cup (1994)
• Handicap Starting Method in Cross Country (1994, at World Championships since 1996)
• Strict competition dress regulations to ensure media and spectator attraction (1994)
• Ranking lists as base for establishing the starting list in swimming and obstacle run (1995)
• Standardisation of throwing projectiles (1995)
• Demonstration sport at the civilian World Games in Lahti (1997)
• Introduction of the MilPIN system as a tool for international athletes identification (1999)
• First sport webpage in the context of CISM (2000)
• Further standardisation of the obstacle track (2000)
• Qualification system for World Championships (2003)
• World Rankings (2006)
• Female participation reached 50 athletes at the World Games 2007
• Expansion of the technical assistance for newcomer countries (e.g. CRO, IND, RSA, UAE, SYR)
• Establishment of a fair and balanced competition calendar with about 6- 10 medium/big sized international competitions

January 1, 2008

New registered athletes from ARG, BRA, PRK and ROU.
 

January 1, 2008

at the 4. Military World Games in Hyderabad (India)
 

January 1, 2008

Presentation at the World Games
 

January 1, 2008

Ann Sofie Forssten (FIN) has won the European Cup this year with maximum points after winning all competitions she attended. Second and third place were reached by Gunhild Berntsen and Julia Andersen (both from NOR).
 

October 20, 2007

The European Cup 2007 was a tight one till the very end. New world champion Maxim Kanafin (BLR) won ahead of last years winner Brian Daasbjerg (DEN) - both with 105 points but Kanafin attended less competitions and also came ahead of the Danish in the European Cup final. Third place was conquered by the reigning European Champion Robert Krawczyk (GER) followed by Trond Vognild (NOR) and Martin Reichart (GER).
 

October 20, 2007