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pentathlon

an athletic contest consisting of five different events, based on a competition in the ancient Greek Olympics
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Egyptian pentathletes never won the gold medal in the Modern Pentathlon games.
3 (Asadauskaite is the wife of Lithuanian pentathlete Andrejus Zadneprovskis, who won silver in the 2004 Athens Olympics, while in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he won the bronze, leaving the silver medal for another Lithuanian, Edvinas Krungolcas).
Naturally, Touni wants his pentathletes to maintain their international standards.
The Pentathlete concept was introduced in a version of AR 600-100 Army Leadership released on March 8, 2007, as a new essential leader concept.
More specifically, senior leaders have expressed qualitative requirements using such terms as "pentathlete" or "adaptive" leaders.
In this interview, he shares his views on three topics: the multifunctional logistics Soldier, the pentathlete, and transformation.
Of course, this only works with senior leader support and the use of the "pentathlete approach" on future promotion boards to select our best-qualified Soldiers for advancement.
HOW: David is the top ranked pentathlete in the national and has been ranked among the national leaders in seven events.
'This guy, who is a pentathlete, said he was serious and he has already been back in touch to prove it.
Along the way she falls in love with pentathlete Tory Skinner (Donnelly).
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