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| Full name | Leydi Laura Moya Leidis Laura Moya | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 April 1992 Havana, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Cuba | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||||||||
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Leydi Laura Moya [1] [2] (born 16 April 1992), also known as Leidis Laura Moya, [3] is a Cuban modern pentathlete. She competed for Cuba in the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished 33rd. She competed for Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4] [5]
The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing, freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the ancient Olympics. The modern pentathlon was first held in 1912, and its rules have changed several times over the years. The latest structure, as of the 2020 Olympics, consists of three separate events for fencing, swimming, and equestrian, which determine each athlete's starting time in the final event. The last event, called the laser-run, alternates four legs of laser pistol shooting followed by an 800 m run.
Chen Qian is a female Chinese modern pentathlete who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London finishing in 5th place on both occasions.
Laura Asadauskaitė-Zadneprovskienė is a Lithuanian modern pentathlete. She won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and achieved an Olympic record score. Asadauskaitė also competed in three other Olympics, 2008 in Beijing, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, and in 2021 in Tokyo Olympics in which she was awarded with the silver medal. She has been European and World Champion in pentathlon.
Nathan Schrimsher is an American modern pentathlete. He competed in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in August 2010 where he placed 13th in the individual event and 16th in the mixed relay. He was teamed with Cuban Leydi Laura Moya Lopez in the mixed relay. It is believed this was the first time that an American and a Cuban teamed up together in an Olympic style event in decades.
Justinas Kinderis is a male Lithuanian modern pentathlete who won a bronze medal at 2010 World Modern Pentathlon Championships. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Modern pentathlon. At the 2014 World Championships, he won the mixed relay with Laura Asadauskaité.
Annika Schleu is a German modern pentathlete. She won the gold medal of the relay event at the 2012 World Championships and 2017 World Championships. She has competed in three Olympic Games, finishing in 26th place in 2012 and in 4th place in 2016.
Chloe Esposito is an Australian shooter and modern pentathlon competitor. She competed at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in the 10 m air pistol. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, in the modern pentathlon and won the gold medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro.
Iryna Khokhlova is a Ukrainian and Argentine modern pentathlete. Khokhlova was born on 29 January 1990.
Esteban Bustos Rodríguez is a modern pentathlete from Chile. He was born in Santiago. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and received an automatic qualifying berth for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, following the footsteps of his brother Cristián, who had previously competed in Beijing, four years before.
The modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place in 2021 at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza and Ajinomoto Stadium.
Katherine Elizabeth French is a British modern pentathlete who won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Jun Woong-tae is a South Korean modern pentathlete.
Roxana Gómez Calderón is a Cuban sprinter. She was a member of the national team in the 4×400 metres relay race at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Hungary competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hungarian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions. Hungary was not invited to the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, because of its role in the first World War, and was also part of the Soviet boycott, when Los Angeles hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Cuba competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cuban delegation was their smallest since 1964, which coincidentally was also in Tokyo. It was the nation's twenty-first appearance at the Summer Olympics. Cuba improved on its 2016 result, by winning 7 gold and 15 total medals after 5 and 11 in Rio.
This article lists the main modern pentathlon events and their results for 2018.
This article lists the main modern pentathlon events and their results for 2016.
This article lists the main modern pentathlon events and their results for 2014.
Sergio Villamayor is an Argentine modern pentathlete. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. He also won the bronze medal in the men's relay event, alongside Emmanuel Zapata. He qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Joanna Muir is a British modern pentathlete, who was part of the British squad that won the team event at the 2019 European Modern Pentathlon Championships, and came second in the women's relay event at the 2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships. She came second at the opening event of the 2021 Modern Pentathlon World Cup. Muir competed in the modern pentathlon event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.
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