A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente (five) and -athlon (competition). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games. Five events were contested over one day for the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, starting with the long jump, javelin throwing, and discus throwing, followed by the stadion and wrestling. Pentathletes were considered to be among the most skilled athletes, and their training was often part of military service—each of the five events in the pentathlon was thought to be useful in war or battle.
Ling Yong is a Paralympic athlete from China competing in P54-58 pentathlon events.
Fanie Lombaard is an athlete and Paralympian from South Africa competing in P42 pentathlon and F42 throwing events.
Horst Beyer is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category P42 pentathlon events.
David Francis MacCalman is a Paralympian athlete from New Zealand competing mainly in category P53 pentathlon events. He lost the use of his legs after sustaining a spinal cord injury while diving into a river.
Kerrod Glenn McGregor is an Australian Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category P42 pentathlon events.
Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum is an Israeli athlete who has won 31 Paralympic medals. She has represented Israel at the Summer Paralympic Games seven times and has competed in athletics, swimming, table tennis, and wheelchair basketball at the Games.
Marianne Buggenhagen is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events.
Tamara Sivakova is a Paralympian athlete from Belarus competing mainly in the throwing events.
Thierry Daubresse is a Paralympian athlete from Belgium competing mainly in category F42 shot put events.
Peter Raymon Martin is a Paralympian athlete from New Zealand competing in seated throwing events. He is a farmer, and became quadriplegic after sustaining a spinal injury in a farm bike accident. He competes in the F52 classification.
Jonathan Ward is a paralympic athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category F13 throwing events.
Sun Hai Tao is a paralympic athlete from China competing mainly in category F12 throws events.
Nachman Wolf was an Israeli Paralympic athlete who competed mainly in category F41 throw events.
Alfonso Fidalgo López is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category F11 shot and discus events.
Íñigo García Ruiz is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category F12 shot put and discus events.
John Dowall is a Paralympic athlete from New Zealand competing mainly in category F44 throwing events.
Andrés Martínez Sánchez is a paralympic athlete from Madrid, Spain competing mainly in category F10 shot put and discus events.
John Harris is a former Paralympic athlete from Wales competing mainly in category 5 throwing events. In 1984 he became the world record holder in the discus winning gold at the Summer Paralympics, following this with silver in the discus and bronze in the Pentathlon four years later.
Yisachar Navon is a former Paralympic athlete representing Israel.
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