Saturday 30 January 2010

Latest results: January 2010

The 2010 season had its first competitions.

In Finland was held the Winter Pentathlon and Winter Tetrathlon championship. The results were:

Winter Pentathlon - Men
1 Bernhard Ziganki AUT 6298
2 Jouko Pakarinen FIN 5765
3 Richard Lundell FIN 5145

Winter Pentathlon - Women
1 Eevi Bengs FIN 3813
2 Dagny Bengs FIN 3745
3 Heidi Walli FIN 3713

Winter Tetrathlon - Men
1 Tambet Kibal EST 3909
2 Tönis Tiirik EST 3848
3 Tero Koski FIN 3803

More info (and pics) can be found at: http://www.pentathlon.fi/?x103997=123221

In Székesfehérvár, Hungary, there was a national tetrathlon competition (January 09)with some big names of the circuit. István Málits clinched the first spot in the men's field, while Sarolta Kovács won the women's competition.

Results:
Men: http://www.cardsys.hu/versenyek/2010hera1/nmse3xio.htm
Women: http://www.cardsys.hu/versenyek/2010hera1/nwse3xio.htm

For juniors results and rankings by event, check: http://www.cardsys.hu/versenyek/2010hera1/index.htm


In Budapest another event was held (January 29), where Tibolya and Kovács won their competitions.

Men: http://www.pentathlon.hu/2010eredmenyek/Heraklesz2/NMSE3XIO.HTM
Women: http://www.pentathlon.hu/2010eredmenyek/Heraklesz2/NWSE3XIO.HTM

Junior (Boys): http://www.pentathlon.hu/2010eredmenyek/Heraklesz2/NMYA3XIO.HTM
Junior (Girls): http://www.pentathlon.hu/2010eredmenyek/Heraklesz2/NWYA3XIO.HTM


In United States, Dennis Bowsher and Marisa Berger started the year winning the Winter Open in Rancho Mirage, California (January 02). The action moved later to San Antonio, Texas, where were held a national qualification (January 24). Bowsher again was the best men pentathlete, topping with 5784 points, while Emily Andrews scored 3960 points to win the women competition.

Winter Open report and results: http://usapentathlon.org/news/2010/01/03/bowsher-and-berger-win-winter-open/30277?ngb_id=17

San Antonio (TX) Qualifying report and results: http://usapentathlon.org/news/2010/01/28/san-antonio-qualifier-sunday/31200?ngb_id=17

In Minsk, Belarus, there was an international competition in the second half of the month. I couldn't find much info about it, I don't even know if a competition for women was held, but we have info about the winner, local pentathlete Aleksandr Vasilinak, with 6084 points.

Source: http://www.myheimat.de/potsdam/sport/stefan-koellner-sehr-guter-achter-in-minsk-d220693.html

Melbourne (Australia) hosted not only the Australian Open (Grand Slam of tennis) in January, but also the Oceania Championships. In the men's field, Luke Salter came first with 5260 points (with impressive 1216 points in fencing), Ed Furnon was second and S. Peterson completed the podium. The women's competition had Angie Darby winning the event with 4912 points, followed by C. Curnow and J. Collins.

More info at: http://www.pentathlon.org.au/

Friday 8 January 2010

The Decade Review (2000-2009) - Rankings - Women (Provisional)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION, waiting for data 2000-2004.

Some considerations:
# any change in ranking points system in this period? I don't know.
# names spell - in previous posts I've been trying to get the correct spell of the names, especially the graphic accents, with no much consistency. I won't try using accents in this post for practical reasons. The names of different alphabets (Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, etc.) are another challenge since there is no much consistency in the transcriptions, and I'm going with the most common transcription when there are different versions (like Tereshuk and Tereschuk). Again for practical reasons and to not make an even bigger post, I'll use only the surnames of the pentathletes, except for when having to recognize a pentathlete who shares the same surname with any other of the circuit (usually brothers).
# tie-break: some athletes are tied in number of points, but I'm following the official info that shows no tie in positions, but I really don't know the critery used (like in 2006, two pentathletes with 170 points, but UIPM newsletter said the Hungarian lost the first spot after 3 years, so she was really credited as #2)
# the period of a decade - some may consider a decade a different period (instead of 2000-2009, some consider 2001-2010).

2005

1. Voros HUN 175
2. Caze FRA 162
3. Gretchichnikova RUS 159
4. Sadovnikova RUS 159
5. Corsini ITA 157
6. Mazurkevich BLR 151
7. Maloszyc POL 150
8. Szatamary HUN 147
9. Furi HUN 141
10. Mouratova RUS 140
11. Samusevich BLR 139
12. Rublevska LAT 133
13. Grolichova CZE 132
14. Dziadura POL 131
15. Arkhipenka BLR 131
16. Boenisz POL 127
17. Fakhry EGY 125
18. Langridge GBR 124
19. Raisner GER 124
20. Medany EGY 120

2006

1. Tereshuk UKR 170
2. Voros HUN 170
3. Boenisz POL 166
4. Dziadura POL 163
5. Medany EGY 160
6. Harland GBR 157
7. Samusevich BLR 156
8. Corsini ITA 152
9. Mouratova RUS 147
10. Czwojdzinska POL 147
11. Jienbalanova KAZ 145
12. Pinette CAN 143
13. Mathe HUN 142
14. Taormina USA 139
15. Maloszyc POL 139
16. Grant CAN 136
17. Rimsaite LTU 134
18. Grolichova CZE 129
19. Fakhry EGY 128

2007

1. Jienbalanova KAZ 187
2. Mouratova RUS 183
3. Caze FRA 175
4. Medany EGY 173
5. Harland GBR 171
6. Bertoli ITA 169
7. Schöneborn GER 167
8. Czwojdzinska POL 164
9. Spence GBR 159
10. Arkhipenka BLR 158
11. Taormina USA 157
12. Samusevich BLR 154
13. Voros HUN 152
14. Maloszyc POL 151
15. Rublevska LAT 149
16. Livingston GBR 147
17. Fell GBR 146
18. Pinette CAN 143
19. Kelly USA 141
20. Xiu CHN 137

2008

1. Fell GBR 216
2. Schöneborn GER 198
3. Livingston GBR 196
4. Medany EGY
5. Tereshuk UKR 185
6. Caze FRA 182
7. Samusevich BLR 156
8. Rimsaite LTU 177
9. Boenisz POL 172
10. Asadauskaite LTU 160
11. Rublevska LAT 154
12. Spence GBR 152
13. Czwojdzinska POL 150
14. Gretchichnikova RUS 149
15. Dziadura POL 146
16. Arkhipenka BLR 142
17. Gyenesei HUN 138
18. Maloszyc POL 137
19. Toth HUN 135
20. Grolichova CZE 134

2009

1. Asadauskaite LTU195
2. Rimsaite LTU 182
3. Medany EGY 178
4. Fell GBR 175
5. Caze FRA 169
6. Gretchichnikova RUS 168
7. Gyenesei HUN 165
8. Chen CHN 155
9. Czwojdzinska POL 153
10. Schöneborn GER 149
11. Boenisz POL 148
12. Marques BRA 142
13. Rublevska LAT 142
14. Kovacs HUN 140
15. Spence GBR 138
16. Grolichova CZE 136
17. Isaksen USA 134
18. Samusevich BLR 133
19. Trautmann GER 129
20. Dianova CZE 127


Comments to come (for 2005-2009 and hopefully for 2000-2009)- highlights of the period: most years as #1, in top5/top10, ups and downs, early decade of retired pentathletes and veterans, late decade with up and coming youngsters, etc.

The Decade Review (2000-2009) - Rankings - Men (Provisional)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION, waiting for data 2000-2004.

Some considerations:
# any change in ranking points system in this period? I don't know.
# names spell - in previous posts I've been trying to get the correct spell of the names, especially the graphic accents, with no much consistency. I won't try using accents in this post for practical reasons. The names of different alphabets (Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, etc.) are another challenge since there is no much consistency in the transcriptions, and I'm going with the most common transcription when there are different versions (like Moiseev and Moyseev). Again for practical reasons and to not make an even bigger post, I'll use only the surnames of the pentathletes, except for when having to recognize a pentathlete who shares the same surname with any other of the circuit (usually brothers).
# tie-break: some athletes are tied in number of points, but I'm following the official info that shows no tie in positions, but I really don't know the critery used.
# the period of a decade - some may consider a decade a different period (like 2001-2010, 1991-2000, etc.)



YEAR
Position. Pentathlete NATION CODE Points


2005

1. Walther GER 171
2. Krungolcas LTU 168
3. Moiseev RUS 159
4. Balogh HUN 159
5. Zadneprovskis LTU 157
6. Prokopenko BLR 154
7. Cerkovskis LAT 151
8. Turkin RUS 148
9. Sabirkhouzine RUS 146
10. Qian CHN 144
11. Frolov RUS 143
12. Horvath HUN 140
13. Sedeckly CZE 139
14. Stefanek POL 137
15. Lapo BLR 134
16. Meliakh BLR 130
17. Astier FRA 127
18. Kallai HUN 126
19. Sika LAT 126
20. Emad El Geziry EGY 122

2006
1. Horvath HUN 170
2. Capalini CZE 170
3. Balogh HUN 170
4. Krungolcas LTU 168
5. Moiseev RUS 163
6. Meliakh BLR 157
7. Cerkovskis LAT 148
8. Bremer USA 148
9. Cao CHN 148
10. Zadneprovskis LTU 146
11. Fulep HUN 145
12. Viala FRA 136
13. Manske USA 136
14. Sika LAT 135
15. Turkin RUS 132
16. Borkin RUS 129
17. Choon-Huan Lee KOR 129
18. Liu CHN 126
19. Amro El-Geziry EGY 125
20. Santos BRA 123

2007

1. Horvath HUN 203
2. Walther GER 187
3. Krungolcas LTU 186
4. Zadneprovskis 185
5. Moiseev RUS 179
6. Frolov RUS 172
7. Gebhardt GER 172
8. Nemeth HUN 170
9. Capalini CZE 170
10. Berrou FRA 160
11. Horbacz POL 159
12. Michalik CZE 152
13. Balogh HUN 150
14. Svoboda CZE 145
15. Benedetti ITA 140
16. Cao CHN 138
17. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy UKR 136
18. Sabirkhouzine RUS 135
19. Bowsher USA 131
20. Tibolya HUN 128

2008
1. Moiseev RUS 203
2. Berrou FRA 186
3. Zadneprovskis LTU 185
4. Frolov RUS 183
5. Krungolcas LTU 172
6. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy UKR 167
7. Polivka CZE 167
8. Kasza HUN 167
9. Bremer USA 164
10. Svoboda CZE 164
11. Gebhardt GER 158
12. Walther GER 156
13. Soto MEX 154
14. Tymoshchenko UKR 153
15. Cerkovskis LAT 150
16. Michalik CZE 148
17. Meliakh BLR 146
18. Horbacz POL 146
19. Majewski POL 145
20. Bowsher USA 145

2009

1. Marosi HUN 215
2. Svoboda CZE 181
3. Polivka CZE 170
4. Frolov RUS 169
5. Krungolcas LTU 163
6. Kinderis LTU 152
7. Ginacamilli ITA 148
8. Daniel AUT 147
9. Lapo BLR 146
10. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy UKR 143
11. Tymoshchenko UKR 141
12. Amro El-Geziry EGY 141
13. Nemeth HUN 138
14. Tibolya HUN 136
15. Horbacz POL 131
16. Benedetti ITA 128
17. Soto MEX 126
18. Omar El-Geziry EGY 125
19. Brady USA 123
20. Weale GBR 122