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How to pronounce pentathlete in English?

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Type Words
Type of athlete, jock

Examples of pentathlete

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In 1972, the pentathlete Mary Peters won a gold medal at the Munich Olympics.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Yarnold was disappointed, she fancied herself more as a modern pentathlete.
From the independent.co.uk
You almost have to admire the chutzpah of the Soviet modern pentathlete Boris Onischenko.
From the time.com
Pentathlete Mike Storm helped his team to a silver and finished fifth in individual competition.
From the time.com
Her younger sister Isabella is also a pentathlete and will be in Charlotte for this competition as well.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Was she a pentathlete in her spare time?
From the telegraph.co.uk
Modern pentathlete Margaux Isaksen has suffered through a severe bout of mononucleosis for much of the past year past.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Your dad played football for the Soviet Union, your brother was also a footballer and your mum was a pentathlete.
From the guardian.co.uk
John Leighton-Dyson is a shooting consultant and coach who works with non-British athletes and a pentathlete.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • An athlete who competes in a pentathlon
  • (pentathlon) an athletic contest consisting of five different events
  • A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente (five) and -athlon (competition) (Greek: u03C0u03ADu03BDu03C4u03B1u03B8u03BBu03BFu03BD). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...
  • (Pentathlon (film)) Pentathlon is a 1994 American action thriller directed by Bruce Malmuth and starring Dolph Lundgren as an East German Olympic gold medalist pentathlete on the run from a lethal coach (David Soul).
  • (Pentathlon (Pent)) Often used to refer to an Arts & Sciences Pentathlon, which is a form of competition in which an entrant must enter five or more categories.
  • (PENTATHLON) An event in which the athlete competes in five events (Boys: Long Jump, High Jump, 200 Meters, Discus, 1600 Meter run; Girls: 100 Meter HH, High Jump, Shot Put, Long Jump, 800 Meter Run).