Biathle
Biathle or Modern biathlon is a sub-sport of modern pentathlon invented to create opportunities for training the run and swim parts of pentathlon in real race conditions. It is a sport in its own right. It bears close resemblance to aquathlon which also contains swimming and running but comes from triathlon sport.
Sport[]
Biathle is an event that can involve a run, swim, and run course, or a swim, run course. It is a world class sport but not an Olympic one. The legs are raced with continuous transitions like triathlon. The race length is usually 200 m swim and 3 km run, which is shorter than aquathlon usually is. A variant is Winter Biathle which has indoor swimming and does not have continuous transitions.
Biathle World Championships[]
The Biathle World Championships have been held in September or October annually since 1999. The first event was held in Monaco, and returned there every two years between 2003 and 2009. Approximately 500 athletes have competed at each edition of the championships, representing some 50 countries.
Champions[]
Men's Championship[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 |  Chad Senior (USA)
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 (RSA)
|
 Christophe Ruer (FRA)
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| 2000 | (RSA)
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(RSA)
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 (ITA)
|
| 2001 | (RSA)
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 (MEX)
|
(MEX)
|
| 2002 | (RSA)
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(ITA)
|
(ITA)
|
| 2003 | (RSA)
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(ITA)
|
(ITA)
|
| 2004 | (ITA)
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 (AUS)
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 (GBR)
|
| 2005 | Richard Stannard (GBR)
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(ITA)
|
(ITA)
|
| 2006 | (GBR)
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(RSA)
|
(GBR)
|
| 2007 | Richard Stannard (GBR)
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(ITA)
|
(ITA)
|
| 2008 | (GBR)
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(RSA)
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(GBR)
|
| 2009 | (ITA)
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(ITA)
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(RSA)
|
| 2010 | Richard Stannard (GBR)
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 (CZE)
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(GBR)
|
| 2011 | (GBR)
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 (ESP)
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(GBR)
|
| 2012 | Richard Stannard (GBR)
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 (ARG)
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Tomáš Svoboda (CZE)
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| 2013 | Tomáš Svoboda (CZE)
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(GBR)
|
(GBR)
|
| 2014 | (RSA)
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 (POR)
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Tiago Sousa (POR)
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| 2015 | Alexandre Henrard (FRA)
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Tomáš Svoboda (CZE)
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(POR)
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| 2016 | Alexandre Henrard (FRA)
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Tomáš Svoboda (CZE)
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(POR)
|
| 2017 | Tomáš Svoboda (CZE)
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Alexandre Henrard (FRA)
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(POR)
|
| 2018 |  (GRE)
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Tomáš Svoboda (CZE)
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 (KAZ)
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| 2019 | Tiago Sousa (POR)
|
(KAZ)
|
(GBR)
|
| 2021 | (KAZ)
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(KAZ)
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(GRE)
|
Women's championship[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 |  Csilla Füri (HUN)
|
 Pernille Svarre (DEN)
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(GBR)
|
| 2000 | (GBR)
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(RSA)
|
(RSA)
|
| 2001 | (GBR)
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(RSA)
|
(GBR)
|
| 2002 | Daniela Chmet (ITA)
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(GBR)
|
(ITA)
|
| 2003 | Daniela Chmet (ITA)
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(GBR)
|
(ITA)
|
| 2004 | Daniela Chmet (ITA)
|
 Laura Asadauskaitė (LTU)
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(GBR)
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| 2005 | Daniela Chmet (ITA)
|
(GBR)
|
(ITA)
|
| 2006 | Maria Barrett (GBR)
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(GBR)
|
(GBR)
|
| 2007 |  Emma Davis (IRL)
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(GBR)
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Maria Barrett (GBR)
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| 2008 | (RSA)
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(GBR)
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(GBR)
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| 2009 | Daniela Chmet (ITA)
|
(GBR)
|
(GBR)
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| 2010 | (GBR)
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(GBR)
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(GBR)
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| 2011 | (GBR)
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Emma Davis (IRL)
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(GBR)
|
| 2012 | Petra Kuříková (CZE)
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(GBR)
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Emma Davis (IRL)
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| 2013 | (RSA)
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 (CYP)
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Alice Sotero (ITA)
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| 2014 | (RSA)
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(GBR)
|
(GBR)
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| 2015 | (LTU)
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(RSA)
|
(RSA)
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| 2016 | (USA)
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(RSA)
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Samantha Achterberg (USA)
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| 2017 | (CZE)
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(GBR)
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(FRA)
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| 2018 |  (GER)
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(RSA)
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(CZE)
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| 2019 | Samantha Achterberg (USA)
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(KAZ)
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(USA)
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| 2021 | (GER)
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Alessia Mancini (ITA)
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(GRE)
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Venue[]
External links[]
- UIPM Biathle webpages
- MODERN PENTATHLON 2013 COMPETITION RULES BIATHLE RULES[permanent dead link]
- Pentathlon GB Biathle webpages
- Biathle Middle East
- Biathle Turkiye Archived 2018-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Multisports
- Modern pentathlon