Adrian Parker
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Adrian Parker (born March 2, 1951 in London ) is a former British pentathlete .
Career
Parker was part of the British team at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal . In the individual competition, he achieved fifth place . With the team, which in addition to Parker also included Jeremy Fox and Danny Nightingale , he became Olympic champion . Before the final running discipline, the British were ranked fourth, but thanks to Parker's best time they moved up to first place before the rest of the competition.
In 1975 he won the British championship.
Web links
- Adrian Parker in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
1952: Benedek , Kovácsi , Szondy ( HUN ) | 1956: Derjuhin , Novikov , Tarasov ( URS ) | 1960: Balczó , Nagy , Németh ( HUN ) | 1964: Minejew , Mokejew , Novikow ( URS ) | 1968: Balczó , Móna , Török ( HUN ) | 1972: Onyschtschenko , Lednjow , Schmeljow ( URS ) | 1976: Fox , Nightingale , Parker ( GBR ) | 1980: Lednjow , Lipejew , Starostin ( URS ) | 1984: Cristofori , Masala , Massullo ( ITA ) | 1988: Fábián , Martinek , Mizsér ( HUN ) | 1992: Czyżowicz , Goździak , Skrzypaszek ( POL )
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| SURNAME | Parker, Adrian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British pentathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , UK |