Alexander Parygin (, born 25 April 1973) is a

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i-Australian

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and Olympic champion. He competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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where he won the individual gold medal."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Modern Pentathlon"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 15, 2008) He competed for

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at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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and finished 27th overall. He initially qualified for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

in Beijing, but his qualification was called into question by the British team for failing to meet the minimum number of points required to be eligible (as his qualification took place at the Oceanian Championship in Tokyo, where the

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segment was called off after an outbreak of equine flu; however, the

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initially insisted he had met the requirements), and was eventually revoked by the

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(CAS). Alex now lives in

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, Australia.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parygin, Alexander 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Almaty Australian male modern pentathletes Kazakhstani male modern pentathletes Modern pentathletes at the 1996 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic modern pentathletes for Kazakhstan Olympic modern pentathletes for Australia Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Asian Games gold medalists in modern pentathlon Asian Games silver medalists in modern pentathlon Modern pentathletes at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Kazakhstani people of Russian descent