Angie Darby (born 2 May 1987) is an Australian

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. As of August 2011, Darby was ranked no. 141 in the world by the

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(UIPM). Darby qualified as a lone competitor for the women's modern pentathlon at the

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, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport threw out an appeal that questioned her Olympic eligibility. The Greek federation argued that Darby was ineligible because she failed to meet the full requirements of the five-event discipline, when she qualified for the games by winning the Asian & Oceanian Championships in

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(four of the five disciplines were contested except for equestrian show jumping, because of an outbreak of equine influenza). In the early rounds of the competition, Darby displayed a poor performance by finishing last out of thirty-six athletes in the air pistol shooting event ( AP40), with a score of 184 points. Darby eventually placed thirty-first in one-touch

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fencing, but dropped to thirty-fifth position, when she stopped for up to 10 seconds halfway through the 200 m freestyle swimming race, halted by a pair of malfunctioned googles. Darby quickly moved to the top of the rankings, when she finished seventh in the show jumping segment, knocking off a total of 28 obstacle and time penalties. In the end, Darby finished the event with cross-country running in thirty-fifth place, for a total score of 4,816 points.

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Profile – Australian Olympic TeamUIPM Profile
Australian female modern pentathletes 1987 births Living people Olympic modern pentathletes for Australia Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Melbourne Sportswomen from Victoria (state) 21st-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub