Robert Daniel "Danny" Nightingale (born 21 May 1954) is a British

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and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

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, with Adrian Parker and Jim Fox.1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Modern Pentathlon
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 10 November 2008) Nightingale was the British pentathlon champion in 1976, 1977, and 1978. He later became the Development Officer for the Modern Pentathlon Association. Nightingale used to work as a PE teacher at Rye Hills secondary school.

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* 1954 births Living people British male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Great Britain Modern pentathletes at the 1976 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1980 Summer Olympics English Olympic competitors Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub