Samuel "Sammy" Weale (born 9 February 1982) is a British
modern pentathlete
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who has competed at the
Olympic Games
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.
Weale competed for
Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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, in
Beijing
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, China, and finished 10th in the
men's modern pentathlon.
He also competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics.
His identical twin
Chris
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is a goalkeeper who has played for
Leicester City F.C.
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and
Bristol City F.C. as well as home club Yeovil Town F.C.
Modern pentathlon
Weale began competing in pentathlons in 2000 after progressing from biathlons and triathlons. Riding was the last of the five disciplines that he took up. He failed to qualify for the
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens after suffering a stress fracture to his navicular a month before the qualifying competitions. The injury caused him to miss two years of competition.
2008 Summer Olympics
Weale qualified for the Games by virtue of his world ranking after places had been allocated to winners of qualifying events. Weale and
Nick Woodbridge
Nicholas Lloyd Woodbridge (born 1 July 1986) is a British modern pentathlete. The modern pentathlon includes the disciplines of shooting, swimming, fencing, equestrian, and cross country running. Woodbridge competed for Great Britain at the 2008 ...
became the first British men to compete in modern pentathlon at the Olympics since
Richard Phelps in 1996. At the Games Weale's best finish in any discipline was eighth in both the 200 metres freestyle swimming, with a time of 2 minutes 2.87 seconds, and in the run.
He ranked 13th in fencing, 18th in riding and 25th in shooting, achieving an overall final score of 5412 points. He finished the competition in 10th position, 220 points behind gold medallist
Andrey Moiseyev of
Russia
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. He had surgery for a knee injury two months after the Olympics and finished the year fifth in the world rankings.
Post Olympics
In July 2010 Weale became the first
British
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man to win a medal in the Modern Pentathlon European Championships. He improved his position from seventh to second over the final two events, the shooting and run, to win the silver medal.
Now he teaches boys at the school Dulwich Prep London, where he is head of maths and the fencing coach. He also taught the General Max Sanchez of the Royal Marines.
See also
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Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's
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Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The United Kingdom was represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), and the team of selected athletes was offic ...
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
British identical twins
British male modern pentathletes
People from Yeovil
Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic modern pentathletes of Great Britain
Team Bath pentathletes