Athlete Profile: Bruno Merle

Date of Birth:	1988-03-08
Home:	France

Discipline	Personal Best	Average
Best Total Points Performance	5664, Budapest Cup (2012-03-22)	5406
Best 25m Swim Performance	2:00.95, 1352 Points UIPM World Cup #2 (2011-04-14)	02:02:43
Best 50m Swim Performance	2:01.65, 1344 Points European Junior Championships (2008-04-29)	02:03:26
Best Riding Points	1200, Junior World Championships (2008-07-06)	1120
Best Combined Performance	10:55.22, 2380 Points Budapest Cup (2012-03-22)	11:32:39

Performances

Date	Position	Competition	Category	Phase	Points
Apr 2012	27th	UIPM World Cup #4, Rostov, Russian Federation	Senior	Final	21
Mar 2012	6th	Budapest Cup, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	10
May 2011	23rd	UIPM World Cup #3, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Qualification A	1
Apr 2011	30th	UIPM World Cup #2, Sassari, Italy	Senior	Final	18
Dec 2010	8th	French Open Championships, Paris, France	Senior	Final
Sep 2010	13th	UIPM Senior World Championships, Chengdu, China	Senior	Qualification A	17
Jul 2010	28th	Senior European Championships, Debrecen, Hungary	Senior	Final	20
Jun 2010	18th	UIPM World Cup 5, Berlin, Germany	Senior	Final	30
May 2010	17th	UIPM World Cup 4, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Qualification A	1
Apr 2010	26th	UIPM World Cup 3, Medway, Great Britain	Senior	Final	22
Mar 2010	35th	UIPM World Cup 2, Cairo, Egypt	Senior	Final	13
Feb 2010	8th	Hungarian Indoor Competition, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	23
Nov 2009	6th	French Open International Championships , Paris, France	Senior	Final	10
Aug 2009	18th	Senior World Championships, London, Great Britain	Senior	Qualification A	2
Jul 2009	14th	Junior World Championships, Kaoshiung, Chinese Taipei	Junior	Final	44
May 2009	15th	World Cup 4 2009, Rome, Italy	Senior	Final	33
May 2009	3rd	European Junior Championships, Albena, Bulgaria	Junior	Final	51
Apr 2009	4th	Bath International Competition, Bath, Great Britain	Senior	Final	13
Jul 2008	15th	Junior World Championships, Cairo, Egypt	Junior	Final	42
May 2008	2nd	European Junior Championships, Drzonjow, Poland	Junior	Final	55
May 2008	7th	European Junior Championships, Drzonjow, Poland	Junior	Team-relay 3 members
Apr 2008	6th	International Senior Championships, Paris, France	Senior	Final	27
Mar 2008	7th	Combined event 3, Millfield, Great Britain	Senior	Final
Mar 2008	17th	Indoor Championships, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	14
Sep 2007	12th	World Junior Championships, Caldas da Rainh, Portugal	Junior	Final	48
Jul 2007	9th	Open Senior Championships of Poland, Drzonkow, Poland	Senior	Final	22
Jul 2007	5th	European Junior Championships, Budapest, Hungary	Junior	Final	46
Jul 2007	5th	European Junior Championships, Budapest, Hungary	Junior	Team-relay 3 members
May 2007	3rd	International Junior Competition, Drzonkow, Poland	Junior	Final	33
Apr 2007	13th	Open French Championships Senior & Junior, Fontainebleau, France	Senior	Final	18
Aug 2006	10th	Youth A World Championships, Popoli-Sulmona, Italy	Youth A	Final
Jul 2006	4th	European Championships Youth A, Lodz, Poland	Youth A	Final
Aug 2005	10th	World Championships YOUTH A, Pilsen, Czech Republic	Youth A	Final
Jul 2005	11th	European championships Youth A, Budapest, Hungary	Youth A	Final
Sep 2004	33rd	WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS YOUTH A, Albena, Bulgaria	Youth A	Final
Apr 2004	15th	European Championship (POR), Mafra, Portugal	Youth A	Final
Aug 2003	2nd	European Championships Youth B (Men), Varna, Bulgaria	Senior	Final

News

All Big Names Qualify from Group A
Apr 15th Apr, 11
Bruno Merle (FRA) has won Group A ahead of current World Champion Serguei Karyakin (RUS) and Mihalai Hayanouski (BLR). World #1 Aleksander Lesun (RUS) made up for not qualifying at World Cup #1 by comfortably qualifying in 6th position. 2009 European Champion Ondrej Polivka (CZE) came from 23rd position to climb his way up to 11th to squeeze into Sunday’s final. Nicolas Woodbridge (GBR) who finished 7th at World Cup #1 had a day he would rather forget and finished down in 17th position, well out on contention of the qualification positions.

Men's Final Review
Jun 5th Jun, 10
Berlin, Germany: 5 June 2010 – Iilia Frolov (RUS) has re discovered the form that won him the 2008 World Championships by claiming Gold at World Cup #5 in Berlin Germany. Frolov won the sprint to the finish ahead of Justinas Kinderis (LTU) and Riccardo De Luca (ITA) who claimed Silver and Bronze respectively. Frolov said ‘It feels fantastic to get back on the podium after a disappointing season so far’.

Kim Claims Swim
Jun 5th Jun, 10
Soengjin Kim (KOR) has produced a personal best display to win the swimming event in the World Cup Final in Berlin. Kim swam 2:01.82 which was over a second faster than Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) and Bruno Merle (FRA) in second and third respectively. The fencing winner Aleksander Lesun (RUS) was back in 10th position, however this was good enough to keep his commanding lead at the top of the ladder. Zadneprovskis’s second position in the swimming and his fourth place in the fencing has earned him second position going into the ride. FUll results http://www.pentathlon.org/results/competition-results

Group C Swimming
Jun 3rd Jun, 10
Frances Bruno Merle has just won the swimming in Group C ahead of Jorge Inzunza (MEX) and Soengjin Kim (KOR). Full results:

Group A After Fence and Swim
May 7th May, 10
Dimitrios Motsios (GRE) set the pool alight with a quick swim in Group A. Motsios Swam 2:04.33 which was enough to beat Bruno Merle (FRA). However these strong swims still left them 19th and 22nd respectively after poor fences. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) still leads the field with Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) and Adam Marosi (HUN) being well placed in 3rd and 4th going into the combined event.