Athlete Profile: Amro El Geziry

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Gyenesei and Marosi ahead before combined
May 13th May, 13
Hungarian duo Leila Gyenesei and Adam Marosi are now in pole position to deliver a gold that has so far eluded the host national in Budapest as they begin the combied ahead of the pack. The pair, who won the inaugural Mixed Relay at World Cup #1 in Palm Springs, USA, has proved formidable this season.

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Marosi takes sensational gold in Men’s Final at World Cup #2 Rio
Mar 23rd Mar, 13
Hungary’s Adam Marosi confirmed he is the man in form this season with gold at the UIPM World Cup #2 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 28-year-old, who came second at World Cup #1 in Palm Springs last month, was near flawless in the shooting as he came from sixth position to win the combined event in style at the Deodoro Zone course.

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Woodbridge fastest in pool
Mar 21st Mar, 13
Great Britain’s Nicholas Woodbridge glided through the water to claim first place and 1380 points with a time of 1:58:38 in the Men’s Qualification Group ‘B’ swim ahead of Egypt’s Amro El Geziry and compatriot James Cooke.

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Lesun (RUS) takes first Gold of 2013
Feb 23rd Feb, 13
World #1 Aleksander Lesun (RUS) takes first Gold of 2013 at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Palm Springs, USA. The World Champion and World #1 shot flawlessly and never looked like letting the gold medal leave his grasp during the combined event. Olympic Bronze Medalist Adam Marosi (HUN) ran his way into the silver medal and Joseph Evans (GBR) hung on for a well-deserved bronze.

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Amro El Geziry to start the Combined Event
Feb 23rd Feb, 13
The  winner of the swim Amro El Geziry  (EGY) had a fantastic ride only dropping 80 points to jump to the top of the leaders board ahead of the combined event. But the biggest jump up the table came from Britain’s Joseph Evans, who scored 1160 points which places him only 5 seconds behind El Geziry.  

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Amro El Geziry beats Cooke in swim
Feb 22nd Feb, 13
Olympic swimming record holder Amro El Geziry (EGY) was the fastest in the pool. The Egyptian swam 1:58.82 which was which was 2 seconds ahead of Maksim Kustov (RUS); World Record holder Jamie Cooke (GBR) managed only the 3rd fastest swim, one second past the 2 minute mark; which leaves him in 28th place after 2 events

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Amro El Geziry wins Group C swim
Feb 20th Feb, 13
With 2 London 2012 Olympic Medalists Group C is the most watched as the athletes begin their Fence event. Amro El Gezity (EGY) easily won the swim in 2:00.47, an astounding 4 seconds ahead of Ireland's Arthur Lanigan O Keefe. Koji Yamamota (JPN) was a split second behind in 3rd whilst Olympic Bronze Adam Marosi had the 4th fastest time. Olympic Champion David Svoboda (CZE) came in 6th place. Check the direct link to see how they get on in the Fence: /results/competition-results/results/pentathlon/992-uipm-world-cup-1/senior/men/qualificiation_c

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Paul Robert's photo of Murray is the 2012 photo of the year
Jan 7th Jan, 13
After the year 2012 produced thousands of pictures, 20 made the 2012 photo of the year final and there could only be 1 winner.   Over the past few weeks Pentathlon fans across the globe have spoken by submitting thousands of votes, which was a record, for UIPM to select picture 19 (photo on the left) as the 2012 photo of the year with an astonishing  total of 51% of the votes. The photo was taken by Paul Roberts, during the during the London 2012 Olympic Games. The photo is of Samantha Murray (GBR) who is showing her pure emotion after winning a fencing bout which put her on track to win silver in London. This was even more emotional for Murray, as she lost her first 7 bouts in the Copper Box, so every hit was so valuable. In addition to winning the covered award, Paul also grabbed 2nd with photo 14, which shows Amro El Geziry (EGY) celebrating breaking the Olympic swimming record at London 2012. Roberts stated the following after he received the news: "What a year it's been, and to win the photography competition is a fantastic way to end it. Telling the Olympic story of modern pentathlon was an amazing ride, from chasing the torch around the country, to the awesome spectacle of the athletes marching into the stadium, to the small children having a go at fencing at the Come and Try it sessions in Victoria Park. But of course trying to capture the drama, excitement, euphoria and despair of the Olympic finals was the realisation of a life long goal. The images I got of Sam celebrating getting her fencing back on track, captures a small part of the drama that unfolded in the Copper Box. Only as the day went on did the significance of that victory celebration become clear! It was a roar only beaten by the crowds roar a few hours later when Sam ran back into Greenwich Park in the silver medal position! Thank you to everyone that voted for my photograph, and to Matt & Pete for the laughs, support and encouragement throughout two very long days and two incredible weeks. Modern Pentathlon is such an exciting sport to photograph, and I hope I get the chance to do it again this coming season." The centerpiece of the photo, Samantha Murray stated: "It's a real honour to have been voted as picture of the year by the public and pentathlon fans. I don't think its the best photo, but it reflects my determination to win an olympic medal. I hope it can inspire some young athletes to follow their dreams. Most of it's really cool that people voted, thank you to everyone who took part and also for Paul Roberts for his great images from this season.  I can't remember what I was thinking when this image was taken, but I know that I was in fierce fighting mode and wasn't going to give anything away after coming back from a 7 defeat start." UIPM is looking forward to more exciting photos like this in 2013 from a number of photographer around the world. Get snapping!

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