Definition of pentathlete
:an athlete participating in a pentathlon
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Not so much for the pentathletes and archers and water polo-ers and fencers and other assorted quadrennials who play their games out of sight and out of mind.
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Alsop passed himself off as an Olympian and joined the Great Britan women's hockey team and modern pentathletes during a celebratory parade in Manchester last year.
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Two modern pentathletes and one sailor were also barred as were one wrestler and six cyclists.
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1828
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