How to Use pentathlon in a Sentence

pentathlon

noun

• Britain’s Joseph Choong set an Olympic record to win the men’s pentathlon.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2021
• Thorpe won gold in both the pentathlon and the decathlon.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022
• Those two medals, in the pentathlon and decathlon, are at the heart of Thorpe’s legacy.
  — Louis Moore, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
• Owen, who has the build of a pentathlon competitor, shoved his way through.
  — Christopher Buckley, Esquire, 20 Sep. 2017
• Thorpe won both the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.
  — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 28 July 2021
• Agbor notched a personal record in the shot put and high jump, winning the pentathlon with a score of 3,030.
  — Mitch Fink, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
• On Thursday, the Hornets tallied 47 points between the pentathlon and pole vault events.
  — Josh Schafer, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2018
• She’s set college records at Cornell for heptathlon and pentathlon, which stand to this day.
  — Lilian Min, Cosmopolitan, 22 Jan. 2018
• The heptathlon conference title marked the second of her career for Cano, who won the pentathlon in 2020.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2022
• Ky'shawn Byrd also performed in the 100-meter and long jump, with Isaac Belfort entering the pentathlon.
  — Alex Kushel, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2017
• Right fielder Jim Thorpe, the 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon champion, stepped to the plate.
  — Mark Schmetzer, Cincinnati.com, 12 June 2019
• Marshall's older sister, Amiyah Williams, showed her ability in the 13-14 year-old girls pentathlon and placed fifth.
  — Alex Kushel, Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 July 2018
• Thorpe headed to the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm to compete in the decathlon and another now-defunct track contest, the pentathlon.
  — New York Times, 15 July 2022
• But Press and her sister, Irina — who won gold medals in the 80-meter hurdles in Rome and in the pentathlon in Tokyo — received more than glory from their athletic careers.
  — New York Times, 4 May 2021
• Perhaps Thorpe is most remembered for taking pentathlon and decathlon gold in the 1912 Olympics despite a lack of formal training in track and field.
  — Carvell Wallace, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2017
• Playing against the University of Pittsburgh in 1911, the future Olympic gold medalist in both the decathlon and pentathlon blasted a long arching punt from near his own goal line.
  — WSJ, 22 June 2018
• Anna Hall, the former University of Florida star, set a new American record in the women’s pentathlon with a score of 5,004 points.
  — Will Lee For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023
• Cajon hurdler Seth Johnson, a Cal commit, showed off his all-around form in running away with the pentathlon competition.
  — Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2022
• La La Anthony is one of those rare entertainers who could qualify for a show biz pentathlon.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2021
• In addition to football, Thorpe played professional baseball and won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon.
  — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2022
• Native American athlete Jim Thorpe was reinstated as the sole winner of the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics after the medals were stripped a year following the event.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 15 July 2022
• Though the Olympic Games began with a single event, by 724 B.C. both longer and shorter foot races were added followed by the pentathlon, boxing, and chariot racing over the course of the following century.
  — al, 16 Feb. 2022
• Another longtime tradition of the relays is the inclusion of a pentathlon.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2022
• Erica Bougard took a run at the U.S. women's pentathlon title before settling for a repeat title.
  — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 17 Feb. 2018
• Jake Risch, who helped envisioned the 20th Tuckerman Inferno pentathlon course, wouldn’t deny it.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
• Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest athletes in history and the victim of what many considered a century-old Olympic injustice, has been restored as the sole winner of the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Games.
  — New York Times, 15 July 2022
• Both were track and field athletes — heptathlon/pentathlon and shot put/sprinting respectively — during and after college.
  — Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 8 Feb. 2018
• The Flight Attendant star also linked to an article where the pentathlon athlete defended herself against claims of misconduct.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2021
• There are also venues for athletes participating in wrestling, pentathlon and weightlifting.
  — Hannah Malach, WWD, 10 July 2024
• The Modern pentathlon includes shooting, fencing, swimming, riding, and cross-country running.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 26 July 2021

Last Updated: 19 Sep 2024