Ilia Frolov
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Full name | Ilia Mikhailovich Frolov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Samara,Russian SFSR | 4 April 1984|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Modern pentathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ilia Mikhailovich Frolov(Russian:Илья Михайлович Фролов;born April 4, 1984, inSamara) is amodern pentathletefrom Russia.[1]He is also a multiple-time medalist in the World and European Championships, and World Cup circuits, and is currently ranked no. 3 in the world by theUnion Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne(UIPM).
Frolov qualified for the2008 Summer OlympicsinBeijing,along with his teammate and defending championAndrey Moiseev,and competed in themen's event.During the competition, Frolov struggled in the early segments, with slightly fair scores inpistol shootingand a one-touchépéefencing, but he was managed to perform consistently in the final rounds, including his second-place finish for the 3 km cross-country running. Frolov's best result in the last round was insufficiently enough to reach the top position, and he eventually finished in twentieth place, while Moiseev successfully defending his Olympic title.
Despite his disappointing performance at the Olympics, Frolov eventually won a team gold medal at the2011 World Modern Pentathlon ChampionshipsinMoscow,and added another winning streak at the UIPM World Cup circuits inChengdu, China,and inCharlotte, North Carolina,in the United States.
References
[edit]- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Ilia Frolov".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 13 November 2012.Retrieved15 November2012.
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- Russian male modern pentathletes
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Olympic modern pentathletes for Russia
- Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Samara, Russia
- World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists
- Military World Games gold medalists for Russia
- Military World Games medalists in modern pentathlon
- European modern pentathlon biography stubs
- Russian sportspeople stubs