SAM'S PROFILE
Name: Samuel Weale
Age: 26
Height: 1.88 Meters
Weight: 80 Kilos
Place of Birth: Yeovil, Somerset
World Ranked: 17
Best Pentathlon Score: 5560
Training centre: Bath
How I got involved in Pentathlon?
I swam and ran with my local swimming and athletics clubs, and got introduced to pentathlon by participating in local swim/run biathlons, which are organized through the MPAGB. I then added one sport at a time, with horse riding, the last and most tricky addition.
Greatest achievement in sport: Not yet fulfilled.
Major sporting Achievements:
10th - Olympic Games Beijing 2008
3rd - Millfield World Cup 2008
8th - Budapest World Cup 2007
10th - Millfield World Cup 2006
National Champion 2003 and 2006
3rd - Junior Europeans 2003
Greatest disappointment in sport: Getting a Navicular stress fracture in my right foot in the build up to the Athens Olympics, putting me out for the entire season.
Greatest achievements outside of sport: Being lead male role in an Art film showcased at the Tate Modern, staring along side Rita Tushingham and getting a 2:1 Sports Technology BSc degree, from the University of Bath.
Sporting heroes: There are too many sporting figures which I have grown up idolizing to single out just one, in recent times the likes of Haile Gebrselassie, Hicham El Guerrouj, Tiger Woods, Pete Sampras, and David Beckham spring to mind. Within my sport there are a number of athletes who I admire greatly, but whose names I will keep to myself.
Interesting Fact: I have an Identical twin Brother, who plays professional football for Bristol City FC
PB's After Beijing Olympics 2008:
Shoot: 186
Fence: 1024
Swim: 1.59
Ride: 1200
Run: 9.06
Interested in Pentathlon?
Please contact me if you are interested in getting involved or check out my guide to starting modern pentathlon
