Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | 22 May 1978 |
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Modern pentathlon |
Belinda Schreiber (born 22 May 1978) is a Swiss modern pentathlete.[1] She is currently ranked no. 63 in the world by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM).
Schreiber qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed as a lone female athlete in women's modern pentathlon. In the early rounds of the competition, Schreiber displayed a strong performance by topping the air pistol shooting event (AP40), with a score of 188 points.[2] Schreiber struggled to maintain her position in the entire event, with disappointing scores in one-touch épée fencing and freestyle swimming, but quickly moved again to the top, when she placed ninth in the show jumping segment. In the end, Schreiber finished the event with cross-country running in eleventh place, for a total score of 5,464 points.[3]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Belinda Schreiber". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Germany's Schoneborn wins women's modern pentathlon gold". Xinhua News Agency. China Daily. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's Modern Pentathlon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.