Danny Nightingale

British modern pentathlete

This article is about the sportsman. For the sniper, see Danny Nightingale (soldier).

Danny Nightingale

Personal information

Birth name| Robert Daniel Nightingale
Born|  (1954-05-21) 21 May 1954 (age 70)
Redruth, Cornwall, England
Sport
Sport| Modern pentathlon

Medal record

Men's modern pentathlon
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
|  1976 Montreal | Team

Robert Daniel "Danny" Nightingale (born 21 May 1954) is a British modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.[1]

He won a team gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, with Adrian Parker and Jim Fox.[2]

Nightingale was the British pentathlon champion in 1976, 1977, and 1978.[3][4] He later became the Development Officer for the Modern Pentathlon Association.[5][6]

Nightingale used to work as a PE teacher at Rye Hills secondary school.

## References

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1. ^ "Danny Nightingale Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
2. ^ 1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal, Canada - Modern Pentathlon Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 10 November 2008)
3. ^ "Olympedia – Danny Nightingale". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20161203172357/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/danny-nightingale-1.html. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2021. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)[title missing]
5. ^ "Olympedia – Danny Nightingale". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20161203172357/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/danny-nightingale-1.html. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2021. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)[title missing]

## External links

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* Danny Nightingale at Olympedia
* Danny Nightingale at Team GB

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Olympic Champions in Modern Pentathlon - Men's Team

* 1952:  Gábor Benedek, Aladár Kovácsi & István Szondy (HUN)
* 1956:  Igor Novikov, Aleksandr Tarasov & Ivan Deriuhin (URS)
* 1960:  Imre Nagy, András Balczó & Ferenc Németh (HUN)
* 1964:  Albert Mokeyev, Igor Novikov & Viktor Mineyev (URS)
* 1968:  András Balczó, István Móna & Ferenc Török (HUN)
* 1972:  Boris Onishchenko, Pavel Lednyov & Vladimir Shmelyov (URS)
* 1976:  Adrian Parker, Danny Nightingale & Jim Fox (GBR)
* 1980:  Anatoli Starostin, Pavel Lednyov & Yevgeny Lipeyev (URS)
* 1984:  Daniele Masala, Carlo Massullo & Pierpaolo Cristofori (ITA)
* 1988:  János Martinek, Attila Mizsér & László Fábián (HUN)
* 1992:  Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek, Dariusz Goździak & Maciej Czyżowicz (POL)

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