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British modern pentathlete (born 1995)
Choong at the 2016 Olympics
Nationality British Born (1995-05-23 ) 23 May 1995 (age 29 ) Orpington , EnglandHeight 186 cm (6 ft 1 in )[1] Weight 78 kg (172 lb ) Country Great Britain Sport Modern pentathlon Coached by Marian Gheorge[2]
Joseph Choong MBE modern pentathlete . He won the gold medal in the event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the World title in 2022 and 2023 .[1] [3]
Early life
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Choong was born in Orpington , South East London to a Malaysian Chinese father Michael Choong and a British mother Beverley, both doctors.[4] [5] New Beacon and Whitgift School .[6] [7] University of Bath , where he graduated with a degree in mathematics.[8] [9] Henry is also a modern pentathlete and competed for Great Britain at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics .[10]
Modern pentathlon
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2010-2015
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In 2010, Choong became the first British athlete to win the European under-16 modern pentathlon title. He was also part of the British team that won a bronze medal in the relay event.[7]
Choong won the GB Open title and the British Junior Championships in 2013. In 2014 he successfully defended both titles with a score of 1,484 points to finish ahead of Team Bath teammates Joe Evans and Tom Toolis , who scored 1,468 points and 1,446 points respectively. Choong, Evans and Toolis combined to win the team gold medal.[11]
At the 2014 World Modern Pentathlon Championships held in Warsaw, Poland he finished 16th.[12] modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics by finishing seventh at the 2015 European Championships held in Bath.[3] [13]
2016
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In March 2016 at the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) world cup event in Rio, which served as a test event for the Olympics, Choong was the highest placed British athlete, finishing thirteenth.[14] Jan Kuf who took the bronze medal.[15]
Choong made his debut at the Olympics in Rio in 2016 . He went into the final event, the laser run, in second place, but a poor event resulted in a 10th-place finish.[16]
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At the 2018 European Modern Pentathlon Championships , Choong won his first major individual medal after finishing third.[17] 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships held in Mexico City , he won a team silver together with and Jamie Cooke and Myles Pillage .[18]
In 2019, Choong won a silver in the individual event at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup held in Sofia , Bulgaria.[19] European Championships with Cooke and Tom Toolis.[20] 2019 World Modern Pentathlon Championships held in Hungary, Choong again won silver in the individual event.[21]
2021
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In April 2021, Choong won an individual gold at the World Cup held in Sofia.[22]
In August 2021 at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics , Choong took gold in the modern pentathlon event, which is the first ever gold for a British man in modern pentathlon.[23] Kate French in the women's competition at the same Olympics to complete a historic double at the Olympics for Britain, the first time a nation has won both.[24] [25]
Choong was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to modern pentathlon.[26] [27]
References
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^ a b Hope, Nick (22 August 2015). "Joe Choong: Olympic spot for Briton with Euros seventh place" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 1 May 2016 .
^ D'Cruz, Frankie (10 August 2021). "The Choongs of Seremban, a golden link to UK Olympic glory" . Free Malaysia Today .
^ "UK's golden boy and his Malaysian connection" . The Vibes . 8 August 2021.
^ "Double Olympian Nick Woodbridge returns for European Championships" . Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016 .
^ a b "Joseph Choong becomes first Brit to win the European U16 Modern Pentathlon" . Croydon Advertiser . 24 September 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2016 .[permanent dead link
^ "Tokyo 2020: Joe Choong makes Olympic history as University of Bath graduate completes glorious GB golden double in modern pentathlon" . Team Bath . 7 August 2021.
^ "Joe Choong" . University of Bath. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2016 .
^ "Whitgift Sixth Former selected for Modern Pentathlon Youth Olympic Games. style" . Whitgift School. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2016 .
^ Ballinger, Steve (30 June 2014). "Samantha Murray and Joe Choong retain GB Open Modern Pentathlon Championships titles" . Bath Chronicle . Retrieved 1 May 2016 . [permanent dead link
^ Hope, Nick (6 September 2014). "Modern pentathlon: 'Sky the limit' for Joe Choong" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 1 May 2016 .
^ Ashton, Tim (24 August 2015). "Athletics: Former Whitgift School pupil is Rio bound" . Sutton Guardian . Retrieved 1 May 2016 .
^ "Joe Choong and Freyja Prentice are highest Pentathlon GB finishers during challenging Rio 2016 test event" . University of Bath. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016 .
^ "Career-best finish for student Joe Choong at Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Rome" . University of Bath. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016 .
^ "British pentathlete Joe Choong aims to 'break the curse' for glory at Tokyo" . Jersey Evening Post . 31 July 2019.
^ "Britain's Joe Choong wins bronze at European Modern Pentathlon Championships" . BBC Sport . 22 July 2018.
^ Bloom, Ben (14 September 2018). "Spectacular sprint finish gives Britain's Jamie Cooke modern pentathlon world title after rival celebrates prematurely" . The Telegraph .
^ Hope, Nick (14 April 2019). "Modern Pentathlon: Joe Choong & GB's mixed relay team win World Cup silvers in Sofia" . BBC Sport .
^ Evans, Daniel (12 August 2019). "Pentathlon GB end up with huge medal haul at European Championships in Bath" . Somerset Live .
^ "Modern Pentathlon World Championships: Britain's Joe Choong wins silver" . BBC Sport . 7 September 2019.
^ "Modern Pentathlon: GB's Joe Choong wins World Cup gold" . BBC Sports . 18 April 2021.
^ "Tokyo Olympics: Team GB's Joe Choong wins Britain's first-ever gold in men's modern pentathlon" . Sky News . 7 August 2021.
^ Pattle, Alex (7 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Joseph Choong wins gold for Team GB in men's modern pentathlon" The Independent . Archived from the original on 9 June 2022.
^ Myers, Rebecca (8 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Joe Choong helps Great Britain to historic double — and fulfils a 20-year dream" . The Times .
^ "No. 63571" . The London Gazette
^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame" . BBC Sport . 31 December 2021.
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