Natalya Coyle
MODERN PENTATHLON
BIOGRAPHY
Tokyo marks Natalya’s third Olympic Games. In 2012 she became Ireland’s first modern pentathlete to qualify for an Olympics since the 1980s and finished ninth in London 2012. In Rio 2016 she finished sixth and she qualified very early for Tokyo 2020 by finishing 5th at the 2018 European Championships. She won her first individual World Cup medal in Sophia in 2018 (she had already made podium in mixed relay) and she won another individual World Cup silver in Egypt 2019. In the past 12 years she has made the World Cup Finals (involving the world’s top 36) nine times, narrowly finishing fourth in 2018 and fifth in mid-May this year.
MODERN PENTATHLON NEWS
SIVE BRASSIL – A DUAL CAREER
OFI Paris Scholarship Recipient and Modern Pentathlete Sive Brassil MODERN Pentathlon’s Sive Brassil sent out the most emphatic marker yet of her progress when she bagged her highest finish (eighth) at the European Championships in Hungary in mid-September.Her previous best placing at Euros was 16th so what helped the 28-year-old from Ballinasloe make such a …
European Modern Pentathlon Championships – Pentathlon Ireland Team
Sive Brassil and Isobel Radford Dodd will take on the continent’s best as Ireland’s challengers at the 2022 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Hungary this week. Veteran Brassil will be leading the charge as she looks to build on a solid season of competition while Radford Dodd will be making her senior European debut in …
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MARATHON AND GOLF TAKE CENTRE STAGE IN TOKYO THIS MORNING WHILE COYLE ANNOUNCED AS FLAGBEARER FOR CLOSING CEREMONY
Morning report from Team Ireland on Day 15 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games All focus for Team Ireland was on the marathon and golf this morning as the women’s marathon got underway in Sapporo, while the final day of the Women’s Individual Stroke Play was held in Tokyo. With the Games now in their …
GOLF, MODERN PENTATHLON, CYCLING AND ATHLETICS ROUND OUT BUSY DAY 13 FOR TEAM IRELAND
It was another jam-packed afternoon and evening in Tokyo for Team Ireland today, with a host of Irish athletes in action across a range of disciplines. Three-time Olympian Natalya Coyle got off to an impressive start in the Women’s Individual Fencing Round, and will now go into Day Two of her event lying in joint …
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TOUGH EVENING IN TOKYO FOR TEAM IRELAND ATHLETES
It was a tough evening all around for Team Ireland athletes in Tokyo this afternoon and evening. In Modern Pentathlon, a stroke of bad luck on her horse draw, cost three-time Olympian Natalya Coyle on the main day of competition in Modern Pentathlon. Coyle finished out in 24th place overall at the end of the …
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Natalya Coyle Officially Selected for Tokyo 2020 in Modern Pentathlon
Team Ireland Modern Pentathlon Team Confirmed for Tokyo 2020 Natalya Coyle Selected for her Third Olympic Games in Tokyo Team Ireland has officially selected Modern Pentathlete Natalya Coyle for her third Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer. Coyle confirmed her spot at the European Championships in Bath in 2019, and has demonstrated top form in …
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