Danny Nightingale Explained

Danny Nightingale
Birth Name:	Robert Daniel Nightingale
Birth Date:	21 May 1954
Birth Place:	Redruth, Cornwall, England
Sport:	Modern pentathlon
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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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Danny Nightingale Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040545/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/danny-nightingale-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2012-08-25 . sports-reference.com.
2. http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=MOD 1976 Summer Olympics  - Montreal, Canada  - Modern Pentathlon
3. Web site: Olympedia – Danny Nightingale . www.olympedia.org . 7 August 2021.
4. Web site: http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/danny-nightingale-1.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203172357/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/danny-nightingale-1.html. 7 August 2021. 3 December 2016.
5. Web site: Olympedia – Danny Nightingale . www.olympedia.org . 7 August 2021.
6. Web site: http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/danny-nightingale-1.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203172357/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/danny-nightingale-1.html. 7 August 2021. 3 December 2016.