Thank you to everyone who participated in the
2nd Winter Pentathlon
10th February, 2024 · St Moritz, Switzerland
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Welcome to the 2nd Winter Pentathlon!
10th February, 2024 ·
St Moritz, Switzerland
After a successful inaugural event in 2023, we are excited to convene another rendition of the Winter Pentathlon in 2024
The Winter Pentathlon: an unparalleled winter sporting extravaganza, testing amateur athletes’ athletic and mental endurance across five Olympic disciplines.
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This year’s event saw athletes compete in ski mountaineering, giant slalom, ice dash*, cross-country skiing and monobob starts*.
* The warm temperatures meant that the frozen lake of St. Moritz and the all-natural Olympia Bob Run had to close on the day of the Winter Pentathlon. Ice dash - a 100m sprint across the lake in ski boots - and monobob starts replaced speed skating and monobob respectively.
Disciplines & Route of the Winter Pentathlon
Sponsors & Partners
Thank you to the Sponsors and Partners of the 2024 Winter Pentathlon. Their support and encouragement has allowed the event to be turned from idea into reality. Should you wish to become a Sponsor or Partner of the 2025 Winter Pentathlon, please contact us.
5
Number of disciplines Athletes complete in the Winter Pentathlon
796m
Total vertical ascent Athletes need to cover
22.4km
Horizontal distance covered in the Winter Pentathlon
19
Number of turns on the 1722m long Olympia Bob Run with forces of up to 5G
10
Countries represented at the 2023 Winter Pentathlon
70
Athletes and Supporters who took part in the 2023 inaugural Winter Pentathlon
Values & Guiding Principles
Move Mountains: the Winter Pentathlon was conceived to allow passionate Athletes of all generations to challenge themselves both physically and mentally. Completing this high-altitude, five-part sporting challenge will require training, commitment and the pursuit of excellence.
Nature & Environment: Athletes will ascend and descend mountains in the Engadin valley without the use of machines. This serves both to increase the physical challenge of the competition, while also underscoring the importance of reducing our carbon footprint in order to preserve the fragile alpine ecosystem for future generations. These values are embedded within the winner’s trophy.
Tradition & Innovation: on the one hand the five disciplines in the Winter Pentathlon celebrate the sporting heritage of the region: many of the sports were invented or popularised in the Engadin. At the same time we have developed these into a unique event which appeals to an increasingly active, outdoor and health-conscious population.
Embrace the Outlandish: the concept of the Winter Pentathlon is crazy and has been driven forward by people who are excited at the prospect of engaging in activities off-the-beaten track. We are excited to be bringing together a community of Athletes and Supporters who share this same adventurous philosophy.
The Winner’s Trophy
The trophy for the event is a rendition of the Engadin landscape which plays host to the Winter Pentathlon. Carved into a single piece of locally-sourced Swiss pine wood mounted on top of a piece of locally-sourced larch, the sculpture is made in close collaboration with Tom Aylwin, an independent artist who has spent a lot of time in the Swiss alps.
The top of the mountainous landscape is gilded in a fine layer of silver. This mimics the reflective, brilliant aspect of this wondrous winter landscape; at the same time, this thin coat of silver serves as a reminder of the fragility of the ecosystem, whose balance can be destroyed if we are not careful with it.
Koenig, an artisanal jeweler located in the heart of St Moritz with its own workshop located in the nearby village of Celerina, adorned the wooden sculpture with five miniature representations of the different disciplines.