Adrian Parker

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Adrian Parker (born 2 March 1951) is a British modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/adrian-parker-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040518/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/adrian-parker-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Adrian Parker Olympic Results |accessdate=2012-08-25 |work=sports-reference.com}}

He won a team gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, with Danny Nightingale and Jim Fox.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=MOD 1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Modern Pentathlon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917043613/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=MOD |date=2008-09-17 }} – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 10 November 2008) He finished 5th in individual modern pentathlon at the 1976 Olympics. Parker won the final event, the cross-country, with an "outstanding run", which helped Britain to win the gold medal. Parker had been the British pentathlon champion in 1975.