Alexander Parygin

{{short description|Kazakhstani-Australian modern pentathlete}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = Stamps of Kazakhstan, 2013-44.jpg

| caption = Parygin depicted on a stamp from Kazakhstan

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|25 April 1973}}

| birth_place = Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

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| height = 180 cm

| weight = 75 kg

| sport = Modern pentathlon

| club = Modern Pentathlon Victoria

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{{MedalSport | Modern pentathlon }}

{{MedalCountry | {{KAZ}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | Individual }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1994 Hiroshima | Team }}

{{MedalSilver | 1994 Hiroshima | Individual }}

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Alexander Parygin ({{langx|ru|Александр Владимирович Парыгин|Aleksandr Vladimirovich Parygin}}, born 25 April 1973) is a Kazakhstani-Australian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he won the individual gold medal.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=MOD "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Modern Pentathlon"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822145727/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=MOD |date=2008-08-22 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 15, 2008){{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/alex-parygin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092330/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/alex-parygin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Aleksandr "Alex" Parygin}}

He competed for Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and finished 27th overall. He initially qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but his qualification was called into question by the British team for failing to meet the minimum number of points required to be eligible (as his qualification took place at the Oceanian Championship in Tokyo, where the show jumping segment was called off after an outbreak of equine flu;{{cite web |url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/sports/olympics/2008/07/02/163651/Australian-Alex.htm |title=Australian Alex Parygin knocked off Olympic team |publisher=The China Post |date=July 2, 2008 |accessdate=August 9, 2012}} however, the Australian Olympic Committee initially insisted he had met the requirements),{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-07-02/controversy-over-aust-pentathletes-olympic-ditching/2491342 |title=Controversy over Aust pentathlete's Olympic ditching |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) |date=July 2, 2008 |accessdate=August 9, 2012}} and was eventually revoked by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Alex now lives in Melbourne, Australia.