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{{Infobox sportsperson
| image            = Stamps of Kazakhstan, 2013-44.jpg
| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|25 April 1973}}
| birth_place      = [[Almaty, Kazakhstan]]
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| height           = 180 cm
| weight           = 75 kg
| sport            = [[Modern pentathlon]]
| club             = Modern Pentathlon Victoria
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | [[Modern pentathlon]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{KAZ}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Individual]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1994 Asian Games|1994 Hiroshima]] | [[Modern pentathlon at the 1994 Asian Games|Team]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1994 Asian Games|1994 Hiroshima]] | [[Modern pentathlon at the 1994 Asian Games|Individual]] }}
}}

'''Alexander "Alex" Parygin''' (born 25 April 1973) is a [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]]-Australian [[Modern pentathlon|modern pentathlete]] and Olympic champion. He competed at the [[Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]] where he won the individual gold medal.<ref name=db-ol-MOD1996>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=MOD "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Modern Pentathlon"] ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 15, 2008)</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/alex-parygin-1.html |title=Aleksandr "Alex" Parygin}}</ref>

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 amount 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 influenza|equine flu]];<ref name="TCP">{{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}}</ref> however, the [[Australian Olympic Committee]] initially insisted he had met the requirements),<ref>{{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}}</ref> and was eventually revoked by the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS).<ref name="TCP" /> Alex now lives in [[Melbourne]], Australia.

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==External links==
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[[Category:1973 births]]
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[[Category:Australian male modern pentathletes]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani male modern pentathletes]]
[[Category:Modern pentathletes at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Olympic modern pentathletes of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Olympic modern pentathletes of Australia]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in modern pentathlon]]
[[Category:Modern pentathletes at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games]]


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