Joshua Riker-Fox

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CANADA
Name	Date and city of birth
Joshua Riker-Fox	06/09/1983 Calgary Alberta Canada
How long have you been playing pentathlon?	How long have you been in the national team?
About 10 years	About 6 years
How did you start playing pentathlon?	How did the athletes in your country start playing pentathlon?
My first sport was show jumping (equestrian)	Often from riding as well. Sometimes from swimming.
When was your first good result?	When was your best result?
Qualifying for World Cup Final 2007	3^rd Place Pan American Games
Where do you train? Have you ever changed cities for training pentathlon?	Where, in your contry, is it possible to play high level pentathlon?
In Calgary .	Also in Ontario and British Columbia .
Who do you train with?	Who do the other athletes of your national team train with?
My University’s track team. A swim team, fencing club etc.	None.
How many hours do you train a day? And how many days a week?	How many hours do the others athletes of your national team train a day? And how many days a week?
6 days per week. 2-4 practices per day.	I am not sure.
What’s your job?	What are the jobs of the other athletes of your national team?
I am in Administration and Fitness Consulting.	I am not sure.
Are you payed for playing pentathlon? If yes, who pays you? Do you earn enough to live on?	Are the other athletes of your national team payed? If yes, who pays them? Do they earn enough to live on?
Not consistently	Some are.
What’s the biggest difficulty in playing pentathlon in your country?	What do you think about combined event?
There is little funding	It is a poorly constructed idea, motivated by politics, rather than the development of the sport.
What do you think about www.pentathlonmoderno.it	Do you have some advice to give us?
Great information! Great webmaster!	Train hard, be humble.