Pernille Svarre (born 19 November 1961) is a Danish athlete who has specialized in triathlon and modern pentathlon.
[2][3][4] In June 2000, she won the gold medal in modern pentathlon at the Senior Women World Championship in Pesaro, Italy.
The same year, she was the first Danish woman to compete in the modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics where the discipline was included for the first time.
[4] Her most recent success was to win the Danish pentathlon championship in 2014, despite the fact that she had not competed for 13 years.
I've maintained my form, so before the event I just spent 14 days training in riding — and couldn't walk for the next week.