Chloe Esposito

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''' Chloe Esposito''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 19 September 1991) is an Australian shooter and modern pentathlon competitor. She competed at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in the 10 m air pistol. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, in the modern pentathlon and won the gold medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro.

==Personal life== Esposito was born on 19 September 1991 in Camden, New South Wales.<ref name=aoc>{{cite web |url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/chloe-esposito |title=London 2012 – Chloe Esposito |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |date=1991-09-19 |access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=nbc>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=chloe-esposito/index.html |title=Chloe Esposito – Video, News, Results, Photos |publisher=NBC Olympics |date= |access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=someotherstie>{{cite web |url=http://www.pentathlon.org/athletes/biographies/athleteprofile/pentathlete/37967-chloe-esposito?q=/athletes/biographies/athleteprofile/pentathlete/37967-chloe-esposito |title=Biographies |publisher=Pentathlon |access-date=8 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415162731/http://www.pentathlon.org/athletes/biographies/athleteprofile/pentathlete/37967-chloe-esposito?q=/athletes/biographies/athleteprofile/pentathlete/37967-chloe-esposito |archive-date=15 April 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She is from and lives in the Sydney area.<ref name=aoc /><ref name=nbc /><ref name=news4 /> She attended St Francis Xavier (NSW, Australia) before going to Mount Saint Joseph for high school.<ref name=aoc /> She competed at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in the 10 m air pistol.<ref name=aoc /> During June 2012, she visited Palmerston District Primary School, where she discussed the five sports of the modern pentathlon, swimming, running, shooting, fencing and horse riding, with students.<ref name=news2 />

Her father is Daniel Esposito, an Olympic competitor in the modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics.<ref name=aoc /><ref name=news4 /><ref name=news2 /><ref name=Family>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-29/sydney-pentathlon-duo-shooting-for-gold-at-2016-rio-olympics/6658116 |title=Modern pentathlon duo Max and Chloe Esposito first to qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics Australian team |first=Mazoe |last=Ford |date=29 July 2015 |work=ABC News |access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref> Her brother, Max Esposito also competed in the modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Her sister, Emily Esposito, represented Australia in pistol shooting at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics.<ref name=aoc />

Esposito is {{convert|166|cm}} tall and weighs {{convert|55|kg}}.<ref name=aoc /><ref name=nbc />

In January 2020, Esposito announced that she was expecting her first child. This means she would not have been able to defend her pentathlon gold Medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-30/chloe-esposito-to-miss-tokyo-olympics-reveals-she-is-pregnant/11912874?section=sport|title=Chloe Esposito out of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after revealing she is expecting her first child|publisher=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|date=30 January 2020|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> However, the delay of the Games to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant that she could have had the opportunity to participate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tokyo 2020: 'Delaying the Olympics changed our careers' |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/newsbeat-53512739 |access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref> She decided not to, allowing Marina Carrier to take her place.

==Modern pentathlon== Esposito is a modern pentathlon competitor.<ref name=aoc /><ref name=nbc /> She tried to make the Australian modern pentathlon team for the 2008 Summer Olympics, the youngest Australian woman ever to try, by competing at the Oceania Championships.<ref name=aoc /> At World Cup events early in 2012, she finished third and fifth overall.<ref name=aoc /> In May 2012, she finished eighth in the final World Cup event in China.<ref name=news3>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-06/aussies-announce-modern-pentathlon-line-up/4055550 |title=Aussies announce modern pentathlon line-up |date=6 June 2012}}</ref>

Esposito was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the modern pentathlon.<ref name=news4>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8486807 |title=Pentathlete Fernon has Olympic answer |publisher=Nine MSN |access-date=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230180251/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8486807 |archive-date=30 December 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=news2>{{cite web |author=Alyson Vardos |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/smiles-and-cuddles-as-olympian-visits-school-20120629-218g4.html |title=Smiles and cuddles as Olympian visits school |publisher=Canberra Times |date=30 June 2012 |access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> She set a goal of trying to medal in the sport as Australia had not medalled in the sport going into the 2012 Games.<ref name=news2 /> Going into the 2012 Olympic Games, she was ranked eleventh in the world,<ref name=someotherstie /> improving from a rank of thirteen a month earlier.<ref name=someotherstie /> She earned her Olympic spot after she finished as the top ranking competitor from Oceania in the 2012 Asia/Oceania Championship.<ref name=aoc /> Esposito finished 7th at the 2012 Summer Olympics,<ref name=2012Oly>{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/modern-pentathlon/event/women/index.html |title=Women's Modern Pentathlon |publisher=London 2012 |date=12 August 2012 |access-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816025715/http://www.london2012.com/modern-pentathlon/event/women/index.html |archive-date=16 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> making her the first Australian modern pentathlete to finish in the top 10 at the Olympics since 1964.

Esposito also represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Coming into the final event (running and shooting combined), she was 7th and overcame a 45-second handicap to win the gold medal, setting a new Olympic record of 1372 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/modern-pentathlon-standings-mp-womens-individual |title=Modern Pentathlon Women's Individual – Standings |date=20 August 2016 |access-date=20 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101825/https://www.rio2016.com/en/modern-pentathlon-standings-mp-womens-individual |archive-date=26 August 2016 }}</ref>

==Recognition== * 2016 - ABC Sports Personality of the Year at the Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards<ref name="asc2016">{{cite web|title=Chalmers claims two AIS awards to complete fairy tale year|url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/news/ais_news/story_654127_chalmers_claims_two_ais_awards|website=Australian Sports Commission website|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220203617/http://www.ausport.gov.au/news/ais_news/story_654127_chalmers_claims_two_ais_awards|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * 2017 - Order of Australia Medal<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/swoop/rio-olympic-women-dominate-australia-day-honours-list/news-story/d58d7d02c9d14e8e052fdcf6b6ba21a6 |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |title=Rio Olympic women dominate Australia Day honours list |first=Amanda |last=Lulham |date=26 January 2017 |access-date=26 January 2017 }}</ref>

==References== {{Portal|Olympics|Sports}} {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== * {{UIPM |id=chloe-esposito |name=Chloe ESPOSITO |archive=20160821141741 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Esposito, Chloe}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Australian pentathletes Category:Australian female modern pentathletes Category:Olympic modern pentathletes for Australia Category:Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Modern pentathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for Australia Category:Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Category:Modern pentathletes from Sydney Category:Sportswomen from New South Wales Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen