Weightlifting

Batang Pinoy Weightlifting Records (as of 2016)

Event	Name	Team	Venue	Date	BWT	SNATCH	CLN&JRK	TOTAL (kg)
Compiled by ATFS Statiscian Andrew Pirie
As of 01.01.17
BOYS
30kg	Dino Singson	Cebu City	Tagum	28.11.16	29.70	35	40	75
34kg	Justin Luke Lorete	Bohol Province	Cebu	28.11.15	34.00	45	52	97
38kg	Ernie Basalo	Brgy Pasobolong Z.C.	Cebu	28.11.15	38.00	50	58	108
42kg	Evangelito Dale	Cebu	Bacolod	2013	40.90	60	80	140
46kg	John Paolo Rivera Jr.	Dasmarinas City	Cebu	28.11.15	44.50	70	96	166
50kg	Marjun Agad	Cebu City Team A	Cebu	28.11.15	48.00	76	95	171
56kg	Edwin Lucero	Zamboanga	Bacolod	2014	54.20	77	93	170
62kg	Vincent Colonia	Zamboanga	Bacolod	2014	56.10	70	75	145
62kg+	John Kyle Macrohon	Zamboanga	Naga	2011	68.25	91	111	202
GIRLS
28kg	Shydijean D. Tormis	Midsalip ZDS	Tagum	28.11.16	27.50	27	36	63
32kg	Rose Jean Ramos	Zamboanga City	Tagum	28.11.16	30.50	35	44	79
36kg	Rosegie Amis	Zamboanga City/Mampang	Cebu	28.11.15	35.90	48	60	108
40kg	Leonida Cambarijan	Cebu City Team A	Cebu	28.11.15	39.00	43	54	97
44kg	Ma. Flor Diaz	Zamboanga	Bacolod	2014		54	62	116
48kg	Elien Rose Perez	Zamboanga	Bacolod	2014		57	75	132
53kg	Lyann Pineda	Zamboanga	Naga	2011	48.25	40	55	95
53kg+	Margaret Colonia	Zamboanga	Bacolod	2014	53.60	61	76	137

 

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Philippine Weightlifting needs help says Sports Chief

From Manila Bulletin 30th May 2018

Philippine weightlifting, the only sport to have ended the 20-year medal drought for the

country in the Olympics, has aired a plea to major sports stakeholders: Please help us.

Samahang Weighlifting ng Pilipinas president Monico Puentevella yesterday called on the

Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, Department of Education,

NCAA and UAAP to help the sport.

“We should be given priority because we have proven ourselves in the Olympics,”

Puentevella told the PSA Forum at Tapa King in Cubao. “There’s no reason why

we won’t be given priority.”

Puentevella said there are P15 million worth of new equipment — off it Meralco pledging to

give our P5 million worth of barbels — on its way but he chose to hold it until the PSC

finishes the new gymnasium it promised to build inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.

“The gym we are using is the same gym we have used for the last 30 years. Parang

hindi bagay sa new equipment. Luma ang gym namin,” added Puentevella. He

said the new weightlifting gym was to be built behind the tennis courts and beside

the gymnastics hall.

 

He also asked the PSC to raise the number of national coaches from the present

five to 10, “because we need to reach out to more cities in the country. Right now

we only have hubs in Manila, Zamboanga, Bohol, Cebu and Baguio City.”

Aside from 2016 Olympic silver winner Hidilyn Diaz (53 kilogram), Puentevella is

endorsing promising lifters like Ellen Rose Perez (48kg), Maria Desa Delos Santos (58kg),

Elreen Ann Ando (63 kg) and Kristel Macrohon (65kg).

Olympian Nestor Colonia and Jeffrey Garcia were also nominated by the SWP for the men’s

team.

“After all, the Asian Games is the qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics,” he added.

“Weightlifting is our biggest chance to medal in the Olympics. It is our best

chance for gold for that matter.”

Read Full Article Here

 

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WEIGHTLIFTING

Bronze and Silver for Hidilyn Diaz at Worlds, But Thai Olympic Champion Rises

December 2, 2017

Article by Andrew Pirie

ATFS Statistician

The 2017 World Champs in Weight Lifting were held in Anaheim. 28 November to 5

December 2017. Many countries were barred for doping reasons including Russia,

China, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Turkey, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus and Azerbaijan

whose participation was suspended. Due to ban substances found in 2008 and 2012

Olympics.

 

It was surprising to see our South East Asian rivals getting on the podium in

particular Thailand but also Vietnam in both Men’s and Women’s who started to draw further

away from the Philippines. Perhaps this means more resources and funding needs to be put

into Weight Lifting as we shown we can produce Olympic medallists in the likes of Hidilyn

Diaz. It really brings to question the vision and direction of the program to produce more

athletes of similar calibre of Ms. Diaz.

 

Diaz gets Bronze but Thai Rival Triumphs

I would like to emphasise we need to be cautious about the Thai’s who GoForGold

Philippines provided an excellent article on the well funded Thai Weight Lifting Program.

 

While we should be happy for Ms. Diaz, Bronze medal she is a national hero and Olympic

Silver Medallist. She now has a very strong and formidable opponent with the Thai Sopita

Tanasan the Olympic Champion (200kg total lift in 2016) who dropped from -53kg down to

-48kg but now is back to -53kg who until now was only ranked #3 in South East Asian

Rankings for 2017 with a 196kg lift in Taipei back in August.

 

Tanasan, 23 increased her body weight from 51.90 to 52.70 pushing it up near the 53kg cut

off. And consequently a very rapid improvement of 14kg onto her best lift in this weight

category this year with 210kg total (96kg snatch and 104kg Clean) to capture the world title.

 

Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines took a respectable Bronze with 199kg (86kg snatch and

113kg Clean). Diaz took silver in the Clean segment with 113kg on count back.

 

Diaz personal best of 215kg was done when she won the world champs in 2015, she lifted

200kg to get Silver at the Olympics in 2016. Her best lift since 215kg, was 204kg when she

won the Gold at Ashgabat Asian Indoor Games.

 

Hidilyn next big stint will be the the 2018 Asian Games.

If the PSC and Weightlifting Federation are serious about Diaz overcoming the rapidly

improving Thai Tanasan at the 2019 SEA Games in Manila. They must support her needs

well to allow her to maximise her performance. At 26, Hidilyn still has many good lifting

years left in her. Diaz took a Silver in the 2011 and 2013 SEA Games in the much heavier

-58kg Category before dropping a weight category and becoming world class. In 2015 and

2017 no Women’s weightlifting was included in the SEA Games.

 

The other athlete competing at these Championships is Kristel Macrohon, 21 who is leading

the 2017 SEA Rankings in the -69kg Category. Who has a PB of 209kg at Ashgabat Asian

Indoor were she took the Bronze Medal.

 

OTHER SEA ATHLETES RISE

 

In the Womens 48kg Category Thunkya Sukcharoen, 20 took the Silver with a 193kg lift.

Improving on her 190kg lift from Ashgabat were she did not get any medal.

 

In the Mens 56kg category Vietnam took Gold and Silver with Thailand taking Bronze.

While the top 2 didn’t beat their annual performance the bronze from Thailand improved his

total lift from 259kg to 267kg, In comparison Nestor Colonia of the Philippines who was

not sent was fifth behind these guys at SEA Games and has lifted 253kg this year.

 

Sources:

Diaz hauls silver, bronze medals at 2017 Worlds

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