Adeline Dumapong

Adeline Dumapong
Dumapong in 2017
Personal information
Birth name Adeline Dumapong
Full name Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta
Nationality Philippines
Born (1973-12-13) December 13, 1973
Kiangan, Ifugao, Philippines
Weight 111.80 kg (246.5 lb) (2014)
Sport
Country  Philippines
Sport Powerlifting
Event(s) +82.5 kg Category

Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta (born December 13, 1973) is a Filipina Paralympic Powerlifter. She became the first Filipina to win a Paralympic medal ever when she won bronze at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[1]

Early life and education

Adeline Dumapong was born in Kiangan, Ifugao to a family of six children. She contracted polio when she was three years old. She spent her elementary and high school days in Bahay Mapagmahal, a housing institution for youth with disabilities and went to school at NOH School for Crippled Children inside the compound of Philippine Orthopedic Center, Quezon City.[2][3]

She has a degree in computer science from St. Paul University Quezon City.[4]

Career

The International Paralympic Committee later discovered Dumapong when the Rehab Department of the Philippine Orthopedic Center sent Dumapong's powerlifiting record. Since then, she has won in tournaments outside the Philippines. She was also offered free training under Coach Ramon Debuque of the Zest Power Gym.[2]

She competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia and competed at the women's −82.5 kg powerlifting event. She managed to win a bronze medal and became the first Paralympic representative of the Philippines to win a medal up until the 2016 Paralympics.[2] She has also represented the country in the FESPIC Games, the precursor tournament of the Asian Para Games,[4] where she won silver in the 1999 and 2000 editions.[5] Her silver medal in the 2002 games was won in the −82.5 kg powerlifting event by lifting 105kg.[6]

Dumapong also competed at the 2014 Asian Para Games at the +86 kg event. She won a silver medal registering 115 kg. Her South Korean opponent, Lee Hyun-Jung registered the same mark but won gold due to weighing 100.08 kg, lighter than Dumapong's 111.80 kg.[7]

Personal life

After the 2000 Paralympics, Dumapong played and worked with a rondalla, an ensemble of stringed instruments composed of musically-inclined youth with disabilities. She also assists the Philippine Sports Association of the Differently Abled in various events. Dumapong gave birth to Alyssa Mei in May 2002, her first child and daughter.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Dumapong-Ancheta matches record lift for gold". The Philippine Star. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Champion Powerlifter and Chad Borja's Battle with Cancer". GMA News. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta". PWD Files. Vera Files. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 Malanum, Jean (28 September 2018). "Powerlifter Dumapong-Ancheta eyes more medals". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Malanum, Jean (13 September 2018). "Powerlifter Ancheta pockets 2 bronze medals in Japan". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Dumapong cops silver in FESPIC liftfest". The Philippine Star. 2 November 2002. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Noguera, Emil (23 October 2014). "Philippines adds silver, bronze to Asian Para Games medal haul". The Manila Times. Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  8. ↑ Favis, Michelle. "An Athlete Speaks: Adeline Dumapong Talks About Winning the Paralympics and Her Life Today". Disability World. Archived from the original on 2002. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
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