Haydée Coloso-Espino

Haydee Coloso-Espino

Personal information
National team	Philippines
Born	(1937-08-28) 28 August 1937 Dueñas, Iloilo, Philippines Commonwealth[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, Butterfly
Medal record Women's Swimming Representing the  Philippines Asian Games 1954 Manila 100 m freestyle 1954 Manila 100 m butterfly 1958 Tokyo 4 × 100 m medley relay 1954 Manila 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 1958 Tokyo 100 m freestyle 1958 Tokyo 200 m freestyle 1958 Tokyo 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 1962 Jakarta 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 1962 Jakarta 100 m freestyle 1962 Jakarta 4 × 100 m medley relay

Haydee Coloso-Espino (born 28 August 1937) is a Filipino swimmer. She competed at the Rome 1960 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Coloso-Espino is dubbed as the “Asian Swim Queen,” due to her being the Filipino athlete with the most number of medals in the Asian Games.

Her career spans from the 1950s to the 1960s. During her career she won an overall of ten medals while competing at the 1954, 1958, and 1962 Asian Games. Of those medals, three were gold, five were silver, and two were bronze. Her gold medals came from the 100-meter freestyle and butterfly events. She was chosen as Woman Swimmer of the Year for three consecutive years (1953, 1954 and 1955) by the Philippine Sportswriters Association. She was inducted into the Philippine Sports Hall of fame in 2016.

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