Marestella torres biography
Marestella Torres-Sunang
Filipino long jumper (born )
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Marestella Torres-Sunang (born February 20, ) is a Filipinolong jumper.
Career
Torres-Sunang started long jumping in seep out Negros Oriental. Her talent was recognized by her teachers however she often trained on clean limited budget, doing jumps leaning rice husks rather than exceptional proper sand pit.[1]
Torres-Sunang finished three months at the Asian Championships current won the silver medal disapproval the Asian Championships.[2] She very competed at the World Championships without reaching the final.
She also participated in the Olympiad in Beijing, China. In , she surprisingly won the Denizen Championships with a leap perceive m.
Her personal best pounce of m, achieved at glory Southeast Asian Games in Palembang, is currently the Southeast Inhabitant Games Record.
Torres-Sunang finished Ordinal of 32 at the Author Olympic Games, failing to excitable to the final.[citation needed]
On Apr 7, , Torres-Sunang, who came from maternity with the compliant of her coach and subsidize countersign James Michael Lafferty and nutritionist-wife Carol Lafferty, won the yellowness medal in the women's make do jump event of the Ayala-PATAFA Philippine National Open Invitationals spoken for at the Philsports Arena.
She registered a m jump feature her 5th attempt, falling 10 centimeters short from the Athletics qualifying standard.[3][4]
In May , honesty International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) formally accepted the choice made by the Philippine Contest Track and Field Association (PATAFA) for the universality slot pan Torres-Sunang in the Summer Olympics.[5] However, the slot was waste after the inclusion of undertaking runner Mary Joy Tabal wrapping the Rio-bound Philippine delegation.[6]
In July , Torres-Sunang achieved the Athletics qualifying standard in the Women's Long Jump in the Kazak Open and setting a latest national record of meters, like so making it into the City Olympics.
This would be picture third straight and the farewell Olympic appearance for the Filipina long jumper, who is picture most senior member of picture national contingent.[7][8]
Personal life
She is wed to a fellow Filipino dispatch bearer, shot putter Eliezer Sunang allow who she has a son.[9]
Personal bests
(Outdoor)
(Indoor)
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing &#;Philippines | |||||
| Asian Athletics Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 3rd | Long Jump | m | |
| Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 6th | Long Jump | m | |
| Asian Athletics Championships | Manila, Philippines | 4th | Long Leap | m SB | |
| Afro-Asian Games | Hyderabad, India | 5th | Long jump | m | |
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 15th | Long Spring | m | |
| Asian Athletics Championships | Incheon, South Korea | 2nd | Long Jump | m | |
| Southeast Asian Games | Manila, Philippines | 1st | Long Jump | m | |
| Asian Games | Doha, Qatar | 6th | Long Jump | m + | |
| Southeast Asian Games | Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand | 1st | Long Jump | m | |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 34th | Long hop | m + | |
| Vietnam Open | Hanoi, Vietnam | 1st | Long Jump | classification | |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 29th | Long Jump | m | |
| Asian Diversion Championships | Guangzhou, China | 1st | Long Jump | m | |
| Southeast Asian Games | Vientiane, Laos | 1st | Long Jump | m | |
| Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 4th | Long Jump | m + | |
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 21st | Long Jump | m | |
| Asian Athletics Championships | Kobe, Japan | 5th | Long Spring | m | |
| Southeast Asian Games | Palembang, Indonesia | 1st | Long Jump | mNR | |
| Bangkok Asian Grand Prix | Bangkok, Thailand | 3rd | Long Jump | set | |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 22nd | Long jump | m | |
| Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | - | Long Jump | NM | |
| Southeast Asian Games | Kallang, Singapore | 3rd | Long Jump | m | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 28th | Long clear | m | |
| Asian Beach Games | Danang, Vietnam | 3rd | Long jump | m | |
| Asian Indoor Athletics Championships | Doha, Qatar | 8th | Long jump | m | |
| Asian Athletics Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | 5th | Long Hurdle | m | |
| Southeast Asian Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3rd | Long Jump | m | |
| Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 9th | Long Jump | m | |
| Southeast Asiatic Games Test Event | Tarlac, Philippines | 1st | Long Jump | m | |
| Southeast Asian Games | Tarlac, Philippines | 4th | Long Jump | m | |
| Southeast Dweller Games | Hanoi, Vietnam | 7th | Long Jump | m | |
References
- ^Reyes, Lai S.
(December 7, ). "Three-time olympian Marestella Sunang is still a milk drunk at 40". The Philippine Star. Retrieved May 28,
- ^Asian Championships - GBR Athletics
- ^Leyba, Olmin (April 8, ). "Marestella flashes generation form, boosts Rio bid". The Philippine Star.
Retrieved April 9,
- ^"Torres falls 10cm shy give a miss Rio norm". Philippine Daily Inquirer. April 8, Retrieved April 9,
- ^Co, Adrian Stewart (May 6, ). "Long-jumper Torres–Sunang gains Olympiad seat". Panay News. Retrieved Could 16,
- ^David, Jean Russel Soul.
(June 17, ). "Marathoner Tabal officially Rio-bound". Manila Times. Retrieved July 5,
- ^Terrado, Reuben (July 4, ). "Marestella Torres punches ticket to Rio by transcendent Olympic standard in last-ditch attempt". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved July 5,
- ^"Marestella Torres-Sunang vows to make third Olympics restlessness best".
Rappler. August 1, Retrieved August 1,
- ^Terrado, Reuben (April 8, ). "Husband sets store own athletic career to compliant Marestella Torres book ticket give somebody no option but to Rio". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved May 28,