Adeline Dumapong

Adeline Dumapong

Personal information
Birth name	Adeline Dumapong
Full name	Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta
Nationality	Philippines
Born	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
Medal record Competitor for  Philippines Women's powerlifting Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney −82.5 kg Paralympic Qualifier 2000 Florida +85 kg IWAS World Games 2009 Bangalore +85 kg Asian Para Games 2010 Guangzhou +85 kg 2014 Incheon +85 kg FESPIC Games 1999 Bangkok +85 kg 2002 Busan +85 kg ASEAN ParaGames 2001 Kuala Lumpur +85 kg 2005 Manila +85 kg 2008 Nakhon Ratchasima +85 kg 2011 Jakarta +85 kg 2014 Naypyidaw +85 kg 2015 Singapore +85 kg Asian Powerlifting Open Championship 2007 Manila +85 kg Asian Benchpress Championships 1999 Manila +85 kg Malaysian Paralympiad 2000 Kuala Lumpur +85 kg

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

Early life

Adeline Dumapong was born in Kiangan, Ifugao to a family of six children. Her father was a mid-level government employee who has limited resources to support the family. She contracted polio when she was three years old and both of her legs had to be amputated. She was sent by her parents to Manila and stayed there for ten years at the Bahay Mapagmahal, a housing institution for youth with disabilities.^[2][3]

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 paralympic tournaments outside the Philippines. She was also offered free training under Coach Ramon Deduque 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.^[2]

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.^[4]

Personal life

After the 2000 Paralympics, Dumapong played and worked with the Rondalla, a group 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 Mae in May 2002, her first child and daughter.^[5]

External links

• Adeline Dumapong - Website
• Adeline Dumapong at PWD Files (Vera Files)

References

1. "Dumapong-Ancheta matches record lift for gold". The Philippine Star. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
2. "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. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
4. Noguera, Emil (23 October 2014). "Philippines adds silver, bronze to Asian Para Games medal haul". The Manila Times. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
5. Favis, Michelle. "An Athlete Speaks: Adeline Dumapong Talks About Winning the Paralympics and Her Life Today". Disability World. Retrieved 18 June 2015.