![]() Elementary students not enrolled in UZ were able to train under the program by Institute of Human Kinetics director Elbert Atilano. Prior to high school, Diaz joined the University of Zamboanga's (UZ) extension program to train in weightlifting under her cousin Catalino Diaz who is also her first coach. įirst learning weightlifting from her older cousins, Diaz initially lifted using makeshift barbells made of mag wheels or concrete. ![]() On July 26, 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics for the women's 55 kg category for weightlifting, Diaz won the first ever gold medal for the Philippines, setting Olympic records for the 55 kg division in the clean and jerk at 127 kg and in the total at 224 kg. In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Diaz won the silver medal in the women's 53-kg weight division, the first Filipino to win a medal in a non-boxing event since 1936 and ending the Philippines' 20-year Olympic medal drought. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she was the youngest competitor in the women's 58-kg category. While she was a student and representing Universidad de Zamboanga, she won two golds and one silver in the Asian Youth/Junior Weightlifting Championship held in Jeonju, South Korea. In her early weightlifting years, she was a bronze medalist in the 2007 SEA Games in Thailand and achieved 10th place at the 2006 Asian Games in the 53-kilogram class. ![]()
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