In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Francisco, the birth surname or paternal family name is Diaz, and the marital name is Naranjo.
Hidilyn Diaz
OLY
Diaz in 2021
Personal information
Birth name
Hidilyn Francisco Diaz
Nickname
Hidi
Nationality
Filipino
Born
(1991-02-20) February 20, 1991 (age 33) Zamboanga City, Philippines
Alma mater
De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (BBA)
Height
1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight
58.65 kg (129 lb)
Spouse
Julius Naranjo
(m. 2022)
Military career
Allegiance
Philippines
Service/branch
Philippine Air Force
Years of service
2013–present
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Unit
Air Force Special Service Group, PAF Personnel Management Center, 710th Special Operations Wing, Philippine Air Force Civil-Military Operations Group
Awards
Military Merit Medal Presidential Citation Unit Badge
Sport
Country
Philippines
Sport
Weightlifting
Event(s)
–59 kg, –55 kg
Club
Zamboanga
Coached by
Gao Kaiwen (Weightlifting Coach) Julius Naranjo (Weightlifting/Strength and Conditioning Coach) Catalino Diaz (First Coach) Antonio Agustin Jr. (Former Coach)
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Snatch: 102 kg (2013, NR)
Clean & Jerk: 127 kg (2021, OR)
Total: 224 kg (2021, OR)[1]
Medal record
Representing the Philippines
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Summer Olympics
1
1
0
World Championships
1
0
3
Asian Games
1
0
0
Asian Championships
1
1
1
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
0
1
0
Southeast Asian Games
2
2
1
Total
6
5
5
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
–55 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro
–53 kg
World Championships
2022 Bogotá
–55 kg
2015 Houston
–53 kg
2017 Anaheim
–53 kg
2019 Pattaya
–55 kg
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–Palembang
–53 kg
Asian Championships
2015 Phuket
–53 kg
2019 Ningbo
–55 kg
2016 Tashkent
–53 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2017 Ashgabat
–53 kg
Southeast Asian Games
2019 Philippines
–55 kg
2021 Vietnam
–55 kg
2011 Jakarta-Palembang
–58 kg
2013 Naypyidaw
–58 kg
2007 Nakhon Ratchasima
–58 kg
Hidilyn "Hidi" Francisco Diaz-NaranjoOLY[2][3] (Tagalog:[haɪdiˈlinˈdɪasnaˈɾanho];[4] born February 20, 1991[5]) is a Filipino weightlifter and airwoman. She holds two Olympic records in weightlifting for her performance at the women's 55 kg category for weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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. 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.[6][7][8]
She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she was the youngest competitor in the women's 58-kg category.[9]
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[10] and ending the Philippines' 20-year Olympic medal drought.
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, becoming the first Filipino to ever win an Olympic gold medal for the country.[11] She also set Olympic records for the 55 kg division in the clean and jerk at 127 kg and in the total at 224 kg.[12]
^Opiniano, Jeremaiah (July 27, 2021). "I helped Hidilyn Diaz pull off record-setting golden Olympic lift". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^"Athlete Biography: DIAZ Hidilyn". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on August 10, 2008.
^"Air Force Weightlifter Nabs Silver in Rio 2016, First Pinay Olympic Medalist in 20 Years". Philippine Air Force. August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
^"SEA Games: Hidilyn Diaz panalo ng gold sa weightlifting". ABS-CBN News on YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
^"DIAZ, Hidilyn". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
^City commends Zamboangueño weightlifters Archived December 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Zamboanga.gov.ph (December 15, 2008). Retrieved on June 28, 2016.
^Hidilyn Diaz. nbcolympics.com
^Bracher, Jane (August 9, 2016). "Meet Alfonsito Aldanete, the weightlifting coach who helped Diaz win silver". Rappler. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
^"15 Filipinos battle odds, Olympic gold ‘curse’" Archived August 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Inquirer.net, August 9, 2008
^"LOOK: Jane Oineza as Hidilyn Diaz on 'MMK'". Rappler. September 23, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
^"Hidilyn Diaz wins PH's first Olympic gold medal". GMA News Online. July 26, 2021.
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