{"id":3673,"date":"2024-09-05T15:25:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kabayanremit.com\/blog\/?p=3673"},"modified":"2024-09-05T15:25:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:25:28","slug":"2024-paralympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kabayanremit.com\/blog\/community\/2024-paralympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipinos in the 2024 Paralympics"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

Following this year\u2019s <\/span>Olympics<\/span><\/a>, six Filipino athletes are in Paris to go for gold at the <\/span>2024 Paralympics<\/span>. This is the biggest contingent of Pinoy para-athletes to compete in the international games since 2012. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

With the games already in progress, get to know the Pinoys competing in para swimming, para archery, para athletics, and para taekwondo on the global stage.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

Para Archery<\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\"Para<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n

Agustina Maximo Bantiloc<\/h4>\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

One of the country\u2019s flag bearers, 56-year-old Agustina Maximo Bantiloc is the first Filipino para archer to make it to the Paralympics. The former powerlifter recently concluded her stint at the 2024 Paralympics with a season best of 618 points.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

\u201cI am happy with what I performed because I believe I did my best,\u201d she told <\/span>ABS-CBN<\/span><\/a> following her match. She also promised to improve and likened her rising to challenges to how she put her three children through college.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

Para Swimming<\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\"Para<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n

Ernie Gawilan<\/h4>\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

Flag bearer Ernie Gawilan won <\/span>the Philippines\u2019 first gold medal<\/span><\/a> in the Asian Para Games by being the fastest swimmer in the men\u2019s 400m freestyle-S7 event in 2023. He is set to compete in the same event and in the 200m individual medley-SM7 in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

The <\/span>2024 Paralympics<\/span> will be Gawilan\u2019s third time to compete among the world\u2019s best para-athletes, having competed in the Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo Games. In Tokyo, Gawilan swam close to a podium finish, ending in <\/span>sixth place<\/span><\/a> in men\u2019s 400m freestyle-S7.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

Angel Otom<\/h4>\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

Angel Otom will be making her world debut in the <\/span>2024 Paralympics<\/span>. Currently a sports science major in the University of the Philippines\u2013Diliman, the university\u2019s first varsity para swimmer won four gold medals at the 2023 ASEAN Para Games.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

As a swimmer, Otom wants <\/span>to inspire<\/span><\/a> other people with disabilities and young athletes to believe in themselves and persevere. \u201cThe most important thing in sports is that you\u2019re having fun with what you\u2019re doing,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

Para Taekwondo<\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\"2024<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n

Allain Keanu Ganapin<\/h4>\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

After missing the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics due to the <\/span>coronavirus<\/span><\/a>, Allain Keanu Ganapin will make his debut at the <\/span>2024 Paralympics<\/span> in Paris. He will be competing in the men\u2019s K44 -80kg event.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

The Marikina native turned to taekwondo to <\/span>overcome bullying<\/span><\/a>, using his martial arts skills to earn his peers\u2019 respect and change how they viewed him. Ganapin eventually joined the Philippine taekwondo team in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

As a national athlete, he won a bronze medal each from the 2017 Oceana Para Taekwondo Open in Auckland, New Zealand and the 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Amman, Jordan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

Para Athletics<\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\"Para<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n

Jerrold Pete Mangliwan, wheelchair racing<\/h4>\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

Long-time para-athlete Jerrold Pete Mangliwan qualified for the <\/span>2024 Paralympics<\/span> following his breathtaking win at the <\/span>2023 Asian Para Games<\/span><\/a>, when the six-time ASEAN Games gold medallist beat Ueyonabaru Hirota in the men\u2019s 400-meter T52 finals after initially trailing behind the Japanese racer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

Mangliwan had competed in four Asian Para Games before winning his first gold in October last year.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

As of 9:33 p.m. of 30 Aug. 2024, Mangliwan won <\/span>fourth place<\/span><\/a> in the men’s 400m T52 qualifying event and has <\/span>made it to the finals<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

Cendy Asusano, para javelin throw<\/h4>\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

The <\/span>2024 Paralympics<\/span> will mark Cendy Asusano\u2019s debut in the world games. Asusano has won four gold medals in the ASEAN Para Games and recently reached <\/span>fourth place<\/span><\/a> in women\u2019s javelin throw-F54 at the World Para Athletics Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

Besides javelin throw, Asusano is also a formidable shot-put athlete, having won a gold medal in the said event at the 2023 ASEAN Para Games.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

Seven decades of Paralympics<\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\"2024<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

The Paralympics have been running for 76 years since 29 July 1948, when Sir Ludwig Guttman held the Stoke Mandeville Games on the opening day of the 1948 London Olympics. Guttman had organised the games for World War 2 Royal Air Force veterans, providing 16 former pilots with spinal cord injuries a space to compete in archery and netball. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

The Stoke Mandeville Games continued through the 1950s, eventually growing into an international event with hundreds of participants. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

In 1960, the event gathered 400 para-athletes from 23 countries in Rome, Italy and became known as the quadrennial Paralympic Games. Organisers held their first winter para games in 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

Since 1988, the Paralympics have been held in the same city as the Olympics. That same year was also when the Philippines first joined the para games. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

Since consistently joining the Paralympics in 2000, two Filipinos have won bronze medals:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t