Adeline dumapong biography
Adeline dumapong biography...
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Adeline Dumapong
Filipina Paralympic powerlifter (born 1973)
Dumapong in 2017 | |
| Birth name | Adeline Dumapong |
|---|---|
| Full name | Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Born | (1973-12-13) December 13, 1973 (age 51) Kiangan, Ifugao, Philippines |
| Weight | 111.80 kg (246.5 lb) (2014) |
| Country | Philippines |
| Sport | Powerlifting |
| Event | +82.5 kg Category |
| Retired | 2024 |
Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta (born December 13, 1973) is a Filipina retired Paralympicpowerlifter.
She became the first Filipina to win a Paralympic medal ever when she won bronze at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Early life and education
Adeline Dumapong was born in Kiangan, Ifugao to a family of six children.
She contracted polio when she was three years old. She spent her elementary and high school days in Bahay Mapagmahal, a housing institution for youth with disabilities and went to school at NOH School for Crippled Children inside th