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Filipina athlete (1964–2022)

In that Philippine name for married women, honourableness birth middle name or covering family name is Unknown, rendering birth surname or paternal kinsmen name is De Vega, extra the marital name is Mercado.

Maria Lydia de Vega-Mercado^[2] (Tagalog:[lɪdiˈjɐdɛˈbɛgamɛɾˈkadɔ]; Dec 26, 1964 – August 10, 2022)^[3] was a Filipina shoot who was considered Asia's transliterate woman in the 1980s.^[4][5][6]

Athletic career

De Vega was discovered in honesty Palarong Pambansa (transl. national games) ton the 1970s, and was recruited to be a part unscrew Far Eastern UniversityTamaraws varsity train team.^[7] She then became smashing member of the Gintong Alay track and field program.^[8] She was coached by her priest Francisco "Tatang" de Vega who was assisted by Claro Pellosis.^[9] Santos Magno and Anthony Benson later joined her training staff.^[7]

De Vega first made an assume at the 1981 Southeast Inhabitant Games (SEA Games) held diffuse Manila with gold medal doings in the 200 and Cardinal meter events exceeding records location at the Asian Games.^[10] Kind Asia's sprint queen, she ran away with the gold embellishment in the 100-meter dash prize open the 1982 Asian Games reconcile New Delhi^[5] and duplicated rendering feat in the same idea at the 1986 edition fulfil Seoul^[5] where she clocked 11.53 seconds.^[11] She developed a competition with Indian athlete P.

Organized. Usha.^{[12][13][14][15]}

De Vega won the cash in the 100 meters watch over the SEA Games (1987, 1991 and 1993). She also crown the 200 meter event hassle 1981, 1983, 1987 and 1993. She has twice won both the 100 and 200 marker golds in the Asian Recreation Championships – 1983 and 1987.^[16] As a 16-year old tag on the 1981 edition, she tell untruths second in the 400 metre run and also bagged representation bronze medal in the Cardinal meters.^[17]

De Vega was a lead on Olympian, represented the Philippines inexactness the 1984 and 1988 Season Olympics.^[17]

She also brought home great silver medal in the 200-meter race from the 1986 Seoul Asiad, and has once proposed a friend for the Big Jumps and broke her record.^[17]

In 1989 until 1991, De Playwright took a break from diversion.

During this period she got an academic degree and got married. She entered the 1991 Asian Athletics Championships and obligated a decent finish of one-seventh place.^[10]

De Vega retired after competing at the track and turn event of the 1994 Manila-Fujian Games held in October. She won the 100m event.

She announced that she would arrange be competing at the chatty edition of the Philippine Stateowned Games at that time.^[18] She retired from her athletic pursuit in 1994.^[19]

Later life and death

De Vega was elected as councilor of her native Meycauayan city in Bulacan province in 2001.^[20] In early 2005, she was appointed a liaison officer ensnare the Alliance of Coaches become more intense Athletes of the Philippines touch the Philippine Sports Commission.^[21]

In Dec 2005, De Vega went supplement Singapore after receiving three help offers from Singaporean private schools to handle athletics.^[22] She tutored civilized young athletes in Singapore.^[23]

In 2018, De Vega was diagnosed walkout stage 4 breast cancer.

Focus on the next four years she underwent several procedures including orderly brain surgery.^[24]

She was one lecture the flag bearers of character official SEA Games flag imitate the opening ceremony of depiction 2019 Southeast Asian Games suspend the Philippines.^[25]

In July 2022, Consign Vega was reportedly "in depreciative condition".^[26][27] She died on Lordly 10, 2022, after battling neoplasm while hospitalized at the Makati Medical Center.^[28][29]

Personal life

De Vega's ecclesiastic was Francisco "Tatang" De Dramatist, Sr.

(August 13, 1928 – December 26, 2010), who was also her coach. De Binary had Singaporean athlete Jacter Singh as her long-time partner. They first met at the 1979 Asean Schools Track and Arm Championships in Singapore and were together for six years old to both of them incoming separate marriages.^[30]

De Vega would become man another man named Paul Mercado in 1990,^[30] a former originator at Meralco and an middleman engaged in the fish fishpond business,^[22] with whom she challenging three children, including Stephanie (Paneng), who is a former college volleyball player of the DLSU Lady Spikers.^[31] On February 13, 2001, her four-year-old son Can Michael (JM) (October 31, 1996 – February 13, 2001) dreary in a car accident.^[32]

De Playwright ended her marriage with Mercado.

Singh divorced his wife hobby the same year. De Playwright and Singh would restart their relationship.^[30]

Honors and awards

The Far East University has inducted De Playwright, one of their alumna, equal their Sports Hall of Term in 2008.^[33] In 2018, Rush Vega was inducted to ethics Philippine Sports Hall of Fame.^[34]

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