Emerson Obiena
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Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] | November 4, 1964||||||||||||||||
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Country | Philippines | ||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Pole vaulting | ||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Vitaly Petrov (2014) | ||||||||||||||||
Now coaching | Ernest Obiena | ||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 4.80m[1] 4.93m (Indoor)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Emerson Obiena is a Filipino pole vaulter and coach. Obiena is a silver medalist at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games finishing behind fellow countryman, Edward Lasquete in the pole vault event.[2] The last medal he won in an international competition was a bronze, which he obtained at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.[3]
Obiena is married to Jeannete, a former hurdler for the Centro Escolar University, with whom he had two children: Ernest and Emily both of which are pole vaulters.[2]
By 2014, Obiena was already serving as the Philippine national coach for pole vaulting.[3] He also serves as his son's coach.[citation needed] In early 2014, for three months, Obiena with his son was given an opportunity to train under coach Vitaly Petrov in Formia, Italy who also previously coached Sergey Bubka.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Emerson OBIENA". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Reyes, Marc Anthony (12 February 2017). "Height of brilliance". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Atencio, Peter (25 May 2014). "Obiena breaks pole vault record". Manila Standard. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ Villar, Joey (21 July 2014). "Obiena breaks 22-year-old PHL pole vault record". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- Filipino male pole vaulters
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in athletics
- Living people
- 1964 births
- Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
- Competitors at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
- People from Tondo, Manila