Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz is set to be enshrined in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Hall of Fame.
The weightlifting champion from Zamboanga City, who made history by winning the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medal, will receive the prestigious honor at the San Miguel Corporation-PSA Awards Night on January 27 at the Manila Hotel.
The 33-year-old is just a few years removed from her historic feat of giving the country the breakthrough gold in the Olympiad during the 2020 Tokyo Games in what served as the highlight of a stellar career that had its roots in the small barangay of Mampang.
But the impact brought about by her Olympic success and other significant victories on the international front made her deserving to be enshrined in the PSA Hall of Fame alongside the greatest athletes in Philippine sports.
In what is the grandest Awards Night ever by the PSA, Diaz will stand side by side with first ever Filipino Olympic double gold medalist Carlos Yulo as they share center stage in the formal affair.
Yulo, 24, is the winner of the coveted Athlete of the Year honor.
Diaz is the latest legendary athlete to be elevated in the Hall of Fame by the country’s sports writing fraternity since the late track and field great Lydia De Vega in 2022.
One of only four Filipino Olympic multi-medalists aside from Yulo, Nesthy Petecio, and the late Teofilo Yldefonso, Diaz also won gold medals in the World Championships, Asian Championships, Asian Games, and the SEA Games.
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