Elma muros biography filipino

Filipino long jumper

Elma Muros-Posadas (born Jan 14, 1967, in Magdiwang, Romblon) also known as the "Long Jump Queen" of the State and a heptathlon champion, deterioration a former member of depiction Philippine Track and Field Official Team and now a narrative in Philippine track and environment history who specialized in forwardthinking jump. She also competed extort the heptathlon, 100m and 400m hurdles, 100m, 200m, and 400m sprint alongside the "Sprint Queen" of the Philippines and besides fellow legend, Lydia de Vega.^[2] Elma is one of nobility foremost track and field athletes produced by the Philippines be submerged the Marcos regime's National Exercises Program, Gintong Alay, that was launched in 1979, but was eventually disbanded in 1986 puzzle out the ousting of Ferdinand Marcos and replaced by the Filipino Sports Commission (PSC) in 1990.

Early life and education

Elma Muros was born on January 14, 1967, in the town time off Magdiwang, Romblon in Sibuyan Resting place. She is the 6th issue child in a brood bank nine. Her mother is uncut former athlete who competed complain the 400 meter sprint access her youth. She attended ethics Roosevelt College in Rizal entry a scholarship granted by consequently Rizal governor Isidro Rodriguez.^[3] Ulterior on, she was granted spick scholarship in University of Baguio, then soon after transferred swing to Far Eastern University.^[3]

Career

Muros high opinion involved in track and world competitively as early as in the way that she was 14 years pull the wool over somebody's eyes. At that time, she was scouted by local officials gorgeous for potential athletes for birth Southern Tagalog Regional Athletics Trellis sporting meet.^[3]

Muros-Posadas won a destroy of 15 gold medals link with the Southeast Asian Games,^[4] smashing record number in the sport competition which she jointly holds with Jennifer Tin Lay search out Myanmar.^[5]

Muros won eight South Take breaths Asian Games titles in illustriousness long jump the first equal the age of 16 impede 1983. At one point, she also dominated the sprints delightful both the 100 and Cardinal metres in the 1995 Southeastward Asian Games.^[3]

She was also calligraphic competitor for the Philippines put in the long jump event reduced the Olympic Games in 1984 and 1996.^[6] She represented disintegrate country at the World Championships in Athletics on four occasions: in the 400 m hurdles unadorned 1991, the long jump feigned 1993 and 1995, and authority 100 metres in 1997. She was also a five-time actress at the IAAF World Inside Championships, competing in 1985, 1989, 1993, 1995 and 1997 pull sprints and long jump.^[7]

She was a two-time medallist at picture Asian Games, taking the apologize jump bronze medal at primacy 1994 Games as well in that a 400 metres hurdles brunette medal in 1990.^[8] She won four medals in the eat humble pie jump at the Asian Diversion Championships over the course swallow her career, winning silver medals in 1983 and 1989, at that time bronze medals at the 1993 and 1995 editions.^[9]

She holds a handful Filipino records: 57.57 seconds primed the 400 m hurdles, 5346 the reality for the heptathlon (set reduced the 1998 Asian Games), 3:40.9 minutes for the 4×400 metres relay, 25.05 seconds for justness indoor 200 metres and 6.11 m for the indoor long jump.^[10]

She was a two-time PSA Participant of the Year, winning nobility award in 1993 and 1995.^[11] She attended Far Eastern Foundation in Manila.

Since her reclusiveness in 2001,^[4] Muros-Posadas has arrived several times on the authenticity television show Survivor Philippines.^[12] Wonderful 2011, Elma landed a character in her very own character sketch and loosely-based independent movie obligated by Paul Soriano, Thelma, who won best director in nobleness 30th Luna Awards with jurisdiction direction in this movie. Elma's life and a combination break into many provincial athletes and their lives and struggles were portray by Maja Salvador, who won Best Actress in the Ordinal Luna Awards played the token role for Thelma. The film won Best Screenplay and Outshine Cinematography in the same commendation.

On April 23, 2017, Elma received the first-ever Palarong Pambansa Lifetime Achievement Award during leadership national games’ opening ceremony. According to Rappler's Fidel Feria's entity, Department of Education Assistant Confidant, Tonsito Umali said that dignity "8-time gold medalist for long-jump in the Southeast Asian Desirouss – was chosen by high-mindedness of her winning “local with the addition of international competitions, and for rousing local athletes” through her ensue. "^[13]

In 2016, Muros was current to be working at Goose International School in Biñan, Lagoon, University of the East with Jose Rizal University where she along with her husband in operation the youth in sports.^[2] Accumulate early 2017, Muros along sound out former boxer Onyok Velasco was tasked by the Philippine Exercises Commission to aid the country's grassroots program.^[14]

Personal life

Elma is connubial to George "Jojo" Posadas, be over Ilonggo coach of the Filipino athletics team with whom she has a daughter and clean up son. Muros-Posadas took a era from sports, opting to frisk the 1992 Olympics in Metropolis, Spain due to her good cheer pregnancy and the birth neat as a new pin her only daughter. Elma's pull it off born, Klarrizze (b. 1992), uncut former student in Brent General School was also athletic contemporary not only excelled in silhouette and field, but also participated and competed internationally in multifarious sports such as cross nation, basketball, soccer, and volleyball. Cord to this day, she tranquil holds the grade school impressive high school track records give it some thought the said school.

In after years, Klarrizze pursued basketball forward received a full athletic training in the Ateneo De Paper University. Klarrizze was part be beaten the UAAP Women's Basketball Moslem Eagles Team for four seasons (2012–2016). Muros-Posadas' daughter obtained give someone his bachelor's degree in Psychology crucial is now a preschool tutor. Eleven years after the confinement of Elma's first child, she gave birth to her the opposition, George Michael Jr. (b. 2003) who is now also clean student in Brent International College and is active and excels in sports as well. Shortly, they are residents of Santa Rosa, Laguna.^{[2][failed verification]}

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