Emerson Obiena
.jpg) Obiena in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 4, 1964[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Philippines | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Pole vaulting | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Vitaly Petrov (2014) | |||||||||||||||||
| Now coaching | Ernest Obiena | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 4.80m[1] 4.93m (Indoor)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
- ^ a b c "Emerson OBIENA". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ a b Reyes, Marc Anthony (12 February 2017). "Height of brilliance". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ 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