Badana Ribagorda, Visitacion
Sport:
Athletics
Birthdate:
July 2, 1937
Hometown:
Cogon Pardo, Cebu City
Badana Ribagorda, Visitacion
Athletics
Born,
July 2, 1937
Cogon Pardo, Cebu City
Visitacion Badana Ribagorda was an athlete who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. She is one of a select few Filipino women to win an Asian Games gold medal in athletics.
At the age of 21, she won the gold medal in the Women's Long Jump with a leap of 5.64 meters. She then competed in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, finishing 24th of 30 athletes in the Women's long jump with a leap of 5.59 meters. She held the National Record until it was broken by Lydia Rosalada (later Lydia Silva Netto) with a leap of 5.70 meters and then surpassed in 1970 by Heptathlete Lolita Lagrosas at the Pre-UAAP meet who leaped 5.71 meters.
At the age of 21, she won the gold medal in the Women's Long Jump with a leap of 5.64 meters. She then competed in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, finishing 24th of 30 athletes in the Women's long jump with a leap of 5.59 meters. She held the National Record until it was broken by Lydia Rosalada (later Lydia Silva Netto) with a leap of 5.70 meters and then surpassed in 1970 by Heptathlete Lolita Lagrosas at the Pre-UAAP meet who leaped 5.71 meters.
GAMES
1960 Summer Olympics, Rome
Visitacion Badana Ribagorda was an athlete who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. She is one of a select few Filipino women to win an Asian Games gold medal in athletics.
At the age of 21, she won the gold medal in the Women's Long Jump with a leap of 5.64 meters. She then competed in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, finishing 24th of 30 athletes in the Women's long jump with a leap of 5.59 meters. She held the National Record until it was broken by Lydia Rosalada (later Lydia Silva Netto) with a leap of 5.70 meters and then surpassed in 1970 by Heptathlete Lolita Lagrosas at the Pre-UAAP meet who leaped 5.71 meters.
At the age of 21, she won the gold medal in the Women's Long Jump with a leap of 5.64 meters. She then competed in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, finishing 24th of 30 athletes in the Women's long jump with a leap of 5.59 meters. She held the National Record until it was broken by Lydia Rosalada (later Lydia Silva Netto) with a leap of 5.70 meters and then surpassed in 1970 by Heptathlete Lolita Lagrosas at the Pre-UAAP meet who leaped 5.71 meters.
GAMES
1960 Summer Olympics, Rome
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