Hidilyn Diaz

Hidilyn Diaz

Diaz with her Olympic silver medal in 2016
Personal information
Nationality	Filipino
Born	(1991-02-20) February 20, 1991 (age 26) Zamboanga City, Philippines
Height	1.49 m (4 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Military career
Allegiance	Philippines
Service/branch	Philippine Air Force
Years of service	2013–present
Rank	Airwoman First Class
Unit	Air Force Special Service Group, PAF Personnel Management Center, 710th Special Operations Wing
Awards	Military Merit Medal Presidential Citation Unit Badge
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Coached by	Antonio Agustin Jr Alfonsito Aldanete Allen Jayfrus Diaz
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	223 kg (56 kg)
Medal record Representing the  Philippines Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro –53 kg World Championships 2015 Houston –53 kg Asian Championships 2015 Phuket –53 kg 2016 Tashkent –53 kg Southeast Asian Games 2011 Jakarta –58 kg 2013 Naypyidaw –58 kg 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima –58 kg

Hidilyn F. Diaz (born February 20, 1991) is a Filipino weightlifter and airwoman. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics where she was the youngest competitor in the women's 58-kg category. She was a bronze medalist in the 2007 SEA Games in Thailand and achieved 10th place at the 2006 Asian Games in the 53-kilogram class. And while a student of the Universidad de Zamboanga representing her university, she won two golds and one silver in the Asian Youth/Junior Weightlifting Championship held in Jeonju, South Korea.

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Diaz won the silver medal in the women's 53-kg weight division, ending the Philippines' 20-year Olympic medal drought.

Hidilyn Diaz is the fifth of six children of Eduardo and Emelita Diaz. Her cousin, Allen Jayfrus Diaz, taught her the basics of weightlifting.

She attended the Universidad de Zamboanga where she pursued a bachelor's degree in computer science. However, Diaz stopped attending the university as a third year irregular student as she found her degree unsuitable for her. She also claimed that it distracted her training. After her stint in the 2016 Olympics, Diaz decided to continue her tertiary education and intended to pursue a degree related to sports in Manila.

In January 2017, Diaz received a scholarship to study business management at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde.