Jessie Lacuna
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jessie Khing de Guzman Lacuna |
| Nationality |
 Filipino
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| Born |
December 23, 1993 Pulilan, Bulacan |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) (2012) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) (2012) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle |
| Club | Bulacan Bullsharks Swimming Club, Philippine Aquatic Sports Association Inc. |
| College team | FAST Ateneo Varsity Swimming Team |
| Coach | Carlos Brosas |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Batang Pinoy | ||
| Boys' Swimming | ||
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100 m Butterfly | 1:02.71 (2001) |
 |
200 m Freestyle | 2:05.35 (2001) |
|
200 m Freestyle | (UNK) (2002) |
|
100 m Freestyle | (UNK) (2003) |
 |
200 m Butterfly | (UNK) (2003) |
| Philippine Olympic Festival | ||
| Boys' Swimming | ||
|
400 Individual Medley | (UNK) (2007) |
|
400 m Freestyle | (UNK) (2007) |
|
200 m Backstroke | (UNK) (2007) |
|
200 m Breaststroke | (UNK) (2007) |
|
200 m Butterfly | (UNK) (2007) |
|
100 m Freestyle | (UNK) (2007) |
|
400 Individual Medley | 5:11.53 (2008) |
|
400 m Freestyle | 4:36.69(2008) |
|
200 m Backstroke | 2:26.39(2008) |
|
200 m Breaststroke | 2:48.14(2008) |
|
200 m Butterfly | 2:19.53(2008) |
|
100 m Freestyle | 56.54(2008) |
| Philippine National Games | ||
| Men's Swimming | ||
|
200 m Freestyle | 1:55.94 |
|
100 m Breaststroke | 1:11.21 |
|
50 m Freestyle | 25.02 |
|
200 m Individual Medley | 2:11.76 |
|
50 m Breaststroke | 31.89 |
|
200 m Medley Relay | 2:30.67 |
Jessie Khing Lacuna (/ləˈkjuː.nə/,la-KOH-na, born December 23, 1993) is a Filipino swimmer who competes in the freestyle and butterfly events. He has, overall, won 26 Gold medals in Philippine Olympic Games and 7 in SEA Age Group Swimming Championship, he represented the country Philippines in Southeast Asian Games and Asian Games.
Lacuna has a total of 51 gold medals, consisting of 35 at national and 16 at international titles. He also qualified as universality in FINA in 200 meters Freestyle at the 1st SEA Swim Championships. He had timed at 1:53.84 in which he ranked first as of in the Philippines' federation.
Lacuna was born and raised in Paltao, Pulilan, Bulacan Philippines. His potential in swimming was discovered when he was a child, through the neighboring resort where he often swims with his parents since he was months old. His parents made him wear inflatable armband that helps him paddle on water. This soon became his pastime. At the age of 6, he already started joining swimming competitions at school.
In 2001, Lacuna had his first national competition at the age of 8 that, winning a gold medal in the 100 meter freestyle event. His first win at a national event took him into various other national competitions, including the Philippine Olympic Games. Bulacan BullSharks Swimming Club was lacuna’s first swimming club where he competed as a high school student at Bulacan State University Laboratory High School, division in 2005.
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