Marestella Torres

Marestella Torres

Personal information
Full name	Marestella Torres
Nationality	Filipino
Born	(1981-02-20) February 20, 1981 San Jose, Negros Oriental
Height	157 cm (62 in) (2015)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb) (2015)
Sport
Country	Philippines
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Long Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	6.71 m (2011)
Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for  Philippines Asian Championships 2009 Guangdong Long Jump 2005 Incheon Long Jump 2002 Colombo Long Jump Southeast Asian Games 2005 Manila Long Jump 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Long Jump 2009 Vientiane Long Jump 2011 Palembang Long Jump 2015 Singapore Long Jump

Marestella Torres (born 20 February 1981) is a Filipino long jumper.

Torres finished fourth at the 2002 Asian Championships and won the silver medal at the 2005 Asian Championships.^[1] She also competed at the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final. She also participated in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. In 2009, she surprisingly won the 2009 Asian Championships with a leap of 6.51 m.

Her personal best jump of 6.71 m, achieved at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Palembang, is currently the Southeast Asian Games Record.

Torres finished 22nd of 32 at the 2012 London Olympic Games, failing to advance to the final.^[2]

References

• Marestella Torres profile at IAAF

1. ↑ Asian Championships - GBR Athletics
2. ↑ Enzo, Pirie. "Marestella Torres does not qualify for olympic final, with video". pinoyathletics. Retrieved 4 January 2013.