Emerson Obiena
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| Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||||||
| Born | November 4, 1964[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| Country | Philippines | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Pole vaulting | |||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Vitaly Petrov (2014) | |||||||||||||||
| Now coaching | Ernest Obiena | |||||||||||||||
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| 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.[4] 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][5]
References
- 1 2 3 "Emerson OBIENA". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- 1 2 Reyes, Marc Anthony (12 February 2017). "Height of brilliance". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- 1 2 Atencio, Peter (25 May 2014). "Obiena breaks pole vault record". Manila Standard. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- 1 2 "Obiena breaks SEA PV record, bones up chances for gold at SEA Games (Rev 1)". PinoyAthletics.info. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ↑ Villar, Joey (21 July 2014). "Obiena breaks 22-year-old PHL pole vault record". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 24 February 2016.