Eva Marie Ditan

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Eva Marie Ditan
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Born (1978-03-22) 22 March 1978 (age 46)
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
University team DLSU Lady Archers
ClubLas Piñas Taekwondo Gym
Medal record
Representing Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Women's taekwondo
Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Melbourne Finweight
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Jakarta Finweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Finweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Kuala Lumpur Finweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Hanoi Finweight

Eva Marie Ditan (born 22 March 1978) is retired Filipino taekwondo athlete who represented the Philippines at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She is also a three-time World Cup Taekwondo Championships medalist in 1998, 2001 and 2002.

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Her first international stint began in 1996 where she won bronze medal at the Asian Taekwondo Championships in Melbourne, Australia. She then won another bronze at the World Taekwondo University in Russia that same year.

Early life and education

Ditan comes from a family of taekwondo jins. Her sisters Katherin and Diana Lyn represented the Philippines in international competitions. Her uncle, Jimmy Martin, competed in the Asian championships. Her step-brother Arnold Baradi won a gold medal in the 1984 Asian Taekwondo Championships. [1] She started learning taekwondo at the age of six. [2] From grade school to college, she studied at De La Salle University and became a sports management major. [3] In her time with DLSU, she won gold medals every season from 1996 to 1999, and also won the UAAP's MVP award and Female Athlete of the Year Award. [2]

Career

In 1996, Ditan won bronze medals at the 1996 Asian Taekwondo Championships and at that year's World University Taekwondo competition. At her first SEA Games in 1997, she won silver and later on won bronze in 1999. [2] In 1998, she won the silver medal in the flyweight division at the World Cup Taekwondo in Sindelfingen, Germany. [4] [5]

In 1999, Ditan was able to qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics through the Asian & Oceania Qualification Tournament held in Manila. [6] She, her cousin Roberto Cruz, [1] Donald Geisler, and Jasmin Strachan were the first four Filipino taekwondo jins to compete in the Olympics once taekwondo became an official sport. [7] [8] At the Olympics, she lost to Döndü Güvenç of Turkey in the first round 1–6. [9] [10]

A year later, Ditan won bronze at the World Cup Taekwondo in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. [11] At the 2001 SEA Games, she won silver in the finweight division. [12] She then reached the quarterfinals of the 2001 World Taekwondo Championships before losing a close match to Venezuelan jin Dalia Contreras. [13] At the 2002 Asian Games, she competed in the 47 kg division, but lost in the second round of the competition to China's Wang Ying. [14] In 2003, she took home the bronze during that year's SEA Games. [15]

Legacy

In 2017, Ditan was awarded by the De La Salle Alumni Association as a Sports Achievement Awardee for taekwondo. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "All in the family". Philippine Daily Inquirer . September 16, 2000. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Taekwondo jins: Fab Four of Olympic Team". Philippine Daily Inquirer . August 25, 2000. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Ditan, Eva Marie M. | De La Salle Alumni Association". www.dlsaa.com. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
  4. ↑ "Ditan, Eva Marie". www.philippineolympians.org. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
  5. ↑ Añonuevo, Ruby (January 29, 2001). "I AM A CHRISTIAN". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  6. ↑ "World Taekwondo Bulletin". World Taekwondo . Archived from the original on 2000-03-03. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
  7. ↑ Reyes, Marc Anthony (September 28, 2007). "RP jins again in top form, assures coach". Philippine Daily Inquirer . pp. A28. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  8. ↑ Hartman (2000). "History of Taekwondo: Road to Olympics". TKD Tutor. Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
  9. ↑ "Summer Olympics 2000 Results -- Taekwondo". www.espn.com. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
  10. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eva Marie Ditan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "RP taekwondo team cited". Philippine Daily Inquirer . June 22, 2001. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  12. ↑ Carpio, Gerry (September 11, 2001). "RP jins live up to winning tradition". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
  13. ↑ "Cruz bags bronze in world taekwondo". Manila Standard . November 16, 2001. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  14. ↑ Luarca, Roy (October 11, 2002). "2 Filipina jins assured of bronzes". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  15. ↑ Luarca, Roy (December 13, 2003). "Rivero makes it 5 for taekwondo". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved March 1, 2025.
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