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Birth name | Hergie Tao-Wag Bacyadan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Quezon City, Philippines | November 4, 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Tanudan, Kalinga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2016– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Lady Denily Digo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Boxing, Kickboxing, Wushu, Vovinam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stance | Orthodox [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hergie Tao-Wag Bacyadan (born November 4, 1994) [3] [1] is a Filipino boxer and kickboxer; Also a former wushu and vovinam practitioner, Bacyadan has competed in the women's division in all sports.
He [a] is the first Vovinam World Championships gold medalist for the Philippines and a boxer who has qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Bacyadan is a martial artist who engages in wushu and vovinam.
Bacyadan first made it to the Philippine national wushu team in 2016. [6] He took part at the inaugural Sanda Asian Cup in 2017 held in Foshan, China, winning a silver in the 65-kilogram division. At the 2017 World Wushu Championships in Kazan, Russia, he won another silver. [7]
Bacyadan would briefly compete in vovinam, and lost weight as part of his preparation for the vovinam competition at the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia. [5]
Bacyadan competed in the 2023 Vovinam World Championships in the women's combat 66 kg division title and became the Philippines' first vovinam champion, winning against Mariana Abdeenko in the final. [8]
In response, Russia filed a protest calling to nullify the result and issue a ban against Filipino athletes for future competitions, claiming that it was because Bacaydan is a "man". The Philippine federation condemned its Russian counterpart, with Bacyadan affirming that he is eligible to compete as he is "born female" and has not taken male hormones or gender surgery, due to the fact that such procedures would result in disqualification. [9]
Bacyadan also have competed in kickboxing. He won a gold medal in the women's K1 -75kg division of the 2024 Asian Kickboxing Championships in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. [10] This qualified him a berth in the 2025 World Combat Games in China. [11]
Bacyadan’s shift to boxing was marked by his participation at the 2019 ASBC Asian Grand Slam Boxing Championships in Xiamen, China as part of his bid to qualify for in the Summer Olympics. [12]
Bacyadan qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris through winning his quota bout at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 against Maryelis Yriza of Venezuela. [13] [14]
Bacyadan prefers sparring with cisgender male boxers as part of his practice, which he believes benefits him in women's boxing. [15]
In the 2024 Summer Olympics, Li Qian would eliminate him early via unanimous decision in round 16 of the women's 75 kg (middleweight) division. [16] Shortly after the end of his stint, Bacyadan have expressed openness to turn to professional boxing. [17]
Bacyadan is a transgender man. [18] [19] He discussed his gender identity in an interview with Preview, acknowledging that he was born as a woman but that his "heart and mind" are that of a man. [20] Despite this, Bacyadan competes in the women’s divisions, as he has not undergone any hormone replacement therapy or surgery which would risk his eligibility. [21]
He has stood by Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yuting of Taiwan who are involved in their own sex verification controversy in the 2024 Summer Olympics. Bacyadan affirmed Khelif and Lin are cis women and are fully qualified to participate and disavowed misinformation in social media that he has called for the ban of the two boxers. [22]
Bacyadan hails from Tanudan, Kalinga [23] and is of the Kalinga ethnic group. [24] [25] [26] [27] He says that his tribe accepts his gender identity, and he is allowed to wear traditional men's clothes such as the bahag . [24]
Bacyadan describes his sexual orientation as being "attracted to women". [9] He married Lady Denily Digo, a bisexual cis woman, in Utah in 2022. The couple are online content creators with a presence on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. [28]
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When I asked him for his pronouns, Hergie left it up to my hands. Despite this, he's assured that he had always felt that he had the heart and mind of a man.
I am trans at heart, but I did not take any hormones or steroids to look like a man.
In an interview with Preview, Hergie Bacyadan said that his Kalinga tribe accepted his gender identity as he wore traditional men's clothes such as the bahag.