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Birth name | Joanie Talagtag Delgaco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | March 1, 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Iriga, Camarines Sur, Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Lightweight single sculls, Lightweight double sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joanie Talagtag Delgaco [1] (born March 1, 1998 [2] ) is a Filipino rower who made history as the first female rower from her country to qualify in the 2024 Summer Olympics. [3]
Delgaco became part of the Philippine national team in 2015. [4]
At the SEA Games she won a gold medal in the 2019 edition hosted in the Philippines, and a silver and two bronzes in the 2021 edition in Vietnam in 2022. [4]
Delgaco qualified for the now-cancelled 2023 World Beach Games in Bali after winning a gold medal in the mixed double sculls with Edgar Ilas at the 2023 Asian Rowing Beach Sprint Championships in Pattaya. [4]
Delgaco took part in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2023. She reached the medal round for the single sculls event but failed to podium. [5]
She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris via the Asian & Oceania Qualification Regatta. She is the first ever female rower to qualify for the Philippines in the Olympics. [6] [7] Delgaco ranked second in the Final D of the women's single sculls and 20th overall at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [8]
After her Paris stint, she received an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship from Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron (FISA) Development Head, Daniela Gomes. [9]
Coming from Iriga, Camarines Sur, [10] [11] she is also an enlisted member of the Philippine Navy. [12] [13]
Prior to rowing she played beach volleyball at the Palarong Pambansa. [14]