 Delgaco in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 who qualified in the 2024 Summer Olympics. [3]
Delgaco would become part of the Philippine national team in 2015. [4]
At the SEA Games she would in 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 would qualify 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 would take 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 would qualify 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]
2024 Summer Olympics
Joanie 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, Delgaco received an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship from Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron (FISA) Development Head, Daniela Gomes. [9]
Hailing from Iriga, Camarines Sur, [10] [11] she is also an enlisted personnel of the Philippine Navy. [12] [13] Prior to rowing she played beach volleyball at the Palarong Pambansa. [14]
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