PARIS Olympics bronze medal winners NesthyPetecio and Aira Villegas headline the honor roll in the 2nd PSC All Women Sports Awards this Saturday at the Century Park Hotel.
The two female boxers will be the recipients of the Female Athletes of the Year honor after their podium finish in the 33rd edition of the Summer Games last year in the French capital.
“We will actually honor our Olympic bronze medalists NesthyPetecio and Aira Villegas. Sila ‘yungating Female Athletes of the Year,” Philippine Sports Commission Executive Director Paulo Tatad officially announced yesterday during the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
The program is being held in celebration of the National Women’s Month.
PSC All-Women Sports Award secretariat head Rachel Dumuk joined Tatad in the public sports program backed by San Miguel Corporation, PSC, Philippine Olympic Committee, MILO, Smart/PLDT and the country’s 24/7 sports app ArenaPlus.
Dumuk said aside from the Athletes of the Year, also to be handed out are Lifetime Achievement Award, Major Awards, Outstanding Female Coaches of the Year, Flame Awards, Special Citations, Female Executive Awards, and Posthumous Awards.
Hangzhou Asian Games jiu-jitsu gold medal winner Meggie Ochoa, who recently retired from competing, is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
“Bata pa itong Lifetime Awardee natinnasi Meggie Ochoa, given what she has contributed to the sport so far. She just retired as an athlete, but at the same time, she’s taking up coaching as she wants to impact the next generation of jiu-jitsu athletes,” said Tatad.
Filipina tennis star Alex Eala, Agatha Wong of wushu, and 77-year-old wonder and ultramarathonerErlindaOgsimer will be recognized with the Flame Awards, which are given to female sports icons who became symbols of their respective sports.
Also to be recognized are several Para athletes, who are achievers in their own rights, including AgustinaBantiloc (para archer), CendyAsusano (para javelin throw), Citadel Mendoza (para chess), Andrea Estrella (para obstacle course), Edilyn De Asis (para dancesport), MarydolPamati-an (para powerlifting), Achelle‘Jinky”Guion (para powerlifting), and Angel Otom (para swimming).
A total of 136 awardees will be cited and given plaques of citations and commemorative rings courtesy of the PSC under Chairman Richard Bachmann.
