Lydia de Vega
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Lydia de Vega-Mercado is a former athlete from the Philippines
, was considered Asia's fastest woman in the 1980s. As Asia's sprint queen, she ran away with the gold medal in the 100-meter dash in the 1982 New Delhi Asiad and duplicated the feat in the 1986 Seoul
Asiad where she was clocked 11.53 seconds. She also brought home a silver medal in the 200-meter race from the 1986 Seoul Asiad.
De Vega-Mercado also won the gold in the 100 meters at the Southeast Asian Games (1987, 1991 and 1993). She has twice won both the 100 and 200 meter golds in the Asian Athletics Championships - 1983 and 1987. She holds the Philippine record with her personal best of 11.28 seconds.
Diay, as she is fondly called by her countrymen was a two-time Olympian, having carried the country's colors in the 1984 (Los Angeles) and 1988 (Seoul) Olympics.
De Vega now serves as a councilor of her native Meycauayan town in Bulacan province. Currently, she is coaching schools and private athletes in Singapore
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, was considered Asia's fastest woman in the 1980s. As Asia's sprint queen, she ran away with the gold medal in the 100-meter dash in the 1982 New Delhi Asiad and duplicated the feat in the 1986 Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
Asiad where she was clocked 11.53 seconds. She also brought home a silver medal in the 200-meter race from the 1986 Seoul Asiad.
De Vega-Mercado also won the gold in the 100 meters at the Southeast Asian Games (1987, 1991 and 1993). She has twice won both the 100 and 200 meter golds in the Asian Athletics Championships - 1983 and 1987. She holds the Philippine record with her personal best of 11.28 seconds.
Diay, as she is fondly called by her countrymen was a two-time Olympian, having carried the country's colors in the 1984 (Los Angeles) and 1988 (Seoul) Olympics.
De Vega now serves as a councilor of her native Meycauayan town in Bulacan province. Currently, she is coaching schools and private athletes in Singapore