Enrique Rafael Rosales - Bronze Medalist in the 82.5kg weight class.
Written by Ms. Confuse on Sunday, May 18, 2008
The competition was held at the Gymnasium Hall of Hotel Uzbekistan, with the Philippines demonstrating it has emerged as a force to reckon with in the international powerlifting arena.
Proving the depth of the Philippine team were Paul Tan, who garnered three gold medals and a silver; Eddie Torres in the Men’s 100-kg Open class, where he won one gold and two silver medals; Richie Rosales, who grabbed one gold in the Men’s 82.5-kg Open class and Rose Vasquez, who won three golds and a bronze in the Women’s 56-kg Open class.
Other team members, who contributed medals and team points, were Allan Paje, Jinky Santos, Charlie Sy, Monica Cardenas and Nick Cabalza.
Pecante, who is the postmaster of the Pasig Central Post Office and the Philippine Sportswriters Association awardee for powerlifting, previously triumphed in the 16th World Masters Powerlifting Championship in the Czech Republic, where she broke the world record in squat by lifting 210 kg.
She has been hailed as the strongest woman of all-time in the squat event for lifting 490 pounds, strongest in bench press for lifting 270 pounds and strongest in deadlift with 474 pounds.
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