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Hontiveros files resolution to honor Nesthy Petecio, the first Filipina Olympic boxing medalist
Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed Senate Resolution No. 822 to honor Nesthy Petecio for winning a silver medal in the Women s Featherweight Division at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Petecio is the first Filipina boxer to place in the Olympics. This will also be the first time in 89 years that the country will bring home more than one medal. Babae, sakalam! Filipinas making history twice in a row comes as no surprise. We are made of tough stuff. Hidilyn showed us it was possible, and Nesthy showed us that it s just who we are. Nesthy punched through the glass ceiling for so many Filipino girls and members of the LGBQIA+ community who dream to represent us in the world s greatest sporting event, she said.
Published August 4, 2021, 3:13 PM
Senator Risa Hontiveros is seeking to honor Filipino athlete Nesthy Petecio after bagging a silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Hontiveros filed Senate Resolution No. 822 to commend Petecio “for making history as the first Filipina boxer to win an Olympic silver medal”.
Silver medallist Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio poses on the podium with her medal after the women’s feather (54-57kg) boxing final bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (Luis ROBAYO/POOL/AFP)
“Babae, sakalam! Filipinas making history twice in a row comes as no surprise. We are made of tough stuff. Hidilyn showed us it was possible, and Nesthy showed us that it’s just who we are,” said Hontiveros, who also chairs the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, said in a statement on Wednesday, August 4.
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