Hidilyn Francisco Diaz-Naranjo (; born February 20, 1991) is a Filipino weightlifter and airwoman. She holds two Olympic records in weightlifting for her performance at the women's 55 kg category for weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In her early weightlifting years, she was a bronze medalist in the 2007 SEA Games in

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and achieved 10th place at the

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in the 53-kilogram class. While she was a student and representing

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, she won two golds and one silver in the Asian Youth/Junior Weightlifting Championship held in

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.Hidilyn Diaz
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, where she was the youngest competitor in the women's 58-kg category. In the

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, Diaz won the silver medal in the women's 53-kg weight division, the first Filipino to win a medal in a non-boxing event since 1936 and ending the Philippines' 20-year Olympic medal drought. On July 26, 2021, at the

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for the women's 55 kg category for weightlifting, Diaz won the gold medal for the

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, becoming the first Filipino to ever win an

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. She also set Olympic records for the 55 kg division in the clean and jerk at 127 kg and in the total at 224 kg.

Early life and education

Hidilyn Francisco Diaz is the fifth of six children of Eduardo and Emelita (née Francisco) Diaz. Her father was a

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driver before becoming a farmer and a fisherman. She grew up wanting to be a banker and trying several sports, like basketball and volleyball. Her cousin, Allen Jayfrus Diaz, taught her the basics of weightlifting. Diaz attended the Zamboanga A.E. Colleges (later

; UZ) for her high school studies under a scholarship. In college, she pursued a bachelor's degree in

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at the same school. She then stopped attending the university as a third year irregular student as she found her degree unsuitable for her. She also claimed that it distracted her training. After her success in the 2016 Olympics, Diaz decided to continue her tertiary education and intended to pursue a degree related to sports in

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. In January 2017, Diaz received a scholarship to study business management at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. In 2019, Diaz took a leave of absence from her schooling while she focused on preparation for the Olympics after winning the Asian Games. In 2020, Diaz re-enrolled into online classes because the

were postponed to July 2021 due to the

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. In July 2023, Diaz graduated from Saint Benilde and earned her business management degree. In October 2024, Diaz enrolled in a short

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, the Athlete Career Transition Sports Ethics and Integrity at

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in partnership with the

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Solidarity in Belgium.

Competitive career

First learning weightlifting from her older cousins, Diaz initially lifted using makeshift barbells made of mag wheels or concrete. Prior to high school, Diaz joined the University of Zamboanga's (UZ) extension program to train in weightlifting under her cousin Catalino Diaz who was also her first coach. Elementary students not enrolled in UZ were able to train under the program of Institute of Human Kinetics director Elbert Atilano. She had to do part-time work to fund her transportation to a local gymnasium. Her part-time jobs were selling vegetables and fish and washing jeepneys. Diaz's first competition was the 2002 Batang Pinoy in

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. She went on to compete in various local and national competitions and secured support from the local government. Diaz became part of the Philippine national weightlifting team at age 13.

2008 Summer Olympics

Diaz was selected as a wild card entry to the Beijing Olympics by the Philippine Weightlifting Association in early 2008. This made her the first female weightlifter to compete for the Philippines in the Olympics, and the sixth weightlifter overall (the first being Rodrigo del Rosario competing in 1948 London Olympics). Competing in the women's 58-kg class, 17-year-old Diaz lifted 85-kg in the snatch and 107-kg in the

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for a 192-kg total, breaking the Philippine record that she herself set at the

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. Although she placed second to last in a field of 12 weightlifters, her performance was praised and considered promising for her age.

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Chairman William Ramirez once commented that she competed there to gain valuable experience and predicted that she would be a strong contender in future competitions.

2012 Summer Olympics

Diaz became the first Filipina weightlifter to compete in two consecutive Olympics, by qualifying in the women's weightlifting under 58 kg through the Continental and World Qualifying Tournaments. She was ranked ninth in her event heading to the Olympics. During the

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, Diaz was chosen to be the flagbearer during the Opening Ceremony.Hidilyn Diaz
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. sports-reference.com She was coached by Tony Agustin, and they projected a 225 kg lift, above her personal best of 219 kg. She successfully lifted a personal best of 97 kg in the snatch, 12th best among the 19 competitors. However her 118 kg clean and jerk was unsuccessful after three attempts. She was one of two competitors (along with Lina Rivas of

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) to end with an official result of "Did not finish" (DNF) in the event.

2015 to 2016 season

Diaz weighed around 56.28 kg during her first Olympic campaign, making her the lightest among competitors. Come the 2012 Olympics, she had increased her weight to 57.70 kg but still struggled making it to the top half of the competition. Trying to improve her chances of landing a podium finish at the

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, Diaz decided to drop weight from under 58 kg to under 53 kg. This proved to be effective as she won the gold medal in the 1st Southeast Asian Weightlifting Championship in Bangkok. In that competition, she managed to lift a 98 kg snatch and a 115 kg clean and jerk for a 213 kg total. The same mark was also good for 4th place later on in the 2012 London Olympics. In the Asian Weightlifting Championships, Diaz won both a gold medal in 2015 and a bronze medal in 2016. She also earned three bronze medals for the clean, jerk and snatch events in the 53 kg division of the IWF World Weightlifting Championship held in

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, on November 22, 2015, to claim a spot in the

. In March 2016, Diaz dominated the women's 58 kg event of the 2015-16 Philippine National Games National Finals held at Lingayen Town Plaza,

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, with a 92 kg snatch and 120 kg clean and jerk (new personal best) combined into 212 kg.

2016 Summer Olympics

In the

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, Diaz competed in her 3rd consecutive Olympics in the women's 53kg weightlifting category with the intention of at least winning a bronze medal. Diaz surpassed her own personal target and won the silver medal at the event, after successfully clinching a lift of 88 kg in her second attempt in snatch event (placed 6th) and 111 kg and 112 kg in the first and second attempts in the clean and jerk event (placed 2nd). This was the first medal for the Philippines in the Summer Olympics after 20 years. This was also the first non-boxing medal for the nation since

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. Aside from being the first Filipina weightlifter to compete in three consecutive Olympics, she also became the first Filipino woman and the second person from Zamboanga and Mindanao to win an Olympic medal (after Simeon Toribio, bronze medal winner of men's high jump in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games). On August 8, 2016, she returned to her hometown, Zamboanga City and was welcomed as a hero of the city. From receiving numerous incentives from the Philippine president,

and her local city, she was able to buy land for her sibling and for her gym.

2018 Asian Games

Diaz participated in the women's 53 kg event in the

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. Two months prior to the Asian Games, she recruited Gao Kaowen who was previously coach of the Chinese national women's army team. In the women's 53 kg in the 2018 Asian Games, Diaz had a total lift of 207 kg, beating

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's Kristina Shermetova (206 kg) and

's Surodchana Khambao (201 kg) to deliver the Philippines' first gold in the 2018 games, as well as being the first Filipino weightlifter of any gender to win a gold medal in the

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2019–20 season

After winning a bronze in the 2017 World Championships, Diaz again won a bronze in the 2019 edition of the same event. She also won a silver in the 2019 Asian Championship, and another gold in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in Manila. In January 2020, Diaz won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.

2020 Summer Olympics

On July 26, 2021, Diaz won a gold medal at the

in Tokyo. This was the first ever gold medal won by a Filipino athlete since the country's first appearance in the Olympics in 1924. She set new Olympic weightlifting records by lifting 127 kg in the clean and jerk and lifting a total weight of 224 kg. Diaz's achievements at the 2020 Summer Olympics were impressive, as she was previously stranded in

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from February 2020 until July 2021, due to travel restrictions imposed by governments to contain the

. Based on guidance by her coach, Gao Kaiwen, Diaz initially went to train in Malaysia in February 2020 because Gao thought it would be better for her as she focused on qualifying for Tokyo. However, once Malaysia implemented its Movement Control Order in April 2020, which closed gyms within the capital region of

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(

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), she improvised by using bamboo sticks and large water bottles as makeshift weightlifting equipment. In October 2020, she relocated to the southern coastal state of

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where they had been living in a house owned by a Malaysian weightlifting official in Jasin. The Malaysian government then implemented periodic restrictions on gyms and sporting activities within 2021 (to reduce social interaction and contain the spread of the coronavirus), forcing her to work out in the house's sweltering open-air carport in the immediate months prior to the 2020 Summer Olympics. Diaz also struggled with her mental health during this ordeal, especially with the postponement of the 2020 Olympics, and credited her team, including sports psychologist Dr. Karen Katrina Trinidad and Project: Steady with trauma therapist Gang Badoy Capati for her well-being. She also kept busy during her training overseas during COVID-19 lockdown by cooking, attending meetings, and studying. In recognition of winning the first gold medal for the Philippines at any Olympic Games, she was awarded PHP 35.5 million (approximately US$660,000) along with a house and a lot. The financial and asset awards, were jointly given by both the national government and tycoons from the private sector. Under Philippine law, the

guarantees a 10 million-peso incentive for every Olympic gold medal per Republic Act 10699.

2022

On May 20, 2022, Diaz won her second gold medal win during the 31st Southeast Asian Games. In December of that year, she won the gold medal in the women's 55kg event at the

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held in Bogotá, Colombia. In that same month, she was also elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission.

2023

Diaz would move up to the -59 kg weight class after the -53 kg and -55 kg classes were not included in the weightlifting program for the

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in Paris. She made her competitive debut in the 59kg division at the

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in South Korea. She placed 4th by lifting a total of 221 kg.

2024

Diaz failed to qualify for the

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after failing to finish among the top ten in the IWF Olympic Qualification Ranking and was beaten by fellow Filipino Elreen Ando in the 59 kg class following the conclusion of the

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in Thailand. In December 2024, Diaz has considered attempting to qualify for the

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in Olympics.

Major results

Military career

Diaz was recruited into the

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(PAF) through the military arm's Direct Enlistment Program in 2013. She was initially assigned to the Air Force Special Service Group. She was also given an Air Force Specialty Code skill in recreation in weightlifting. In 2014, she was given a promotion from the rank of Airwoman to Airwoman Second Class. Diaz was also a recipient of a Military Merit Medal for organizing PAF events and a Presidential Citation Unit Badge. When Diaz was training for her stint at the 2016 Summer Olympics, she was assigned to PAF Personnel Management Center on a temporary basis. For her achievement at the Olympics, she was given a promotion by the PAF. The extent of the promotion was initially not disclosed but it was later reported that Diaz was promoted to the rank of Airwoman First Class. Diaz was consecutively promoted to the rank of Sergeant after the 2018 Asian Games. On July 27, 2021, following Diaz's success in competing for the gold medal in the

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, Lt. Gen. Allen Paredes, the Philippine Air Force's commanding general, approved Diaz's promotion from Sergeant, to

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Personal life

Diaz is a devout

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and credits her faith with inspiring her athletic achievements. She wore a

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at the 2020 Olympic medaling ceremony, which she said is "a sign of our prayers and faith in Mama Mary and Jesus Christ." Diaz is married to Julius Naranjo, a former weightlifter who competed for Guam in international competitions and a professional weightlifting coach, a strength and conditioning coach, and filmmaker at the

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. Naranjo had become her coach, and they were wed in

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, on July 26, 2022.

Hidilyn Diaz Weightlifting Academy

In July 2024, Diaz inaugurated her Hidilyn Diaz Weightlifting Academy in

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, including the academy's training programs and the HDWLA Outreach Program. The 108-square meter single-storey training facility is built upon her 7,000-square meter lot in Sitio Manggahan, Barangay Second District. It is equipped with four platforms.

Inclusion in alleged ouster plot matrix

In April 2019, Diaz was listed among those allegedly involved in an ouster plot against president Rodrigo Duterte, as presented by

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who was Presidential Spokesperson at the time. She initially found the allegation laughable, and numerous government officials came to her defense, saying the inclusion of her name and that of fellow athlete

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was ridiculous, but Diaz eventually came to the realization that the inclusion of her name was a threat to her safety and that of her family. Panelo later backtracked on the inclusion of Diaz and Ho's names, saying they were not part of the alleged conspiracy.

In popular media

Diaz's life leading to her silver medal win in the 2016 Summer Olympics was depicted in an episode of ''

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'', a drama anthology series, aired on September 24, 2016. She was portrayed by

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Awards and recognitions

On February 14, 2017, Diaz was awarded as the

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of the Philippine Sportswriters Association. She is also the recipient of two honors from the

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; the Congressional Medals of Distinction (CMD) in 2016 and the Congressional Medal of Excellence (CME) in 2021. The CME, intended for Filipino Olympic gold medalists, was instituted by the Congress' lower house after Diaz won the first ever gold medal for the country in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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