Marestella "Mariz" Renido Torres-Sunang OLY (born February 20, 1981) is a Filipino long jumper.
Career Torres-Sunang started long jumping in 1994 in Negros Oriental. Her talent was recognized by her teachers but she often trained on a limited budget, doing jumps on rice husks rather than a proper sand pit.
Torres-Sunang finished fourth at the 2002 Asian Championships and won the silver medal at the 2005 Asian Championships.Asian Championships - GBR Athletics She also competed at the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final. She also participated in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. In 2009, she surprisingly won the 2009 Asian Championships with a leap of 6.51 m.
Her personal best jump of 6.71 m, achieved at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Palembang, is currently the Southeast Asian Games Record.
Torres-Sunang finished 22nd of 32 at the 2012 London Olympic Games, failing to advance to the final.
On April 7, 2016, Torres-Sunang, who came from maternity with the help of her coach and sponsor James Michael Lafferty and nutritionist-wife Carol Lafferty, won the gold medal in the women's long jump event of the 2016 Ayala-PATAFA Philippine National Open Invitationals held at the Philsports Arena. She registered a 6.60 m jump in her 5th attempt, falling 10 centimeters short from the Olympic qualifying standard.
In May 2016, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) formally accepted the nomination made by the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) for the universality slot of Torres-Sunang in the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, the slot was junked after the inclusion of marathon runner Mary Joy Tabal in the Rio-bound Philippine delegation.
In July 2016, Torres-Sunang achieved the Olympic qualifying standard in the Women's Long Jump in the Kazakhstan Open and setting a new national record of 6.72 meters, thus making it into the Rio Olympics. This would be the third straight and the final Olympic appearance for the Filipina long jumper, who is the most senior member of the national contingent.
Personal life She is married to a fellow Filipino athlete, shot putter Eliezer Sunang with who she has a son.
Personal bests (Outdoor) Long Jump : 6.72 m (+0.8 m/s) – Kazakhstan Open, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 4 July 2016 Triple Jump : 12.67 m – Manila, Philippines, 3 June 2004 100 Meters: 12.44 – 2007 World Championships, Osaka, Japan. 26 August 2007 (Indoor) Long Jump : 6.06 m – Aspire Dome, Doha, 13 March 2010
International competitions Representing 2002Asian Athletics ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka3rdLong Jump6.40 m2002Asian GamesBusan, South Korea6th Long Jump6.08 m2003Asian Athletics ChampionshipsManila, Philippines4thLong Jump6.34 m SB2003Afro-Asian GamesHyderabad, India5thLong jump6.29 m2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland15th Long Jump6.46 m2005Asian Athletics ChampionshipsIncheon, South Korea2ndLong Jump6.63 m2005Southeast Asian GamesManila, Philippines1stLong Jump6.47 m2006Asian GamesDoha, Qatar6th Long Jump6.25 m +0.22007Southeast Asian GamesNakhon Ratchasima, Thailand1stLong Jump6.31 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China34thLong jump6.17 m +0.82009Vietnam OpenHanoi, Vietnam1stLong Jump6.45 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany29th Long Jump6.22 m2009Asian Athletics ChampionshipsGuangzhou, China1stLong Jump6.51 m2009Southeast Asian GamesVientiane, Laos1stLong Jump6.68 m2010Asian GamesGuangzhou, China4th Long Jump6.49 m+1.12011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea21stLong Jump6.31 m2011Asian Athletics ChampionshipsKobe, Japan5thLong Jump6.34 m2011Southeast Asian GamesPalembang, Indonesia1stLong Jump6.71 m NR2012Bangkok Asian Grand PrixBangkok, Thailand3rdLong Jump6.37 m2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom22nd Long jump6.22 m2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea -Long JumpNM2015Southeast Asian GamesKallang, Singapore3rdLong Jump6.41 m2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil28thLong jump6.22 m2016Asian Beach GamesDanang, Vietnam3rdLong jump6.22 m2016Asian Indoor Athletics ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar8thLong jump6.03 m2017Asian Athletics ChampionshipsBhubaneswar, India5thLong Jump6.20 m2017Southeast Asian GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia3rdLong Jump6.45 m2018Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia9th Long Jump6.15 m2019Southeast Asian Games Test EventTarlac, Philippines1stLong Jump6.20 m2019Southeast Asian GamesTarlac, Philippines4thLong Jump6.16 m2021Southeast Asian GamesHanoi, Vietnam 7th Long Jump5.92 m
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