Teófilo Yldefonso

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Personal information
Surname: Teófilo E. Yldefonso
Nickname (s): Ilocano Shark
Nation: Philippines 1919Philippines Philippines
Swimming style (s) : Breaststroke
Birthday: November 11, 1902
Place of birth: Piddig , PhilippinesPhilippines 1901Philippines 
Date of death: June 19, 1942
Place of death: Capas , PhilippinesPhilippines 1919Philippines 
Size: 170
Weight: 73
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
Medals

Teófilo E. Yldefonso (born November 11, 1902 in Piddig , † June 19, 1942 in Capas ) was a Filipino swimmer .

biography

Teófilo Yldefonso grew up with two brothers in Piddig , where he taught himself to swim in the Guisit River . He moved to Manila during his childhood and joined the Philippine Scouts in 1922 . In 1923 he took part in swimming competitions for the first time. In 1923, 1927, 1930 and 1934 he started at the Far East Games , the predecessors of the Asian Games . He developed his own style of breaststroke swimming, especially suitable for petite swimmers from Asia, which is why he is also known as the "father of modern breaststroke".

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , Yldefonso won the bronze medal over 200 meters chest . Four years later at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , he was able to win the bronze medal in this discipline again. He was the first Filipino to win an Olympic medal and so far is the only one to have won more than one medal at the Olympic Games (as of 2015) . When he last participated in the Olympics at the Games in Berlin in 1936 , Yldefonso finished seventh in the 200-meter chest competition .

During World War II , Yldefonso served as a sergeant in the Battle of Bataan . After the surrender of the Philippine troops, he fell into Japanese captivity. According to family accounts, Tsuruta Yoshiyuki , who became Olympic champion over 200 m chest in 1928 and 1932 and served as a lieutenant in the Japanese army, is said to have demanded the release of his Filipino competitor. However, Yldefonso previously died in the Capas prison camp because he had not received any medical care.

family

Yldefonso married Manuela Ella on May 7, 1925 and moved with her to Makati . From this marriage there were six children. Daughter Norma Yldefonso also became a swimmer and took part in the Asian Games in 1954 , while the great-grandson Daniel Coakley started as a swimmer at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .

memory

In 2006, a memorial of him was unveiled in Yldefonso's hometown of Piddig. In 2010 he was the only Filipino to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame . His name is on the Wall of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery .

Web links

Commons : Teófilo Yldefonso  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Fallen Hero Sergeant Teofilo Yldefonzo. Retrieved May 23, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Yldefonso inducted to IS Hall of Fame. In: The Manila Times. January 28, 2020, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  3. ^ Bill Grasso et al .: Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement . Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4422-4859-5 , pp. 473 .
  4. ↑ International Swimming Hall of Fame Honorees by Country. In: ishof.org. Retrieved May 23, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ Teofilo Yldefonzo. In: abmceducation.org. Retrieved May 23, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Yldefonso, Teófilo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yldefonso, Teofilo E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Filipino swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Piddig , Philippines
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1942
Place of death Capas , Philippines