Mary Joy Tabal

Mary Joy Tabal-Jimenez
Mary Joy Tabal at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Birth nameMary Joy Reyes Tabal
Full nameMary Joy Tabal-Jimenez
NicknameMJ
NationalityFilipino
Born (1989-07-13) July 13, 1989 (age 35)
Cebu City, Philippines[1][2]
EducationSouthwestern University (BS, MPA)
Cebu Technological University (DPA)
Height149 cm (4 ft 11 in)[3]
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
CountryPhilippines
SportTrack and field
EventMarathon
Coached byJohn Philip Dueñas[1][4]
Retired2022
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Personal bestMarathon 2:43:31 (2016) Half Marathon 1:16:29 (2017) [5]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Philippines
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Southeast Asian Games 1 2 0
Total 1 2 0
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur marathon
Silver medal – second place 2019 Philippines marathon
Silver medal – second place 2015 Singapore marathon

Mary Joy "MJ" Reyes Tabal-Jimenez, OLY DPA (born July 13, 1989) is a Filipino marathon runner. She is the first female Filipino marathon runner to qualify for the Olympics, which she has done by running a time of 2:43:29 in the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon in 2016.[6] She placed 124th at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Tabal, a veteran of local and international marathons, made her official debut at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam and has won a silver medal in the women's marathon competition in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, and a gold medal in the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia [1] and won the women's division title in the National Milo Marathon Finals for six straight years, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. She was recognized as the 2016 Athlete of the Year by the Sportswriters Association of Cebu.[7] Tabal and fellow marathon runner Rafael Poliquit Jr. represented the Philippines in the 2016 Boston Marathon in April 2016. She finished 20th overall in the race.[8]

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  2. ^ "Victory party awaits Mary Joy Tabal". Cebu Daily News. June 3, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
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  7. ^ "Mary Joy Tabal named Cebu's Athlete of the Year". MyCebu.ph. April 20, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  8. ^ "Tabal finishes 20th in Boston Marathon". The Philippine Star. April 20, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.

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