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| Birth name | Mary Joy Reyes Tabal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Mary Joy Tabal-Jimenez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | MJ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 13, 1989 Cebu City, Philippines[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Southwestern University (BS, MPA) Cebu Technological University (DPA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 149 cm (4 ft 11 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 45 kg (99 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Marathon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | John Philip Dueñas[1][4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | Marathon 2:43:31 (2016) Half Marathon 1:16:29 (2017) [5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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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Tabalwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Mary Joy Tabal named Cebu's Athlete of the Year". MyCebu.ph. April 20, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ^ "Tabal finishes 20th in Boston Marathon". The Philippine Star. April 20, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.