Team Philippines 🇵🇭 | Elreen Ando

 

The 25-year old Ando qualified to the Paris Olympic Games after securing one of the top ten weightlifters in the women's 59kg division based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings (OQR).

 

This is Ando's second consecutive appearance in the Summer Olympics following her Tokyo Olympics debut in 2020 where she competed in the women's 64kg division.

 

Ando competed in the World Championships, Asian Games and IWF World Cup. 

 

She is a bronze medalist in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games (64kg), gold medalist in 2023 SEA Games (64kg) and silver medalist in the 2024 Asian Championships (59kg).

 

The competition in the women's 59kg division is on August 8 at around 9pm in the evening (Manila Time).