Samuel Alegada (born 4 August 1962) is a Filipino

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. Alegada later became a coach for the weightlifting national team of the Philippines. He was also the holder of men's 56kg Philippine national record which he set by lifting 115 kilograms at the

1991 Southeast Asian Games The 1991 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 16th Southeast Asian Games, was a multi-sport event held in Manila, the Philippines from 24 November to 3 December 1991, with 28 sports featured in the games. This was the second time that ...

in Manila until it was broken by

Nestor Colonia Nestor Landag Colonia (born February 16, 1992) is a flyweight weightlifter from the Philippines. He won the 2015 Asian Championships and placed third in the clean and jerk at the 2015 World and 2016 Asian Championships. He qualified for the 2 ...

's 116 kilogram-lift at the 2011

Philippine National Games The Philippine National Games (PNG) officially known as the POC- PSC Games is a national multi-sport tournament in the Philippines. It was created as a means to determine the possible composition of national pool athletes that will compete in int ...

in Bacolod.

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* 1962 births Living people Filipino male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for the Philippines Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Filipino people {{Philippines-weightlifting-bio-stub