Elreen Ann Quinilitan Ando (born November 1, 1998) is a Filipino weightlifter.

Career

A native of Carreta,

Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas Regions of the P ...

, Ando became part of the Philippine national weightlifting team after she was scouted by coaches Garry Toleno and former olympian Ramon Solis when she was still a junior high school student at the University of Cebu (UC). As a result, UC then granted her a collegiate scholarship. Ando participated at the

2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships The 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 16 to 25 April 2021. Originally the event was scheduled to take place from 18 to 25 April 2020 but was postponed to 16 to 25 April 2021 because of the COVID-19 pand ...

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

where she clinched three medals: bronze in snatch, silver in the clean and jerk, and another silver for the overall lift. Ando competed in the -64 kg women's weightlifting event of the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. She qualified through the Absolute Continental Ranking. She placed seventh overall, but set new personal bests in the process. On April 3, 2024, Ando qualified for the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

after garnering enough Olympic qualifying ranking following the conclusion of the IWF World Cup in Thailand. She qualified for the 59kg class event at the expense of Filipino Olympic gold medalist

Hidilyn Diaz Hidilyn Francisco Diaz-Naranjo (; born February 20, 1991) is a Filipino World and Olympic champion weightlifter and airwoman, the first Filipino to ever win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines. She is also an Olympic weightlifting reco ...

Major results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ando, Elreen 1998 births Filipino female weightlifters Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines SEA Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines University of Cebu alumni Living people Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cebu City Olympic weightlifters for the Philippines Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games 21st-century Filipino women