Jacinto S. Cayco (1924/5 – 17 February 2021) was a Filipino swimmer and referee who competed in the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

. He also had a brother named,

Pedro Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

who competed in the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

. Cayco won two gold medals at the

1951 Asian Games The 1951 Asian Games ( hi, 1951 एशियाई खेल; Marathi: १९५१ आशियाई खेळ), officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. The Game ...

; one at the 200 meters breaststroke event and the other was won with Nurhatab Rajab and Artemio Salamat at the 3x100 medley relay. At the

1954 Asian Games The 1954 Asian Games ( fil, Palarong Asyano 1954), officially known as the Second Asian Games – Manila 1954 was a multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines, from May 1 to 9, 1954. A total of 970 athletes from 19 Asian National Olympic Commi ...

he was captain of the swimming team. At the

1958 Asian Games The 1958 Asian Games, officially the Third Asian Games ( ja, 第3回アジア競技大会) and commonly known as Tokyo 1958, was a multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 May to 1 June 1958. It was governed by the Asian Games Federation. A ...

he won a silver medal at the 4x100 medley relay with three other swimmers. He was also a varsity player of the

University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Miguel ...

swimming team from 1946 to 1953. After his competitive stint as a swimmer he became a referee. As a referee he officiated at the

1981 Southeast Asian Games The 1981 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 11th Southeast Asian Games, was a multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines from 6 to 15 December 1981. This was the first time that the Philippines hosted the Games since its first pa ...

and in national-level competitions such as the

Palarong Pambansa The Palarong Pambansa (Filipino language, Filipino for "National Games") is an annual multi-sport event involving student-athletes from 17 regions of the Philippines. The event, started in 1948, is organized and governed by the Department of Ed ...

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 ...

, and

Batang Pinoy The Philippine Youth Games – Batang Pinoy or simply Batang Pinoy () is the national youth sports competition of the Philippines for athletes under 15 years old. Unlike the Palarong Pambansa a competition for student athletes, the Batang Pinoy a ...

. Cayco was named into the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame on 25 January 2016. He died on 17 February 2021 at the age of 96.

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* 1920s births 2021 deaths Filipino male swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Philippines Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1951 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games University of Santo Tomas alumni Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines Male breaststroke swimmers Year of birth missing Date of birth missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing Philippine Sports Hall of Fame inductees {{Philippines-swimming-bio-stub