Nestor Landag Colonia (born February 16, 1992) is a flyweight weightlifter from the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. He won the 2015 Asian Championships and placed third in the

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

at the 2015 World and 2016 Asian Championships. He qualified for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He is coached by his uncle

Gregorio Colonia Gregorio Colonia (born May 9, 1963) is a retired flyweight weightlifter from the Philippines who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as ...

, who competed at the 1988 Olympics. Airman 2nd Class Colonia is also part of the

Philippine Air Force The Philippine Air Force (PAF) ( tgl, Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, , Army of the Air of the Philippines) ( es, Ejército Aérea del Filipinas, , Ejército de la Aérea de la Filipinas) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forc ...

weightlifting team, together with

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 ...

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1992 births Living people Filipino male weightlifters People from Zamboanga City Sportspeople from Zamboanga City Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of the Philippines Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the Philippines Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games World Weightlifting Championships medalists Competitors at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games 21st-century Filipino people {{Philippines-weightlifting-bio-stub