- Marestella Torres
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Marestella Torres (born 20 February 1981) is a Filipino long jumper.
Torres finished fourth at the 2002 Asian Championships and won the silver medal at the 2005 Asian Championships.[1] She also competed at the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final. She also participated in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. In 2009, she surprisingly won the 2009 Asian Championships with a leap of 6.51 metres.
Her personal best jump is 6.71 meters, achieved at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Palembang.
References
- IAAF profile for Marestella Torres
- ^ Asian Championships - GBR Athletics
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- Long jumpers
- Filipino athletes
- Olympic athletes of the Philippines
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian athletics biography stubs
- Filipino sportspeople stubs
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