Vanessa Sarno
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Born (2003-09-28) September 28, 2003
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
CountryPhilippines
SportWeightlifting
Event–71 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 108 kg (2023, NR)
  • Clean & Jerk: 141 kg (2023, NR)
  • Total: 249 kg (2023, NR)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Championships 1 1 0
Southeast Asian Games 2 0 0
Total 3 1 0
Representing the  Philippines
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 Tashkent–71 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Jinju–71 kg
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2021 Vietnam–71 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Cambodia–71 kg

Vanessa Palomar Sarno (born September 28, 2003) is a Filipino weightlifter who has competed in the Asian Championships.[1]

Early career and education

Sarno was born on September 28, 2003[2] and is the second of four children. Her parents work as fishers for their family's livelihood.[3] Sarno took up weightlifting after she joined her cousins train in a gymnasium in their home province of Bohol. She then developed a hobby of lifting barbells.[4] She was also influenced to take up the sport at 9 years old by her father, who also competed as a powerlifter in his youth. She also attended the Bohol Institute of Technology in Tagbilaran for her secondary education.[5]

At a young age, she joined the Philippine Sports Commission-organized 2014 Batang Pinoy which was hosted in Bacolod, where she won a gold medal in the -32kg category.[4]

Career

Sarno went on to represent the Philippines in international competitions, joining weightlifting competitions in Indonesia in 2015, and in Thailand in 2018.[5] At the 2019 Asian Youth and Junior Championships in North Korea, she clinched two golds (overall and snatch) and one silver (clean and jerk) in the 71-kg division.[6] She also joined the 2020 IWF Online World Youth Championship hosted by Peru where she won three gold medals (snatch, clean and jerk, and overall) in the 71-kg division.[7]

At the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, which was delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sarno clinched the gold medal in the -71kg category, and also won two small medals; a gold for the clean and jerk and a silver for the snatch. After the tournament, she has been touted by local sports officials as a "successor" of Olympian Hidilyn Diaz and is seen as one of the Filipino contenders to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[8] Although the national weightlifting federation, the Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas, began lobbying for Sarno's entry to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as a wild card.[3][9]

At the 2023 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in India, Sarno clinched three gold medals despite being ill a few days prior competing.[10]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan71 kg95101103512813113142315
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia71 kg909699161251281281022413
Asian Championships
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan71 kg93971012nd place, silver medalist(s)1201241281st place, gold medalist(s)2291st place, gold medalist(s)
2023South Korea Jinju, South Korea71 kg1001051072nd place, silver medalist(s)1261321362nd place, silver medalist(s)2392nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ Navarro, June (April 23, 2021). "Sarno, double regional champ, tagged as Diaz' heir apparent". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Athletes - Vanessa Sarno". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "NSA working on Sarno wild card in Tokyo Olympics". Philippine Daily Inquirer. November 26, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Yumol, David Tristan (May 8, 2021). "Vanessa Sarno relishes gains from 'first love'". CNN Philippines. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Boholana wins 2 golds, 1 silver in Asian weightlifting tilt". The Bohol Chronicle. October 31, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  6. ↑ Lozada, Bong (October 25, 2019). "PH's Vanessa Sarno plucks 2 golds, silver at Asian junior weightlifting tilt". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  7. ↑ Navarro, June (November 18, 2020). "Rising early, Sarno grabs three gold medals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  8. ↑ Navarro, June (April 23, 2021). "Sarno, double regional champ, tagged as Diaz' heir apparent". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  9. ↑ Naredo, Camille (April 27, 2021). "PH weightlifting chief hopes for Olympic wild card for Vanessa Sarno". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  10. ↑ https://sports.inquirer.net/522068/vanessa-sarno-wins-three-golds-in-asian-youth-weightlifting-tilt-despite-recent-illness
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