(ManilaTimes) Hidilyn Diaz, the lone Filipino Olympic gold medalist, has graduated from college with a degree in Business Administration major in Management at the De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde.
Diaz announced her graduation over her social media pages on Saturday, July 22, posting pictures of her during the graduation ceremony.
“I never thought that this would be a tear-jerker. Not an ordinary day,” wrote Diaz in Filipino.
“It took 16 years, I’ve shifted courses, made school transfers, filed LOA (leave of absence) because it’s hard to juggle my weightlifting duties and studies.”
Diaz, 32, said she didn’t know she could pull this off considering how busy she had been preparing for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Now that she’s able to prove that it’s possible, Diaz, the only Filipino athlete with a gold medal in the Southeast Asian Games, Asian Games, Olympics, and World Championships, said that fellow student-athletes and even those who stopped schooling can finish their education as well… Read More
