Marites Burce

Filipino para-athlete (born 1975)

Marites Burce

Personal information

Birth name| Marites Domingo Burce
Born|  (1975-08-15) August 15, 1975 (age 49)
Sport
Country| Philippines
Sport| Para-athletics
Disability| Paraplegia
Disability class| F54

Medal record

Women's para-athletics
Representing the  Philippines
| Event  | 1st | 2nd | 3rd

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ASEAN Para Games | 0  | 1  | 2
Total  | 0  | 1  | 2
ASEAN Para Games
| 2023 Cambodia | Javelin throw F54
| 2023 Cambodia | Shot put F54
| 2022 Surakarta | Shot put F54

Marites Domingo Burce (born August 15, 1975) is a Filipino para-athlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. She uses a wheelchair due to her disability which was caused by polio.[1][2] She competes in discus throw, javelin throw and shot put under the F54 classification. She also took part in the 2011 ASEAN Paragames where she won two gold medals.[2]

Burce first took up para-track and field in 2005 in Manila. She start representing the Philippines internationally three years later.[1]

Burce took her studies at the Trinity University of Asia in Quezon City. She also worked for the Tahanang Walang Hagdanan in Rizal, a foundation for the disabled, as a teacher and later as a project coordinator.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Marites Burce - Athletics : Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
2. ^ a b Leyba, Olmin (21 July 2012). "Burce earns berth in London Paralympics". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

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