Breanna Labadan

Breanna Labadan
Labadan in 2024
Nickname(s)Bree
Country represented Philippines
Born (2006-07-13) 13 July 2006 (age 18)
Butuan, Philippines
DisciplineRhythmic Gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team2019-
Head coach(es)Dora Vass

Breanna Labadan (born 13 July 2006) is a Filipina rhythmic gymnast.[1] She is the first gymnast from the Philippines to compete at the Rhythmic World Championships.

Personal life

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Her father, Arnold Labadan, led the Filipino rhythmic gymnastics delegation at the 2018 Vitrigo Cup International Competition in Kuala Lumpur. He has also served as chairman of the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines Athletes and Coaches Committee.[2] Labadan took up gymnastics at age seven in Butuan after her parents enrolled her in a local club.[3] In 2017 she began training with coach Dora Vass in Hungary, and she has also spent time competing on the European rhythmic gymnastics circuit.[4][5]

Career

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In 2019 Labadan was the Filipina representative at the First Junior Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow along with Jessica Rayne Tijam. She was 39th with ball and 48th with clubs.[6]

In 2022 she made her senior international debut at the World Championships in Sofia. She was the first rhythmic gymnast from her country to attend the competition.[7] She finished 66th in the all-around, 60th with hoop, 75th with ball, 76th with clubs and 59th with ribbon.[8]

The following year, at the 2023 Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, she was 9th in the all-around and 8th with ball.[9][10] She was selected for the World Championships along with Daniela Reggie Dela Pisa. There she ended 56th in the all-around, 48th with hoop, 60th with ball, 59th with clubs and 41st with ribbon.[11] At the Asian Games, she finished 12th in the all-around.[12]

She finished 10th in the all-around at the 2024 Asian Championships.[13]

Achievements

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References

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  1. ^ "LABADAN Breanna - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  2. ^ "Arnold Labadan new chairman of the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines Athletes and Coaches Committee". facebook.
  3. ^ "Sports5 Interview". facebook.
  4. ^ "Gymnastics: Pinay rhythmic gymnasts strike gold in Hungarian tilt".
  5. ^ Sambatyon, Eldan (2019-11-18). "Teenage gymnasts from Butuan, Cebu win 5 Golds in victorious 3-country European campaign". Good News Pilipinas. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  6. ^ "2019 Junior Worlds Result Book". longinestiming.
  7. ^ a b Valderrama, Aeron Paul (15 September 2022). "Breanna Labadan opens Rhythmic Gymnastics Worlds campaign". Tiebreaker Times.
  8. ^ "2022 World Championships Result Book". longinestiming.
  9. ^ "Senior All-Around Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Association of the Philippines, Asian Gymnastics Union. 2 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Final. Ball. Seniors" (PDF). Gymnastics Association of the Philippines, Asian Gymnastics Union. 3 June 2023.
  11. ^ "2023 World Championships Result Book" (PDF). gym.longinestiming.com.
  12. ^ "Individual All-Around Finals" (PDF). 2022 Asian Games. October 7, 2023.
  13. ^ "15th Senior Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships". sportvokrug.ru. Retrieved 2024-06-12.