VIVENCIA SUBIDO is a petite well-turned out athlete from Cebu Institute of Technology, known for its roster of nationally-ranked female athletes. At the 1954 2nd Asian Games in Manila, she reached the finals of the Women’s Javelin Throw and captured the only Bronze medal in that field event with a heave of 123 feet 2 inches. Two Japanese women were ahead of her, Akiko Kurihara (Gold, 144.5 ft. ) and Yasuko Inden (Silver, 139.63 ft.). Her team mate, Francisca Sanopal, placed 5th (118.67 ft.), and she later shifted to the 80 m. low hurdles that allowed her to gain entry to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
In two meets in Formosa in 1953, Subido won Gold medals in Tai Chung and Kao Hsiung. Thirteen years after, in the 1966 Bangkok Asiad, Marcelina Alonso duplicated her feat by winning Bronze in the same field event.
SOURCES:
Progress Magazine, 1955 edition
Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1954_Asian_Games
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