Japoy Lizardo
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Education
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Career
At 11 years old, Lizardo took up taekwondo, the year later he earned black belt. He joined the Philippine Black Belt contingent, the national team for students pursuing their elementary and high school studies, at age 12. When he was two years older, he joined the Philippine junior national team and began to compete in international tournaments such as the Korean Open and the Asian Junior Championship. By age 18, Lizardo was already a member of the senior national team.[1]
Lizardo first garnered attention at the 2001 Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships where he captured the silver medal in the men's finweight.
He has won three medals (two silvers one bronze) at the senior stage of the Asian Taekwondo Championships and competed in the World Taekwondo Championships in 2007 and 2009.
He ended his competitive career when he quit as a member of the Philippine men's taekwondo team in November 2015 due to his leg injury.[1][2]
Lizardo was among the 14 scholar-athletes who have scholarships from the Olympic Solidarity Movement under the Philippine Olympic Committee.[3]
By 2016, Lizardo now serves as head coach of the Philippine national taekwondo team.[4]
Personal life
He is married with co-taekwondo artist Janice Lagman since May 8, 2016.[5][6] On August 11, 2016, the couple announced on Instagram that they are expecting their first child.[7] They announced the birth of their first child on February 25, 2017.[8]
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External links
- Interview on Japoy Lizardo from World Taekwondo Federation (official website)
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- Living people
- 1986 births
- Star Magic
- Viva Artists Agency
- Filipino male taekwondo practitioners
- Filipino male television actors
- Asian Games bronze medalists in taekwondo
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2006 Asian Games
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
- Asian Games taekwondo practitioners for the Philippines
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines
- SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines
- SEA Games medalists in taekwondo
- Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games
- Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Filipino YouTubers
- National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) players
- 21st-century Filipino sportsmen