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Palaro pays homage to Ilocos swim legend
The 2025 Palarong Pambansa logo honors Teófilo Yldefonso, the Philippines' first Olympic medalist and a native of Piddig, Ilocos Norte.
A photo of Yldefonso standing with his hands on his hips inspired the pixelated human figure in the logo.
Yldefonso secured two Olympic bronze medals in the 1928 Amsterdam and 1932 Los Angeles Games in the men's 200-meter breaststroke.
He also dominated the Far Eastern Championship Games, winning four gold medals in 1923, 1927, 1930, and 1934.
Yldefonso, a lieutenant in the Philippine Scouts, died at the age of 38 in 1942 at Camp O'Donnell in Capas, Tarlac, after surviving the Bataan Death March.
Former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. posthumously honored Yldefonso with the Presidential Award for Meritorious Service in 1967.
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