Lerma Elmira Bulauitan-Gabito (born 17 October 1974 in Peñablanca, Cagayan

Cagayan

Cagayan , the "Land of Smiling Beauty", is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Tuguegarao City and is located at the northeastern corner of the island of Luzon. Cagayan also includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte...

) is a Filipino

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

er. Her personal best jump is 6.56 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Colombo

Colombo

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She won the silver medal at the 2001 Asian Championships, the bronze medal at the 2003 Asian Championships

2003 Asian Championships in Athletics

The 15th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Manila, The Philippines in 2003.- Men :- Women :- Medal table :-External links:*...

 and finished sixth at the 2005 Asian Championships

2005 Asian Championships in Athletics

The 16th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Incheon, South Korea in 2005.- Men :- Women :- Medal table :- External links :*...

. She also competed at the Olympic Games in 2000

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's long jump

The Women's Long Jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place on Thursday September 29, 2000 and Friday September 29, 2000.-Medalists:-Schedule:*All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time -Abbreviations:...

 and 2004

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Long Jump

The Women's Long Jump event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 25 and August 27.-Medalists:-Schedule:*All times are Eastern European Time -Abbreviations:...

 as well as the World Championships in 2001

2001 World Championships in Athletics

The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America...

 and 2003

2003 World Championships in Athletics

The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Track:...

 without reaching the final.

She was the gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

list in the long jump at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games

Athletics at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games

At the 2003 Southeast Asian Games, the athletics events were held at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam from 7 to 12 December 2003...

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Achievements

Representing the
2003	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	3rd