Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 22) — Filipino sprint legend Mona Sulaiman passed away Thursday due to a lingering illness. She was 75 years old.
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) confirmed the news on its official Facebook page.
Sulaiman represented the Philippines in the 1960 Rome and 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
The Cotabato-native athlete made her indelible mark at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta where she bagged three gold medals (100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, and 4×100 meter relay) .
Her iconic status was immortalized when she was inducted to the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame last year.
In her retirement, she was hired by the PSC as consultant for the national athletics team.
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