First Filipino to Win an Olympic Medal, Honored at the Opening of the 2025 Palarong Pambansa - RMN Networks

Ilocos Norte governor pays tribute to the country's first ever Olympic medalist. During the opening of the Palarong Pambansa 2025 yesterday, Ilocos Norte Governor Mathew Marcos-Manotoc said he hopes Olympian Teofilo Yldefonso, an Ilokano, will be an inspiration to athletes from different parts of the country. The swimmer, who is called the father of modern breast stroke, won bronze medals in the 1928 Amsterdam and 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. The …