Weena Lim
AKA Amparo Lim
- 1st Filipina Southeast Asian Games bronze medalist (with doubles partner Kennevic Asuncion as the 1st Filipino SEA Games bronze medalist, 1997)
- 1st Filipina badminton Olympian (1996 Women's Singles - Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia)
- 1st Filipina badminton player to achieve the first ever international badminton title for the Philippines (Asian Prince Junior Tournaments in Hong Kong, 1985)
- 1st Filipina to win all badminton matches at the Asian Prince Junior Tournaments in Hong Kong (1985)
QUOTE
“…I think badminton is here to stay because it is an Olympic sport and Filipinos have the potential to excel in it. It will surely peak and come down like all trends eventually do, but I believe it will continue to be popular the way it is in countries like Malaysia and India.”
ALIAS
"Weena"
DATE OF BIRTH
September 9, 1969
FATHER: Jose Lim
MOTHER: Remedios
USEFUL LINKS
Philippine Olympians
Quick Moves
