Mary Joy Reyes Tabal is a Filipino marathon runner who placed 124th at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She is the first female Filipino marathon runner to qualify for the Olympics, which she has done by running a time of 2:43:29 in the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon in 2016.
Tabal, a veteran of local and international marathons, has won a silver medal in the women's marathon competition during the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore. She also won a gold medal in the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the women's division title in the National Milo Marathon Finals for six straight years - 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Tabal also represented the Philippines in the 2016 Boston Marathon in April 2016 where she finished 20th overall in the race.
On the first day of the 29th Southeast Asian Games held on August 19, 2017, Tabal won the country's first gold medal after dominating the 42km women's marathon event with an official time of 2 hours, 48 minutes and 26 seconds.
Tabal, a veteran of local and international marathons, has won a silver medal in the women's marathon competition during the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore. She also won a gold medal in the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the women's division title in the National Milo Marathon Finals for six straight years - 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Tabal also represented the Philippines in the 2016 Boston Marathon in April 2016 where she finished 20th overall in the race.
On the first day of the 29th Southeast Asian Games held on August 19, 2017, Tabal won the country's first gold medal after dominating the 42km women's marathon event with an official time of 2 hours, 48 minutes and 26 seconds.
GAMES
2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro