Rogen Ladon

Rogen Ladon (born November 10, 1993) is a Filipino amateur boxer. He first took up boxing in 2007,[1] and won medals in international tournaments such as the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships and Southeast Asian Games as well as in smaller tournaments such as the 2012 Taipei City Cup and 2011 Hong Kong International Tournament.[1]

Rogen Ladon
Ladon in 2015
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Born (1993-11-10) November 10, 1993
Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines[1]
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Sport
CountryPhilippines
SportBoxing
Event(s)Light flyweight
Coached byPat Gaspi
Nolito Velasco[3]
Medal record
Representing  Philippines
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
AIBA World Boxing Championships 0 0 1
Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 0 1 0
Asian Games 0 1 0
Asian Championships 0 1 1
Southeast Asian Games 1 1 0
Total 1 4 2
AIBA World Boxing Championships
2015 QatarLight flyweight
2016 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament
2015 Qian'anLight flyweight
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–PalembangLight flyweight
Asian Championships
2015 BangkokLight flyweight
2017 TashkentLight flyweight
Southeast Asian Games
2019 PhilippinesFlyweight
2015 SingaporeLight flyweight

Locally, Ladon has won at the Filipino National Open Junior Championships at the 46 kg category winning a bronze at the 2008 edition and a gold at the 2009 edition. He won a gold medal at the 2013 Philippine National Games in the 49 kg category.[1] Ladon was the sparring partner of Mark Anthony Barriga for the 2012 Olympics. He replaced an injured Barriga at the 2013 Asian Championships. His brother Joegin Ladon is also an international boxer.[3]

Ladon has qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics after finishing second at the Asia & Oceania Olympic qualifiers.[4] He also previously attempted to qualify by winning at least a silver at the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships but Ladon only managed to gain a bronze medal.[5]

References
  1. "Rogen Ladon". AIBA. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. "Rogen Ladon". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-03.
  3. "Rogen Ladon". NBColympics.com. NBC. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01.
  4. "Pinoy pug Rogen Ladon qualifies to Rio". Sun Star Davao. 31 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. "Pinoy boxer Rogen Ladon falls short of reaching Olympics". Philippine News Agency. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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