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'''Hergie Tao-Wag Bacyadan''' (born November 4, 1994)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bacyadan |first1=Hergie |title=I, Hergie Tao-Wag Bacyadan, stand against the protest of Russian National Team |url=https://www.instagram.com/hergiebacyadan/p/C0RGN8jPc8u/?img_index=5 |website=Instagram |access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref><ref name=olympics24=prof/> is a Filipino boxer and former [[wushu (sport)|wushu]] and [[vovinam]] practitioner who has competed in the women's division in all sports.
'''Hergie Tao-Wag Bacyadan''' (born November 4, 1994)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bacyadan |first1=Hergie |title=I, Hergie Tao-Wag Bacyadan, stand against the protest of Russian National Team |url=https://www.instagram.com/hergiebacyadan/p/C0RGN8jPc8u/?img_index=5 |website=Instagram |access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref><ref name=olympics24=prof/> is a Filipino [[Boxing|boxer]] and [[former]] [[wushu (sport)|wushu]] and [[vovinam]] practitioner who has competed in the women's division in all sports.


He{{Efn|Hergie Bacyadan is a trans man who was assigned female at birth and competes in women's sports; He has not undergone any surgery for his masculine features. He has no stated pronoun preference,<ref name=preview-pronouns>{{Cite web |last=Cabral |first=Katrina Maisie |date=28 June 2024 |title=Hergie Bacyadan Is Ready for His Olympic Dream |url=https://www.preview.ph/culture/hergie-bacyadan-preview-in-focus-june-2024-a5158-20240628-lfrm |access-date=17 July 2024|quote=When I asked him for his pronouns, Hergie left it up to my hands. Despite this, he's assured that he had always felt that he had the heart and mind of a man.|work=Preview}}</ref> although a [[One Sports]] article published through correspondence with Bacyadan's partner asserts he prefers he/him pronouns.<ref name=white>{{cite news |last1=Alba |first1=Katrina |title='White gold': Hergie Bacyadan's sacrifice deserves respect despite sour loss in SEA Games vovinam |url=https://www.onesports.ph/sea-games/article/11840/white-gold-hergie-bacyadan-sacrifice-deserves-respect-despite-sour-loss-in-sea-games-vovinam |access-date=2 June 2024 |work=One Sports |date=11 May 2023 |language=en, fil}}</ref>|name=pronouns}} is the first [[Vovinam World Championships]] gold medalist for the Philippines and a boxer who has qualified for the [[2024 Summer Olympics]].
He{{Efn|Hergie Bacyadan is a trans man who was assigned female at birth and competes in women's sports; He has not undergone any surgery for his masculine features. He has no stated pronoun preference,<ref name=preview-pronouns>{{Cite web |last=Cabral |first=Katrina Maisie |date=28 June 2024 |title=Hergie Bacyadan Is Ready for His Olympic Dream |url=https://www.preview.ph/culture/hergie-bacyadan-preview-in-focus-june-2024-a5158-20240628-lfrm |access-date=17 July 2024|quote=When I asked him for his pronouns, Hergie left it up to my hands. Despite this, he's assured that he had always felt that he had the heart and mind of a man.|work=Preview}}</ref> although a [[One Sports]] article published through correspondence with Bacyadan's partner asserts he prefers he/him pronouns.<ref name=white>{{cite news |last1=Alba |first1=Katrina |title='White gold': Hergie Bacyadan's sacrifice deserves respect despite sour loss in SEA Games vovinam |url=https://www.onesports.ph/sea-games/article/11840/white-gold-hergie-bacyadan-sacrifice-deserves-respect-despite-sour-loss-in-sea-games-vovinam |access-date=2 June 2024 |work=One Sports |date=11 May 2023 |language=en, fil}}</ref>|name=pronouns}} is the first [[Vovinam World Championships]] gold medalist for the Philippines and a boxer who has qualified for the [[2024 Summer Olympics]].

Revision as of 07:10, 9 August 2024

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Tao-Wag and the surname or paternal family name is Bacyadan.

Hergie Bacyadan
Bacyadan competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Birth nameHergie Tao-Wag Bacyadan
National teamPhilippines
Born (1994-11-04) November 4, 1994 (age 30)
Quezon City, Philippines
Home townTanudan, Kalinga
Years active2016–
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
SpouseLady Denily Digo
Sport
CountryPhilippines
SportBoxing, Wushu, Vovinam
Boxing career
Statistics
StanceOrthodox[1]
Boxing record[2]
Total fights14
Wins9
Wins by KO0
Losses5
Medal record
Women's wushu
Representing the  Philippines
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kazan –65 kg
Sanda World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2017 Foshan –65 kg
Women's vovinam
Representing the  Philippines
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Ho Chi Minh –66 kg
SEA Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Cambodia –65 kg

Hergie Tao-Wag Bacyadan (born November 4, 1994)[3][1] is a Filipino boxer and former wushu and vovinam practitioner who has competed in the women's division in all sports.

He[a] is the first Vovinam World Championships gold medalist for the Philippines and a boxer who has qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

Martial arts

Bacyadan is a martial artist who engages in wushu and vovinam.

Wushu

Bacyadan first made it to the Philippine national wushu team in 2016.[6] He took part at the inaugural Sanda Asian Cup in 2017 held in Foshan, China, winning a silver in the 65-kilogram division. At the 2017 World Wushu Championships in Kazan, Russia, he won another silver.[7]

Vovinam

Bacyadan would briefly compete in vovinam, and lost weight as part of his preparation for the vovinam competition at the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia.[5]

Bacyadan competed in the 2023 Vovinam World Championships in the women's combat 66 kg division title and became the Philippines' first vovinam champion, winning against Mariana Abdeenko in the final.[8]

In response, Russia filed a protest calling to nullify the result and issue a ban against Filipino athletes for future competitions, claiming that it was because Bacaydan is a "man". The Philippine federation condemned its Russian counterpart, with Bacaydan affirming that he is eligible to compete as he is "born female" and has not taken male hormones or gender surgery, due to the fact that such procedures would result in disqualification.[9]

Boxing

Bacyadan’s shift to boxing was marked by his participation at the 2019 ASBC Asian Grand Slam Boxing Championships in Xiamen, China as part of his bid to qualify for in the Summer Olympics.[10]

Bacyadan qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris through winning his quota bout at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 against Maryelis Yriza of Venezuela.[11][12]

Bacyadan prefers sparring with cisgender male boxers as part of his practice, which he believes benefits him in women's boxing.[13]

In the 2024 Summer Olympics, Li Qian would eliminate him early via unanimous decision in round 16 of the women's 75 kg (middleweight) division.[14]

Personal life

Bacyadan is a transgender man.[15] He discussed his gender identity in an interview with Preview, acknowledging that he was born as a woman but that his "heart and mind" are that of a man.[16] Despite this, Bacyadan competes in the women’s divisions, as he has not undergone any hormone replacement therapy or surgery which would risk his eligibility.[17]

He has stood by Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yuting of Taiwan who are involved in their own sex verification controversy in the 2024 Summer Olympics. Bacyadan affirmed Khelif and Lin are cis women and are fully qualified to participate and disavowed misinformation in social media that he has called for the ban of the two boxers.[18]

Bacyadan hails from Tanudan, Kalinga[19] and is an Igorot.[20][21][22] Bacyadan is part of the LGBT+ community and describes his sexual orientation as being "attracted to women".[9] Lady Denily Digo a bisexual cis woman whom he married in Utah in the United States in 2022. The couple are also online content creators with a presence on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram.[23]

Notes

  1. ^ Hergie Bacyadan is a trans man who was assigned female at birth and competes in women's sports; He has not undergone any surgery for his masculine features. He has no stated pronoun preference,[4] although a One Sports article published through correspondence with Bacyadan's partner asserts he prefers he/him pronouns.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "BACYADAN Hergie". Olympics.com. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  2. ^ "Boxing record for Hergie Bacyadan". BoxRec.
  3. ^ Bacyadan, Hergie. "I, Hergie Tao-Wag Bacyadan, stand against the protest of Russian National Team". Instagram. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Cabral, Katrina Maisie (June 28, 2024). "Hergie Bacyadan Is Ready for His Olympic Dream". Preview. Retrieved July 17, 2024. When I asked him for his pronouns, Hergie left it up to my hands. Despite this, he's assured that he had always felt that he had the heart and mind of a man.
  5. ^ a b Alba, Katrina (May 11, 2023). "'White gold': Hergie Bacyadan's sacrifice deserves respect despite sour loss in SEA Games vovinam". One Sports (in English and Filipino). Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  6. ^ Austria, Maria Romina (June 2, 2024). "From martial arts to boxing, Bacyadan fulfills Olympic dream". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  7. ^ "2017's sports ups and downs". SunStar baguio. SunStar Publishing Inc. December 30, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  8. ^ Caluag, Randy (November 26, 2023). "Bacyadan wins PH's 1st world vovinam gold". Manila Standard. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  9. ^ a b Caluag, Randy (December 1, 2023). "PH champion assails Russian federation for gender protest". Manila Standard. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  10. ^ "Philippines' Hergie Bacyadan introduced her successful sport change in the first day of the ASBC Asian Grand Slam Boxing Championships". ASBC NEWS. Asian Boxing Confederation. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  11. ^ "Boxing: Hergie Bacyadan punches ticket to Paris Olympics". ABS-CBN News. June 2, 2024. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  12. ^ "Boxer Hergie Bacyadan qualifies for Paris Olympics". GMA News. June 2, 2024. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  13. ^ Demigillo, Kiko (July 29, 2024). "Steadfast Hergie Bacyadan relishes sparring sessions with male boxers in preparation for Paris 2024". One Sports. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  14. ^ Villanueva, Ralph Edwin (July 31, 2024). "Chinese top seed too skilled for Olympic boxing debutant Bacyadan". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  15. ^ Webb, Karleigh (July 31, 2024). "Hergie Bacyadan is trans boxer at the Olympics with 'heart'". OutSports. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  16. ^ Cabral, Katrina Maisie (June 28, 2024). "Hergie Bacyadan Is Ready for His Olympic Dream". Preview. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  17. ^ Bell, Brian C. "Trans boxer Hergie Bacyadan looks for gold at Paris Olympics". OutSports. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  18. ^ Valderrama, Aeron Paul (August 5, 2024). "Bacyadan defends Lin, Khelif, stands by their gender identity amid backlash". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  19. ^ Kinao, Menchie (November 28, 2023). "Kalinga boxer wins first world vovinam gold medal for Philippines". GuruPress Cordillera. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  20. ^ Navarro, June (June 1, 2024). "Buoyed by belief, Hergie Bacyadan nears Paris Olympics slot". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  21. ^ Dioquino, Delfin (June 2, 2024). "Masterful Hergie Bacyadan batters foe to punch Olympic ticket". Rappler. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  22. ^ Fuertes, Rommel Jr. (July 13, 2024). "Paris Olympics: Hergie Bacyadan honors her tribe in quest of boxing gold". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  23. ^ Maru, Davinci (June 30, 2022). "Filipino same-sex couple get married online in Utah". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
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