Amaya Cojuangco just rewrote the Philippine archery record book.
𝗡𝗢 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗, 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗔 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗥!
The veteran archer delivered a landmark performance at the 20th Asian Games in Japan, capturing the Philippines’ first-ever silver medal in archery after a thrilling gold-medal match at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square.
More importantly, Cojuangco became the first Filipino archer to reach an Asian Games gold-medal match—a feat that had eluded the country for decades.
She went toe-to-toe with Indonesia’s Nurisa Dian Ashrifah, splitting the first four ends before the Indonesian archer edged the deciding fifth end, 29-27, to win by just 139-137.
That two-point margin says everything about how close this battle was.
Cojuangco’s road to the final was just as impressive. She dominated Iran’s Bita Asheghzadeh Oskouei, 146-135, firing three perfect 30-point ends, before surviving South Korea’s Park Jungyoon, 142-141, in a nail-biting semifinal.
A silver medal? Absolutely.
But this feels bigger than silver.
Cojuangco has now pushed the ceiling of Philippine archery higher than ever before, surpassing the bronze won by Paul Marton Dela Cruz in 2014 as the country’s best-ever Asian Games finish in the sport.
THE PHILIPPINES HAS ARRIVED IN ASIAN GAMES ARCHERY.
And Amaya Cojuangco just made sure history will remember it.
