OBIENA Ernest John

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Games
7	Men's Pole Vault	2018	Indonesia	5.30
Olympic Games
11	Men's Pole Vault	2020	Tokyo, JPN	5.70
World Championships
2	Men's Pole Vault	2023	Budapest, HUN	6.00
3	Men's Pole Vault	2022	Eugene, OR, USA	5.94
Qualification	Men's Pole Vault	2019	Doha, QAT	5.60
Diamond League
1	Men's Pole Vault	2022	Brussels, BEL	5.91
2	Men's Pole Vault	2023	Eugene, OR, USA	5.82
2	Men's Pole Vault	2023	Monaco, MON	5.82
2	Men's Pole Vault	2023	Stockholm, SWE	5.82
2	Men's Pole Vault	2021	Paris, FRA	5.91
3	Men's Pole Vault	2023	Brussels, BEL	5.92
3	Men's Pole Vault	2023	Oslo, NOR	5.81
3	Men's Pole Vault	2020	Rome, ITA	5.80
3	Men's Pole Vault	2020	Monaco, MON	5.70
4	Men's Pole Vault	2021	Zurich, SUI	5.83
4	Men's Pole Vault	2021	Stockholm, SWE	5.82
4	Men's Pole Vault	2019	Doha, QAT	5.46
5	Men's Pole Vault	2021	Lausanne, SUI	5.52
6	Men's Pole Vault	2022	Stockholm, SWE	5.73
9	Men's Pole Vault	2019	Zurich, SUI	5.58
10	Men's Pole Vault	2023	Zurich, SUI	5.60
10	Men's Pole Vault	2021	Brussels, BEL	5.65
NM	Men's Pole Vault	2018	Rome, ITA	NM
World Challenge
8	Men's Pole Vault	2019	Ostrava, CZE	5.41
10	Men's Pole Vault	2019	Berlin, GER	5.50
10	Men's Pole Vault	2018	Ostrava, CZE	5.40
NM	Men's Pole Vault	2018	Braganca Paulista, BRA	NM
Asian Championships
1	Men's Pole Vault	2023	Bangkok, THA	5.91
1	Men's Pole Vault	2019	Doha, QAT	5.71
3	Men's Pole Vault	2017	Bhubaneswar, IND	5.50
South East Asian Games
1	Men's Pole Vault	2023	Phnom Penh, CAM	5.65
1	Men's Pole Vault	2021	Hanoi, VIE	5.46
1	Men's Pole Vault	2019	Capas, PHI	5.45
2	Men's Pole Vault	2015	Singapore, SIN	5.25
4	Men's Pole Vault	2013	Naypyidaw, MYA	4.90
DNS	Men's Pole Vault	2017	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	DNS

EJ (ABS CBN Sports YouTube channel, 28 Oct 2019)

Athlete

Electronic Engineering - University of Santo Tomas, Manila, PHI

English, Filipino

Vitaly Petrov [personal], UKR

His father Emerson represented the Philippines in pole vault, and won bronze medals at the South East Asian Games in 2005 and 2007. In addition, Emerson has served as his coach and as national Filipino pole vault coach. His younger sister Emily Jean has also competed for the Philippines in pole vault, including at the 2017 South East Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His mother Jeanette competed in hurdles at university level. (SportsDeskOnline, 18 Aug 2020; sports, 23 Aug 2017; pinoyathletics, 06 Aug 2017)

In 2017 he tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in his left knee. The injury required surgery and sidelined him for seven months. In January 2022 he had a further operation on the knee to clean up his meniscus and remove a screw. (Instagram profile, 12 Jan 2022; philstar, 29 Mar 2018; thestandard, 27 Mar 2018; sports, 23 Aug 2017)

He took up pole vault at age six. (ABS CBN Sports YouTube channel, 28 Oct 2019)

He was encouraged to take up the sport by his parents, who were both members of the Philippine Pole Vault Club in Manila, Philippines. "I was jumping with my dad and saw how fun it was. I got interested in the fun element of watching people free-falling with the pole after flinging themselves 16 feet into the air." (ABS CBN Sports YouTube channel, 28 Oct 2019; pinoyfitness, 31 May 2015)

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (sports, 23 Feb 2023)

He splits his training between the Philippines and Formia, Italy, where he works with coach Vitaly Petrov. (manilastandard, 07 Aug 2022, 18 Jun 2020)

Coach Vitaly Petrov. (Facebook page, 26 Jan 2022)

"Success is actually a choice." [Stephen Curry] (Facebook page, 24 Aug 2022)

He and skateboarder Margielyn Didal were named flag bearers for the Philippines for the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (HAGOC, 22 Sep 2023)

In 2018 and 2019 he was named Male Athlete of the Year by Filipino athletics website Pinoyathletics. (pinoyathletics, 26 May 2020)