Alegado, Amador savor historic 1-2 finish in SEA Games skateboarding

Youngsters Mazel Alegado (right) and Elizabeth Amador (left) completed a gold-silver finish for the Philippines in the 2025 SEA Games women's skateboarding park event. (Photo: POC Media Pool)

Mazel Paris Alegado and Elizabeth Amador rewrote history for the Philippines – and had fun doing it – in the 2025 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Thailand.

On Saturday, December 13, Alegado became the country’s youngest gold medalist in SEA Games history after ruling the women’s skateboarding park event, according to multiple reports. Amador, meanwhile, claimed the silver. Both were just 11 years old.

More than their achievement, the two young skateboarders stressed that they simply enjoyed the moment.

“It was so much fun. Especially meeting all the girls here. And this competition is like the best. It’s like crazy hype. All the audience is like, ‘woo!’ And then, yeah, it’s just crazy, you know?” said Alegado in an interview with One Sports.

While she has been widely reported as the youngest Filipino SEA Games gold medalist, earlier editions of the biennial meet didn't consistently track athletes' ages, establishing her feat as a new benchmark.

Alegado was no stranger to international competitions. At just nine years old, she became the youngest athlete at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, where she reached the finals of the same event and finished seventh among eight competitors.

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Echoing her compatriot, Amador said she felt honored to represent the Philippines on the regional stage.

“I feel like some Filipinos are just like, on the streets, just walking. Like, a lot. And I'm like, ‘I just want to be here just to support the Filipinos. Not for anybody else. Not for like all the people. Just for the Filipinos,” she said.

Both skateboarders trained under Jericho Francisco Jr., who also retained his crown in the men’s division. The 20-year-old skater-coach hoped their success could help open more opportunities for young talents in the country.

“It just shows that us Filipinos can do it and we can be on top. No matter if we have limited resources or not, we can do it. And we can compete with the best,” said Francisco, who was influenced by former Asian Games champion and Olympian Margielyn Didal to take up the sport, as quoted by Manila Bulletin Sports.