Marites Burce | |
Birth Name: | Marites Domingo Burce |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1975 |
Country: | Philippines |
Sport: | Para-athletics |
Disability: | Paraplegia |
Disability Class: | F54 |
Show-Medals: | no |
Marites Domingo Burce (born August 15, 1975) is a Filipino para-athlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. She uses a wheelchair due to her disability which was caused by polio.[1] [2] She competes in discus throw, javelin throw and shot put under the F54 classification. She also took part in the 2011 ASEAN Paragames where she won two gold medals.[2]
Burce first took up para-track and field in 2005 in Manila. She start representing the Philippines internationally three years later.[1]
Burce took her studies at the Trinity University of Asia in Quezon City. She also worked for the Tahanang Walang Hagdanan in Rizal, a foundation for the disabled, as a teacher and later as a project coordinator.[1]