Adeline Dumapong

Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta (born December 13, 1973) is a Filipina retired Paralympic powerlifter.

[4] Dumapong took up powerlifting in 1997 due to the encouragement of her male friends since she has a stocky build.

She was also offered free training under Coach Ramon Debuque of the Zest Power Gym.

[7] Outside of competing, Dumapong has also joined Philippine Paralympic Committee President Mike Barredo in Congressional hearings to advocate for incentives and pay for para-athletes to be matched to their abled-bodied counterparts.

[9] After the 2000 Paralympics, Dumapong played and worked with a rondalla, an ensemble of stringed instruments composed of musically-inclined youth with disabilities.