Celso "Cito" Limjuco Dayrit (December 11, 1951 – April 28, 2021[1]) was a Filipino fencer and sports executive who served as President of the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Fencing Confederation of Asia.
[2] Shortly after graduating from college Dayrit served managerial positions in the banking industry.
[4] He also became the President of the Fencing Confederation of Asia in 2005, leading the continental sports body until his death in 2021.
[8] Dayrit published a book entitled The Olympic Movement in the Philippines in 2003; which could serve as a reference for national sports association officials.
In 1999, he became the first Filipino to serve as head of the SEA Games Federation Executive Committee.
[2] The Philippine Sportswriters Association conferred on Dayrit a leadership award two times and he is an inductee of the De La Salle Sports Hall of Fame.
[10] Dayrit died on April 27, 2021, due to complications arising from COVID-19, amidst a pandemic of the disease.