Jemyca Aribado

{{Short description|Filipino squash player (born 1993)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|09|21}}

| birth_place = Taguig, Philippines

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| height = 159 cm

| weight = 50 kg

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| coach = Jaime Ortua

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| event = Women's singles

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| highest_ranking = No. 77

| date_of_highest_ranking = January 2019

| current_ranking = No. 91

| date_of_current_ranking = October 2019

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{{MedalSport | Women's squash}}

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{{MedalCompetition | Southeast Asian Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2019 Philippines | Mixed team}}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 Kuala Lumpur | Jumbo doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2019 Philippines | Singles}}

{{MedalBronze | 2019 Philippines | Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Kuala Lumpur | Singles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Kuala Lumpur | Doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Kuala Lumpur | Doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Kuala Lumpur | Team }}

{{MedalBronze | 2015 Singapore | Singles }}

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Jemyca Aribado (born 21 September 1993 in Taguig) is a Filipino professional squash player.{{cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/rankings/world_tour?g=women|title=PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com|access-date=2018-02-22|archive-date=2018-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202071213/https://psaworldtour.com/rankings/world_tour?g=women|url-status=dead}} As of February 2018, she was ranked number 83 in the world.{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/3941-jemyca-aribado|title=Squash Info - Jemyca Aribado|website=www.squashinfo.com}} By August 2017, she became the first Filipino player to break into the top 100 after she rose to rank 98.{{cite news|title=Petite Jemyca the toast of her team|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/squash/2017/08/26/petite-jemyca-the-toast-of-her-team/|accessdate=23 February 2018|work=The Star|publisher=Star Media Group Berhad|date=26 August 2017}}

Career

Aribado's first experience with squash was when she was 5 years old.{{cite news|last1=Wan|first1=Alex|title=Philippines joins the PSA World Tour|url=https://squashmad.com/breaking-news/philippines-joins-psa/|accessdate=23 February 2018|work=Squash Mad|date=6 September 2016}} It was at the age of 12 or 13 when she decided to focus on the sport.

One of the three bronze medals of the Philippines at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games was won by Aribado.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

At the 2016 South East Asian Cup Squash Championship in Myanmar, Aribado along with Yvonne Dalida secured the country's sole gold medal in the tournament by winning the women's jumbo double. She herself won a bronze in the individual event.{{cite news|title=Pinoy squashers confident of golden haul in 2017 SEA Games|url=https://sports.abs-cbn.com/generalsports/news/2016/02/02/pinoy-squashers-confident-golden-haul-2017-sea-games-8461|accessdate=23 February 2018|work=ABS-CBN Sports|date=2 February 2016}} At the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, she and Dalida settled for silver at the women's jumbo double. She won a bronze in the women's single while helped in winning three other bronze medals.

She made her debut in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tour in September 2016. at the PSA China Challenge Cup. She cited political issues with the national association and funding as factors that hindered her from joining the tour.

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