Mary Joy Tabal

{{short description|Filipino marathon runner (born 1989)}}

{{Philippine name|Reyes|Tabal|Jimenez|married=yes}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Mary Joy Tabal

| image = Mary Joy Tabal Rio2016.jpg

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| caption = Mary Joy Tabal at the 2016 Olympics

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| nationality =

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| birth_name = Mary Joy Reyes Tabal

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|7|13}}

| birth_place = Cebu City, Philippines{{cite news|url=http://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/94981/victory-party-awaits-mary-joy-tabal|title=Victory party awaits Mary Joy Tabal|publisher=Cebu Daily News|date=June 3, 2016|accessdate=September 9, 2016}}

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| spouse = {{marriage|Hector Dan Jimenez|2022}}

| children = 1

| height = 149 cm

| weight = 45 kg

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| sport = Athletics

| event = Marathon

| pb = Marathon 2:43:31 (2016) Half Marathon 1:16:29 (2017)

| club =

| coach = John Philip Dueñas

| education = Southwestern University (BS, MPA)
Cebu Technological University (DPA)

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| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry|{{PHI}}}}

{{MedalCount

|Southeast Asian Games|1|2|0

|Total|1|2|0

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{{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Kuala Lumpur|marathon}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Philippines|marathon}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Singapore|marathon}}

| module = {{Infobox military person

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| allegiance = {{flag|Philippines}}

| unit = lieutenant commander

| branch = 25px Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary

| serviceyears = 2020–present

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Mary Joy "MJ" Reyes Tabal-Jimenez OLY (born July 13, 1989) is a Filipino marathon runner. She is the first female Filipino marathon runner to qualify for the Olympics, which she has done by running a time of 2:43:29 in the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon in 2016. She placed 124th at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Tabal, a veteran of local and international marathons, made her official debut at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam and has won a silver medal in the women's marathon competition in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, and a gold medal in the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and won the women's division title in the National Milo Marathon Finals for six straight years, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. She was recognized as the 2016 Athlete of the Year by the Sportswriters Association of Cebu.{{cite news|url=http://mycebu.ph/article/mary-joy-tabal-cebu-athlete-year/|title=Mary Joy Tabal named Cebu’s Athlete of the Year|publisher=MyCebu.ph|date=April 20, 2016|accessdate=July 8, 2016}} Tabal and fellow marathon runner Rafael Poliquit Jr. represented the Philippines in the 2016 Boston Marathon in April 2016. She finished 20th overall in the race.{{cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2016/04/20/1574876/tabal-finishes-20th-boston-marathon|title=Tabal finishes 20th in Boston Marathon|publisher=The Philippine Star|date=April 20, 2016|accessdate=July 8, 2016}}