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Haydee Coloso-Espino, PH's greatest female swimmer, dies at 83

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Haydee Coloso-Espino during her heydays. From the PSI" s="" Facebook="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/sports/08/13/haydee-coloso-espino.jpg"/><figcaption>Haydee Coloso-Espino during her heydays. <em>From the PSI&#x27;s Facebook page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Haydee Coloso-Espino, considered as the Philippines&#x27; greatest female swimmer, passed away on Thursday.</p><p>She was 83.</p><p>Coloso-Espino, once nicknamed “Asia&#x27;s Swim Queen,&quot; racked a total of 10 medals from the 1954 Asian Games, 1958 Asian Games and 1962 Asian Games. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/23/21/filipino-olympian-profile-luke-gebbie-hopes-to-show-competitiveness-of-ph-swimmers">Filipino Olympian profile: Luke Gebbie hopes to show competitiveness of PH swimmers</a></li></ul><p>In those exploits, she won three gold, five silver, and two bronze medals. </p><p>Coloso-Espino was inducted into the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.</p><p>Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI), the country&#x27;s governing body in competitive swimming, described Coloso-Espino as a trailblazer.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/02/21/pinoy-swimmers-remedy-rule-luke-gebbie-going-to-olympics-ph-swim-body-confirms">Pinoy swimmers Remedy Rule, Luke Gebbie going to Olympics, PH swim body confirms</a></li></ul><p>&quot;The Asian Games multi-medalist and Rome 1960 Olympic Games campaigner was the first to show Asia that the Filipino woman is a force to be reckoned with collecting ten medals at the Asian Games, among them 3 gold medals,&quot; said PSI in their Facebook page. </p><p>&quot;It is with great sadness that we learned of her passing yesterday, August 12, 2021. We offer our condolences to the family. <br/>We will strive to uphold the legacy of the &#x27;Asian Swim Queen&#x27; in the work that we do at PSI.&quot; </p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rqVvXvIce2M?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Haydee Coloso-Espino, considered as the Philippines' greatest female swimmer, passed away on Thursday.