Agustin Kitan

Agustin Podes Kitan is a Filipino powerlifter who has competed at the Summer Paralympics.

Early life Kitan was born on August 6, 1976 in Baguio, Philippines though he is a native of Bauko, Mountain Province. He acquired an orthopedic impairment due to poliomyelitis.

Career Agustin Kitan took up the sport of powerlifting in 1996.

Kitan returned to the Summer Paralympics in the 2012 edition. He competed in the -52kg event but failed to record any mark. At the 2014 Asian Para Games he lifted 150 kg in the -59 kg event and was ranked 7th. He competed again in the Paralympics in 2016, now in the -59 kg event and finished 7th after lifting 145 kg. This result was best result so far. He then competed at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Mexico. He finished 1st among 7 competitors in Group C of the -65 kg event though he was 14th among 22 athletes in the final ranking.

Personal life Agustin is married to Marivic with whom he has two sons.