Simeón Toribio

Simeon Galvez Toribio (September 3, 1905 – June 5, 1969) was a Filipino high jumper and politician.

Early life and education Toribio studied at Silliman University.

Athletics career He competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1932. In 1928, he cleared the same height as the silver and bronze medalists Benjamin Hedges and Claude Ménard, but lost the jump-off and placed fourth.

According to author Jorge Afable, Toribio could have won the gold medal, if not only for the "call of nature". It was a grueling four-hour competition to jump over the bar raised at six feet and six inches high. Toribio, who once made the jump, failed to overcome it the second time because he was distressed by call of nature.

Also in 1930, he was awarded the title "Asia’s Greatest Athlete".

Toribio later became a civil engineer.