‘I want to educate more people’: Hidilyn Diaz now a PE teacher at UP Diliman

January 20, 2026 – 8:00 AM

Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz at the University of the Philippines in this photo taken by Jefferson Villacruz of the UP Diliman Information Office (Photo from the website of UP Diliman)

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Olympic gold medalist

Hidilyn Diaz

is one step closer to her dream of teaching weightlifting.

University of the Philippines Diliman

reported on Monday, January 19, that the weightlifting icon attended a four-day

Teaching Effectiveness Course (TEC)

on campus in preparation for her teaching stint.

Hidilyn previously joined the

UP College of Human Kinetics (CHK)

as a faculty member, where she is set to teach two

Physical Education

weightlifting sections in the second semester of Academic Year 2025–2026.

UP said the TEC, conducted by the U

P Diliman Office for the Advancement of Teaching

, aims to help new faculty members and teaching assistants enhance their teaching skills.

“Good thing na naka-attend ako nitong TEC. Nagkaroon ako ng idea kung paano iyong magiging approach ko sa pag-handle ng class. I am also thankful for my CHK colleagues’ support, they were there to cheer and help me,” she was

In October 2025, Hidilyn said that “designing a curriculum to promote and spread weightlifting has always been a dream.”

The athlete also said she ventured into teaching because she “wanted to keep learning.”