EJ Obiena: List of World Championships, Asian Games, and SEA Games medals

Olympian and pole vaulter EJ Obiena remained the king of Asian pole vault as he ruled the event at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Tuesday.

Obiena, the Asian record holder, cleared 5.91 meters to reset the Asian Games record, breaking the 5.90-meter mark he set at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023.

Here are Obiena’s medals from major international competitions:

World Championships

2023 Budapest — Silver (6.00 meters)
2022 Eugene — Bronze (5.94 meters)

Asian Games

2026 Aichi-Nagoya — Gold (5.91 meters — Asian Games record)
2022 Hangzhou — Gold (5.90 meters)

Asian Championships

2023 Bangkok — Gold (5.91 meters)
2025 Gumi — Gold (5.77 meters)
2019 Doha — Gold (5.71 meters)
2017 Bhubaneswar — Bronze (5.50 meters)

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

2026 Tianjin — Gold (5.70 meters)

Southeast Asian Games

2025 Thailand — Gold (5.70 meters)
2023 Cambodia — Gold (5.65 meters)
2021 Vietnam — Gold (5.46 meters)
2019 Philippines — Gold (5.45 meters)
2015 Singapore — Silver (5.25 meters)

—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA News