Lydia de Vega was a renowned Philippine athlete and coach regarded as Asia’s fastest woman in the 1980s. She has twice won both the 100 and 200-meter golds in the Asian Athletics Championships – 1983 and 1987.

Lydia de Vega passed away on August 10, 2022, in Makati, Bulacan, Philippines. She was early diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2018 and had reportedly undergone brain surgery in July 2022.

Lydia de Vega Cause Of Death

Lydia de Vega’s cause of death is cancer which she battled for four years.

Lydia de Vega Age

Lydia de Vega is 58 years old as of 2022.

Lydia de Vega Height

Lydia de Vega stood tall at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.69 m).

Lydia de Vega Parents

Lydia de Vega’s father Francisco Tatang De Vega was her first coach. Not much information is available regarding her mother.

Lydia de Vega Husband

Lydia de Vega was married to Paul Mercado, an entrepreneur and a former engineer at Meralco.

Lydia de Vega Daughter

Lydia de Vega is the mother of three children including Stephanie (Paneng), a former collegiate volleyball player of the DLSU Lady Spikers.

Lydia de Vega Net Worth

Lydia de Vega had an overall net worth of $1.5 million at the time of her death.