{{Short description|Filipina Paralympic sailor}} {{Multiple issues| {{Original research|date=December 2021}} {{BLP self-published|date=December 2021}} }} {{use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Cherrie Pinpin | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Cherrie Samonte Pinpin | nickname = Cherry | nationality = Filipino | country = Philippines | sport = Sailing | club = Taal Lake Yacht Club | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|10|27|mf=y}} | birth_place = Quezon City | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | coach = Peter Tablate | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport |Sailing}} {{MedalCountry|{{PHI}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Para World Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2017 Kiel | Women's Hansa 303}} {{MedalCompetition|ASEAN Para Games}} {{MedalSilver | 2015 Singapore | Women's Hansa 2.3}} }} '''Cherrie "Cherry" Samonte Pinpin''' (born October 27, 1962),<ref name=aseanpara15>{{cite web |title=Official Results Publication Sailing: 8th ASEAN Para Games |url=https://www.myactivesg.com/-/media/SSC/Consumer/Images/ASEANPARAGAMES/The-Games/results/Sailing-RB-V13.pdf?la=en&hash=3A89CD092553A7A41BD81FD7FC1232CDD44C1176 |website=Active SG |publisher=Singapore Sports Council (Sports Singapore) |access-date=4 September 2021 |pages=22, 46}}</ref> is a Filipina Paralympic sailor who crewed in the SKUD 18 Two-Person Keelboat class, Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Beijing.<ref name=worldsailing>{{cite web |title=Sailor Biography: Cherrie Pinpin |url=https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/sailors/biog.php?memberid=91538&js=1 |website=World Sailing |access-date=4 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cherry Pinpin - Sailing {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/cherry-pinpin |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=4 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life== Cherrie Samonte Pinpin was born in Quezon City on October 27, 1962. A below knee osteosarcoma developed starting age 9 so by age 11, she elected for an above-knee amputation to halt the spread of cancer.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} She attended the UP Integrated School, Diliman, Quezon City but graduated as a Visual Arts scholar from the Philippine High School for the Arts, Los Baños, Laguna. Pinpin graduated with a BFA Visual Communication degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
==Sailing career== Training home base is Taal Lake Yacht Club, who run inclusive sailing events.<ref>{{cite news |title=Inclusive Sailboat Class Holds Championship Regatta |url=https://www.hydesails.co.uk/yachting-boating-and-sailing-news-events-and-tips/inclusive-sailboat-class-holds-championship-regatta-1541771016.html |website=Hyde Sails UK |access-date=9 December 2021|date=November 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Storer |first1=Michael |title=Close sailboat racing for peanuts in Developing Nations – Philippines |url= https://www.opengoose.com/club-racing/close-sailboat-racing-for-peanuts-in-developing-nations-philippines/ |website=OpenGoose |publisher=Mike Storer |access-date=9 December 2021|date= November 16, 2016}}</ref> The changing weather conditions in Taal Lake has helped improve her boat-handling skills in light to heavy weather.<ref>{{cite news |title=Active Boating & Watersports: December 2011 issue, page 42 |url= https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/60944200/abw-dec-2011 |website=Yumpu |publisher=Active Boating & Watersports |access-date=16 December 2021|date=1 December 2011}}</ref>
Pinpin has raced an assortment of sailboats in both para and open fleets. She previously crewed for South African Paralympian Russell Vollmer<ref>{{cite news |title=Sailing with Russell Vollmerr/ |url=https://rcyc.co.za/sailing-with-russell-vollmerr/ |website=Royal Cape Yacht Club |access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> on a ''Simonis Voogd''-designed ''SV14'' 2-person keelboat<ref>{{cite news |title=Strong final day closes out successful 2019 Top of the Gulf Regatta |url=https://pattayatoday.net/strong-final-day-closes-out-successful-2019-top-of-the-gulf-regatta/ |website=Pattaya Today |access-date=9 December 2021|date=6 May 2019}}</ref> provided by Disabled Sailing Thailand,<ref>{{cite news |title=Disabled Sailing Thailand |url=https://disabledsailingthailand.org/ |website=Disabled Sailing Thailand |access-date=15 December 2021|date=28 August 2015}}</ref> ''2.4mR'' Paralympic-class keelboats<ref>{{cite news |title=The Homestylist Hebe Haven Open Dinghy Regatta - 26th & 27th May 2018 |url=https://www.sailabilityhk.org/news-1 |website=SailabilityHK |access-date=9 December 2021|date=May 27, 2018}}</ref> in Hong Kong, Topcat catamarans with the Romblon Yacht Club likewise raced multihulls, home-built wooden dinghies and ''Oz Goose'' dinghies<ref>{{cite news |last1=Storer |first1=Michael |title=Oz Goose - Sailing is for Everyone |url=https://www.opengoose.com/ |website=Open Goose |access-date=9 December 2021|date=1 Jan 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Active Boating & Watersports: December 2016 issue, page 80 |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/60957679/abw-dec-2016 |website=Yumpu |publisher=Active Boating & Watersports |access-date=16 December 2021|date=1 December 2016}}</ref> in Taal Lake.
===2005 ASEAN Para Games, Manila and 2006 FESPIC Games, Malaysia=== Pinpin first competed for the Philippines in para sailing (introduced as a demo sport), in the 2005 ASEAN Para Games, Manila.<ref>{{cite web|last=Villar|first=Joey| title=Rizal Memorial: ASEAN Para Games, 2 More Days to go... |url=http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sp/sp021437.htm|website=Newsflash |publisher=Philippine Star|access-date=9 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> SailabilitySingapore donated two ''Hansa 2.3'' keelboats to the Philippines in December 2005 to help jumpstart para sailing in the Philippines. Her first international regatta was the 2006 FESPIC Games, Kuala Lumpur, racing a faster ''Hansa Liberty''<ref>{{cite news|date=January 1, 2005|title=Hansa Liberty|website=Hansa Class|url=https://hansaclass.org/about/liberty/|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref> keelboat.
===2008 IFDS Two-person Keelboat World Championships, Changi, Singapore=== In March 2008, she and skipper Sollique qualified the Philippines for a Paralympic Sailing slot after racing a SKUD 18<ref>{{cite news |title=Hansa class: SKUD 18 |url=https://hansaclass.org/about/skud18/ |website=Hansa Class |access-date=15 December 2021|date= January 1, 2007}}</ref> in the 2008 IFDS Two-person Keelboat World Championships, Singapore. With no SKUD 18 in Manila, the pair scrambled to practice for Paralympic Sailing using a borrowed, adapted ''FlyingFifteen'' keelboat, sailing in Manila Bay.
===2008 Beijing Summer Paralympics=== One of the 3 Philippine Paralympians in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, Pinpin crewed a ''SKUD 18'' for severely disabled helm Pedro Sollique<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet Pedro Sollique, a Philippine champion sailor |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2876094/ |access-date=9 December 2021 |work= Tunay na Buhay S1 E25 |date= Jul 22, 2011}}</ref> in the two-person keelboat event held off Qingdao.
===2015 ASEAN Para Games, Singapore=== Back in the international circuit after putting in time on the water (7 years in Taal Lake) improving comprehension of sailing strategy, tactics plus winning regattas more often, she took the Para Team Sailing at the 2015 ASEAN Para Games.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asean Para Games: Sailors Yap, Tan and Teo bag two more golds for Singapore |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/asean-para-games-sailors-yap-tan-and-teo-bag-two-more-golds-for-singapore |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=The Straits Times |date=8 December 2015 |language=en}}</ref> Pinpin won silver in the Women's ''Hansa 2.3'' Single Person keelboat class while Bernardo took Bronze.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asean Para Games: Sailing 2.3 Women - Race 10 |url=http://results.aseanparagames2015.com/Event/Results.aspx?EventID=442&ScheduleID=3209 |website= |publisher=Asean Para Games 2015 |access-date=9 December 2021 |date=8 December 2015 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107195205/http://results.aseanparagames2015.com/Event/Results.aspx?EventID=442&ScheduleID=3209 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
===2017 Paralympic Development Program, Hong Kong=== Pinpin and Bernardo started their 2017 Sailing season in Hong Kong, attending Para World Sailing's Paralympic Development Program<ref>{{cite news |title= Para World Sailing Update – February 2017 |url=https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2017/02/10/para-world-sailing-update-february-2017/ |access-date=15 December 2021 |work=Scuttlebutt Sailing News |date=10 February 2017 |language=en}}</ref> which included Para World Sailing's Strategic Plan'<ref>{{cite news|date=15 December 2021|title=Para World Sailing Strategic Plan 2020-2023|language=en|work=Scuttlebutt Sailing News|publisher=Para World Sailing|url=https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/World-Sailing-Para-Sailing-Kit-261021.pdf|access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref> on how to help get Para Sailing reinstated in the Paralympics. The women sailors likewise tried new Paralympic class boats for the first time - Pinpin<ref>{{cite web |title=Paving the Way for Paralympic Sailing |url=https://www.sailingworld.com/paving-way-for-paralympic-sailing/ |website=Sailing World |date=March 14, 2017 |publisher=World Sailing |access-date=4 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> raced a more technical ''Norlin 2.4 One Design'' keelboat<ref>{{cite web |title=International 2.4mR Class Association |url=https://www.inter24metre.org/ |website=International 24 Metre Class Association |access-date=15 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> while Bernardo a Hansa 303, both supplied by World Sailing partner, SailabilityHK.<ref>{{cite web |title= Sailability Hong Kong Limited 'More Than Sailing' Charity No: 91/15775 |url=https://www.sailabilityhk.org |website=SailabilityHK |access-date=15 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
===2017 Para World Sailing Championships, Kiel, Germany=== Countless hours on Taal Lake came in handy as Pinpin<ref>{{cite web |title=Feature with Paralympic Development Program Sailor Cherrie Pinpin from the Philippines |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGV_I1YP15s |publisher=World Sailing TV |access-date=16 December 2021 |language=en |date=25 June 2017}}</ref> battled ferocious “survival” sailing conditions<ref>{{cite web |title="Survival" sailing at the Para World Sailing Championships |url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/196740/Para-World-Sailing-Championships-day-3/ |website=Yachts and Yachting |access-date=9 December 2021 |language=en |date=23 June 2017}}</ref> in the Baltic Sea<ref>{{cite news |title=Severe thunderstorm outbreak in Germany – June 22, 2017 |url=https://www.severe-weather.eu/recent-events/severe-thunderstorm-outbreak-in-germany-june-22-2017/ |website=Severe Weather EU |access-date=9 December 2021|date=June 22, 2017}}</ref> during the 2017 Para World Sailing Championships in Kiel, Germany, where she won the Bronze medal<ref>{{cite web |title=Para World winners crowned at Kiel |url=https://hansaclass.org/2017/06/26/para-world-winners-crowned-at-kiel/ |website=International Hansa Class Association |publisher=World Sailing |access-date=4 September 2021 |language=en |date=25 June 2017}}</ref> in the Women's Hansa 303.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=Liam |title=Kröger delivers gold medal for hosts at Para World Sailing Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1051993/kroeger-delivers-gold-medal-for-hosts-at-para-world-sailing-championships |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=Inside the Games |date=25 June 2017}}</ref> Filipina teammate Clytie Bernardo finished at 4th place.<ref>{{cite news |title= Kieler Woche 2017: Hansa 303 Women Results |url= https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/KielWeek#!/results?classId=82b67adb-8a7e-41b5-a10b-b9b66b58612c |website=Manage2Sail |access-date=9 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
==Other sports== In between sailing training in 2007, she took 8 months to relearn SH1 Air Rifle (Paralympic shooting) at the PNSA Range. Pinpin went on to win the Para Shooting ''SH1 Women’s Standing R2 bronze medal''<ref>{{cite news |title= 2005 ASEAN Para Games: Philippines Medallist by Sport |url=http://www.2007paragames.com/info/ENG/ZZ/ZZM194A_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_country=PHI.htm/ |website=2007 Para Games |publisher= |access-date=15 December 2021 |date=January 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124020324/http://www.2007paragames.com/info/ENG/ZZ/ZZM194A_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_country=PHI.htm/ |archive-date=24 January 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> in the January 2008 ASEAN Para Games, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
==Work== Many years in an advertising career morphed into Pinpin teaching Multimedia Arts and creative thinking in 3 universities. Then a stint as Apple Solutions Expert covering hardware and software solutions for the education and creative fields.
When not giving sailing tutorials or preparing for her next sailing campaign, Pinpin works as a freelance creative director. She was the executive producer for ''Liquid'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Watersports Hub opens |url=https://manilastandard.net/sports/148068/watersports-hub-opens.html |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=Manila Standard |date=23 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> a watersports television series.
==Recognition== In World Sailing's ''Philippine''<ref>{{cite news |title=World Sailing: Philippine Member National Authority |url=https://www.sailing.org/about/members/mnas/philippines.php |access-date=16 December 2021 |work=World Sailing |date=October 19, 2018}}</ref> Member National Authority page, Pinpin was recognized in October 2018 as ''Top Ranked Philippine Female Sailor'', ranked #7 worldwide (women sailors) in the ''Hansa 303'' class.
In December 2012, Pinpin was among the inspirational persons<ref>{{cite news|date=5 December 2012|title=Fully Abled Nation AVP (English with Filipino Sign Language)|language=en|website=Youtube|publisher=Fully Abled Nation|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwHK6D1SmiE |access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> with disabilities featured in the ''Fully Abled Nation'' (FAN) initiative, a disability-inclusive elections program to increase participation of PWDs<ref>{{cite news |title=Australia helps to improve lives of people with disability |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/cbb/content/285924/australia-helps-to-improve-lives-of-people-with-disability/story/ |website=GMA News Online |publisher= The Asia Foundation |access-date=16 December 2021 |date=11 December 2012 |language=en}}</ref> to vote in the May 2013 elections. The campaign was produced by Vera Files in cooperation with the Asia Foundation,<ref>{{cite news |title=Philippines Marks First Disability-Inclusive Elections |url=https://asiafoundation.org/2016/05/25/philippines-marks-first-disability-inclusive-elections/ |publisher= The Asia Foundation |access-date=16 December 2021 |date=25 May 2016 |language=en}}</ref> with support from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).
Pinpin received the '''Apolinario Mabini Award'''<ref>{{cite news |title=PFRD: The Apolinario Mabini Award |url= https://pfrd.org.ph/projects/apolinario-mabini-awards |access-date=15 December 2021 |work=Philippine Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled |date=6 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref> ''twice'' - in 1996 (''Disabled Filipino of the Year'')<ref>{{cite news|date=20 April 1996|title=Disability No Handicap|language=en|work=The New Paper|publisher=National Library, Government of Singapore|location=Microfilm Reel NL20598|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Search?ST=1&AT=search&k=Drowning%20changi%20pinpin|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> for rescuing a drowning girl<ref>{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=David|date=27 April 1996|title=Filipina with Artificial Leg Helped Save Drowning Girl|language=en|work=The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition|publisher=National Library, Government of Singapore|location=Microfilm Reel NL20732|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Search?ST=1&AT=search&k=Drowning%20changi%20pinpin|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> off Changi, Singapore, a selfless act which may have helped resumption of diplomatic relations between Singapore and the Philippines,<ref>{{cite news|date=28 April 1996|title=Ramos Praises 'Ambassador of Goodwill'|language=en|work=The Straits Times|publisher=National Library, Government of Singapore|location=Microfilm Reel NL20104 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Search?ST=1&AT=search&k=Drowning%20changi%20pinpin|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> nearly a year after the Contemplacion scandal. And in 1985 (''Ist Runner – up, Disabled Filipino of the Year'')<ref>{{cite news |title=Apolinario Mabini Award, Past Awardees |url=https://admin.pfrd.org.ph/files/shares/Documents/A.%20Mabini%20Past%20Awardees%20Revised-converted.pdf |access-date=15 December 2021 |work=Philippine Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled |date=6 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref> for target shooting achievements despite disability. The Disabled Filipino of the Year award is awarded for outstanding contributions by disabled Filipinos, who have served as role models to inspire both able and persons with disabilities.
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