After selling my business, Amorana, I weighed 102 kilograms. Standing at 1.73 meters, that wasn’t ideal. I wanted to get healthy and lose weight. And I needed a story for myself, so I dubbed my journey ‘From Obese to Olympics’. My goal: Making it to Milano Cortina 2026.
I’m fortunate to have the means to pursue an Olympic dream. But representing Switzerland? Not feasible for either the Summer or Winter Games. The Philippines? Summer’s out of the question, but there’s a sliver of hope for Winter. So I asked a lawyer from Zurich to find out which sport I could stand a chance. He recommended cross-country skiing. Next, I started skiing and shared my Olympic ambitions with everyone.
Only to find out that I was a terrible skier.
March 2023 – Curling instead of Skiing
April 2023 – There are no shortcuts in Curling
June 2023 – Men’s team meets in Switzerland
July 2023 – Getting Philippine passports for the Pfister brothers
August 2023 – Registering with the Philippine Olympic Committee
September 2023 – Accreditation by the World Curling Federation
October 2023 – First tournament in Prague
November 2023 – Pan Continental Curling Championships (PCCC) in Canada
December 2023 – Media interest grows
January 2024 – Rebuilding after the loss
February 2024 – More tournaments, more experience
March 2024 – Building a Philippine Curling Youth Team
April 2024 – Pre-qualifying for the World Championships 2025
May 2024 – Seeking approval for a “Training Center” in Switzerland
June 2024 – Training break during summer
July 2024 – Training resumes in Baden
August 2024 – Preparing for the Pan Continental Curling Championships 2024
September 2024 – Philippine Curling Association full member of the POC
October 2024 – Road to World Championships 2025
November 2024 – World Championships qualification tournament
December 2024 – End of season
January 2025 – Planning for the Olympic Qualification Event
February 2025 – New season, new goals
With our promotion to the A-Division, we now have a chance to participate in a pre-qualification tournament in autumn 2025. Here, we will compete against teams similar to us – many of whom, like us, have been at the European Championship or PCCC but have not yet reached the World Championship stage. If we place in the top three, we will move on to the Olympic Qualification Tournament (date to be determined).
Autumn 2025 – We return to the PCCC A-Division. If we place fifth or better, we can qualify for the World Championships.
Autumn 2025 – We may also be competing in the Baden Masters in Switzerland, taking on some of the top curling teams in the world.
