Joyette Jopson is the is first Filipina to run & finish a marathon in the 42-kilometer FWD 78° North Marathon
Elite Triathlete Joyette Jopson is First Filipina to run a marathon in the Arctic, finishing 1st in women’s category Filipinos can celebrate another global victory as the country welcomes home elite Filipina triathlete and FWD Financial Wealth Officer Joyette Jopson , who overcame all odds and conquered the grueling 42-kilometer FWD ‘78° North’ Marathon held near the North Pole on April 16. Jopson becomes the first Filipina to run a marathon in the Arctic, enduring the freezing temperatures of Longyearbyen in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, just 1,050 kilometers away from the North Pole. Jopson—triathlete, 2014 Ironman 70.3 Philippines Filipino Elite Champion, and FWD Financial Wealth Officer—completed the race with an impressive time of 4 hours, 10 minutes, and 59 seconds—claiming a first-place finish in the women’s category and third overall. Joyette sharing her experience of triumph to the media during her homecoming Jopson’s participation was spon...