Lydia de Vega-Mercado was an athlete from the Philippines who died on August 10, 2022.

She was considered Asia’s fastest woman in the 1980s.

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How many children did Lydia de Vega have?

She had only 1 child.

Lydia de Vega children: Meet her daughter Stephanie Mercado

Stephanie (Paneng) is a former collegiate volleyball player of the DLSU Lady Spikers.

Did Lydia de Vega have a son?

She had no sons of 2022.

Who is the father of Lydia de Vega’s daughter?

De Vega was married to Paul Mercado, a former engineer at Meralco and an entrepreneur engaged in the fish pond business, to whom she had three children including.

De Vega was married to Paul Mercado, a former Meralco engineer, and entrepreneur with whom she had three daughters, one of them is Stephanie (Paneng), a former collegiate volleyball player for the DLSU Lady Spikers.

Her four-year-old son, John Michael, was killed in an automobile accident in February 2001.

De Vega was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2018.

Stephanie disclosed in July 2022 that her mother had undergone brain surgery but was “in critical condition.”

Sports icon Lydia de Vega died after a four-year cancer battle.

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