Martial Arts Career
Getchen Malalad is a Karatedo black belt and a member of national team and represented team Philippines in many international karatedo competitions. She is among one of the elite athletes in the country to have captured 4 gold medals in four Southeast Asian Games competitions. She was a bronze medalist in Karate at the Asian Games, an Asian Games event first held at the 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan.
Malalad won gold medals in 2001 and 2003 Southeast Asian Games and additional two gold medals in the 2005 SEA Games, the 60 kg Individual Kumite and Open Weight Individual Kumite competitions and captured a gold medal in the 2006 Korean Grand Open Championship in Busan, Korea on November 11 and 12, 2006.
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