Emma Malabuyo

Biography

Olympian and All-American Emma Malabuyo joins the UCLA coaching staff in 2025-26 as a graduate student assistant coach. Malabuyo finished her collegiate career in 2025 as a four-time All-American and three-time conference team champion. During her senior season, she finished as the NCAA balance beam runner-up and was a nominee for the AAI Award. At the conference level, she earned first-team All-Big Ten honors and was UCLA’s honoree for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award. Malabuyo earned first-team Academic All-America honors and was a finalist and the sport winner for the 2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar award. She was also a three-time WCGA Scholastic All-American. In 2022, Malabuyo became just the fourth UCLA freshman ever to score a perfect 10 on beam. At the elite level, Malabuyo represented the Philippines at the Olympic Games, earning her spot following a third-place all-around finish at the Asian Championships. She made history for the Philippines in 2024 when she became the first Filipina woman ever to win a gold medal at the Asian Championships with her floor exercise title. She had previously recorded the highest-ever placement by a Filipina gymnast at the 2023 Asian Championships when she won silver on floor exercise. Malabuyo was also a five-time U.S. National Team member and an alternate for the U.S. at the 2020 Olympics. Malabuyo is still training for elite competitions with the Philippines and competed at her first World Championship in October, finishing 33rd