EJ Obiena

EJ Obiena
	Obiena in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Ernest John Uy Obiena
Nickname	EJ
Nationality	Filipino
Born	November 17, 1995; Tondo, Manila, Philippines
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	蔡華強
Simplified Chinese	蔡华强
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Cài Huáqiáng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Chhòa Hôa-kiông
Sport
Country	Philippines
Sport	Track and field
Event	Pole vaulting
College team	Ateneo de Manila University; University of Santo Tomas
Coached by	Emerson Obiena; Vitaly Petrov (2014)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	No. 2 (2023)
Personal bests	Pole vault: 6.00m (2023, NR and AR); 110 m hurdles 14.39 (2017);
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the Philippines
World Championships
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
Universiade
Southeast Asian Games

Ernest John Uy Obiena (born November 17, 1995) is a Filipino pole vaulter. He is ranked world No. 5 in men's pole vault by the World Athletics Rankings as of August 12, 2025.

Obiena currently holds the Asian record with his clearance of 6.00 meters at the 2023 World Athletics Championships where he won the silver medal. He also holds the Philippine national record with a clearance of 5.93 meters at the Golden Rooftop Challenge in Innsbruck, Austria on September 11, 2021. Obiena is the current champion and record holder (5.90 m) of the Asian Games. He is also the two-time defending champion and current record holder (5.91 m) in the Asian Athletics Championships and three-time defending champion and current record holder (5.65 m) in the SEA Games. He also won the gold medal in the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy and has competed in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Obiena is the first Filipino to receive a scholarship from the International Athletic Association Federation (IAAF).