Career
He represented the Philippines in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1928. lieutenant was a grueling four-hour competition to jump over the bar raised at 6 feet and six inches high Toribio, who once made the jump, failed to overcome it the second time because he was distressed by call of nature.
Before this, Toribio narrowly missed the bronze in the 1928 Amsterdam Games.
Toribio, who studied at Silliman University, later became a Civil Engineer. In 1941, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the Second District of Bohol, and serving until 1953.