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29 Sports Shooting. 30 Sprinting. 31 Sumo Wrestling. 32 Swimming. 33 Table Tennis. ... This is a list of notable Filipino athletes. Alpine Skiers. Michael Teruel ...
Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga y Matute (August 29, 1930 – January 27, 2016) was a Filipino basketball player, coach and politician. He was the most dominant basketball player of his era in the Philippines and is considered as the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time. As a member of the Philippine national team.
Olivia "Bong" Coo [13] (born June 3, 1948) is a Filipino sports administrator and retired professional bowler. She is regarded as the most decorated Filipino athlete. [14] As a member of the Philippine national team, she has amassed a total of 78 medals won in regional and world competitions, 37 of which were gold medals. [15]
The Philippines was the first country to score over 100 points in a single game of the Olympic Games basketball history. [1] Calvo was also the head coach of the first Philippine national team that captured the basketball gold medal in the 1951 Asian Games and includes basketball legends, Carlos Loyzaga and Lauro Mumar.
The Philippine Sports Hall of Fame (PSHOF) is a hall of fame established in 1999 to honor Filipino athletes, trainers, and coaches with the first batch of inductees included in the hall of fame in 2010. [1] The Philippine Sports Commission manages the operations of the hall of fame. [2]
The Philippines has produced more than 40 boxing world champions such as Luisito Espinosa, Donnie Nietes, Gerry Peñalosa, and Johnriel Casimero. Boxing is among the most popular individual sports in the Philippines. Some Filipino boxers such as Nonito Donaire, Gabriel Elorde, Pancho Villa and Manny Pacquiao are
Losing brings for more lessons learned and strengthening of values such as perseverance. Another positive coming from sports is teaching Filipino Americans to not be tatamad-tamad or tendency to be lazy. [1] Sports brings the together the ideas of respect, hard work, discipline, commitment, and being part of a team.
Philippine Navy: Manila 1982–83 Philippine Air Force: Manila 1983–84 San Miguel Corporation Mandaluyong 1985 Philippine Air Force Manila 1986 No tournament: 1987 Dumaguete F.C. Dumaguete: 1988 M. Lhuillier Jewelers: Cebu City: 1989 Philippine Air Force Manila 1990 Bacolod F.C. Bacolod: 1991 Philippine Navy Manila 1992 Philippine Army [6 ...