Filipino Athletes

This sub-project aims to organize genealogical data on notable amateur and professional athletes, as well as sports officials, who are Filipino or have Filipino lineage.

Image: Teófilo Yldefonso was a breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Known as the “Ilocano Shark”, he is the first Filipino to win an Olympic medal, and the only Filipino to win multiple medals. His great-grandson, Daniel Coakley, represented the Philippines in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in freestyle.

Find more at the master project page, Families of the Philippines.

International Athletes

Australia / New Zealand :: Lizette Cabrera (tennis) :: Private (karate) :: Jason Day (golf):: Hagi Gligor (football)

Austria :: David Alaba (football)

Canada :: Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán (soccer) :: Julian Bobby de Guzman (soccer) :: Mathew Dumba (ice hockey)

Denmark :: Ole Laursen (mixed martial arts) :: Kevin Ray Mendoza (football)

France :: Alphonse Areola (football)

Germany :: Christina Beier (figure skating) :: William Beier (figure skating) :: Katharina Lehnert (tennis)

Guam :: Julius Naranjo (weightlifting)

Japan :: Takayasu Akira (sumo wrestling) :: Matthew Aquino (basketball) :: Mitakeumi Hisashi (sumo wrestling) :: Asahi Masuyama (football) :: Mucha Mori (basketball) :: Ryuya Ogawa (baseball) :: Yuji Takahashi (football) :: Paulo Junichi Tanaka (football) :: Masunoyama Tomoharu (sumo wrestling) :: Chiaki Tone (baseball) :: Edward Yamamoto (basketball) :: Yasuaki Yamasaki (baseball) :: Maharu Yoshimura (table tennis)

Norway :: Camilla Gjersem (figure skating) :: Camilla Gjersem (figure skating)

Spain :: Paulino Alcántara (football) :: Manuel Amechazurra (football) :: Diego Bardanca (football) :: José Ángel Carrillo (football) :: Marcelino Gálatas (football) :: Eduardo Teus (football)

Sweden :: Jesper Nyholm (football) :: Jane Törnqvist (football)

United States :: Benny Agbayani (baseball) :: Jeron Artest (basketball) :: Tai Reina Babilonia (figure skater) :: Fallah Bahh (pro wrestling) :: Dave Bautista (pro wrestling) :: Kihei Clark (basketball) :: Daniel Coakley (swimming) :: Heather Cooke (soccer) :: Vanessa de Jesus (basketball) :: Victoria Manalo Draves (diving) :: Jalen Green (basketball) :: Ron Harper Jr. (basketball) :: Kamaka Hepa (basketball) :: Dan Inosanto (martial arts) :: Diana Lee Inosanto (martial arts) ::Lee Kiefer (fencing) ::Kyle Matthew Lohse (baseball) :: Remy Martin (basketball) :: Mikh McKinney (basketball) :: Jordan Norwood (rugby) :: Levi Norwood (rugby) :: Elizabeth Punsalan (figure skating) :: Kona Reeves (pro wrestling) :: Ernie Reyes Sr. (martial arts) :: Ernie Reyes Jr. (martial arts) :: Bobby Robins (ice hockey) :: Nate Robinson (basketball) :: Kyla Ross (gymnastics) :: Addison Russell (baseball) :: John Sipin (baseball) :: Wesley So (chess) :: Erik Spoelstra (basketball) :: Kurtis Townsend (basketball) :: Raymond Townsend (basketball) :: Brandon Vera (mixed martial arts)

Local Athletes

Archery :: Rachelle Anne Cabral :: Jasmin Figueroa :: Mark Javier :: Luis Gabriel Moreno

Badminton :: Amparo Lim

Baseball :: Gary Estrada :: Hori Horibata

Basketball :: Johnny Abarrientos :: Calvin Abueva :: Japeth Aguilar :: Peter Aguilar :: Ato Agustin :: Jerrick Ahanmisi :: Maverick Ahanmisi :: Jimmy Alapag :: Marco Alcaraz :: Don Allado :: Bong Alvarez :: Mark Andaya :: Gerald Anderson :: Jack Animam :: Marlou Aquino :: Manuel Araneta Jr. :: Herminio A. Astorga :: Jose V. Avellana Jr. :: Dickie Bachmann :: Kurt Bachmann :: Carlos Badion :: Hyram Bagatsing :: Joel Banal :: Chris Banchero :: SJ Belangel :: Andray Blatche :: Robert Bolick :: Rodney Brondial :: Justin Brownlee :: Alex Cabagnot :: Elmer Cabahug :: Mark Caguioa :: Allan Caidic :: Chito Calvo :: Ramon Campos Jr. :: Loreto Carbonell :: Jayson Castro :: Philip Dudley Cezar :: Jordan Clarkson :: Atoy Co :: Mike Cortez :: Ranidel de Ocampo :: Yancy de Ocampo :: Paul Desiderio :: Joe Devance :: Paquito Diaz :: Romy Diaz :: Marcus Douthit :: A. J. Edu :: Gherome Ejercito :: Chip Engelland :: Richard Escoto :: Russel Escoto :: June Mar Fajardo :: Ramon Fernandez :: Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser :: Matt Ganuelas-Rosser :: Bong Go :: Isaac Go :: Javi Gómez de Liaño :: Juan Gómez de Liaño :: Yeng Guiao :: Rafael Hechanova :: Jayjay Helterbrand :: Vince Hizon :: Dondon Hontiveros :: JC Intal :: Padim Israel :: Jio Jalalon :: Robert Jaworski :: Robert Jaworski Jr. :: Poch Juinio :: Ange Kouame :: Doug Kramer :: Rob Labagala :: Marcio Lassiter :: Jojo Lastimosa :: Paul Lee :: Samboy Lim :: Xian Lim :: Moro Lorenzo :: Carlos Loyzaga :: Chito Loyzaga :: Joey Loyzaga :: Rico Maierhofer :: Tommy Manotoc :: Joey Perez Marquez :: Totoy Marquez :: Willie Miller :: Lauro Mumar :: Chito Narvasa :: Ogie Narvasa :: Chris Newsome :: Gabe Norwood :: Ed Ocampo :: Bibiano Ouano :: Chris Pacana :: Eduardo Alvir Pacheco :: Manny Pacquiao :: Ambrosio Padilla :: Andre Paras :: Benjie Paras :: Kobe Paras :: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. :: Alvin Patrimonio :: CJ Perez :: Marc Pingris :: Leo Prieto :: Stanley Pringle :: Franz Pumaren :: Francisco Rabat :: Dwight Ramos :: Bong Ravena :: Kiefer Ravena :: Thirdy Ravena :: Jai Reyes :: Prince Rivero :: Rasheed Rivero :: Ricci Rivero :: Dennis Roldan :: Terrence Romeo :: Chris Ross :: Lou Salvador Sr. :: Ian Sangalang :: Arwind Santos :: Anthony Semerad :: David Semerad :: Peter June Simon :: Greg Slaughter :: Ervin Sotto :: Kai Sotto :: Christian Standhardinger :: Carl Tamayo :: Moala Tautuaa :: LA Tenorio :: Scottie Thompson :: Chris Tiu :: JC Tiuseco :: Arvin Tolentino :: Arnie Tuadles :: Ronald Tubid :: Francisco Vestil :: Joel Villanueva :: Freddie Webb :: Jason Webb :: Matthew Wright :: Nemesio Yabut :: James Yap :: Francis Zamora :: Jose Maria Rubin Zubiri, Jr.

Boxing :: Hergie Bacyadan :: Mark Anthony Barriaga :: John Riel Casimero :: Vivencio Cuyugan :: Glenn Donaire :: Nonito Donaire, Jr. :: Roberto Jalnaiz :: Oscar Sanchez de Larrazabal :: Gabriel Elorde :: Ceferino Garcia:: Arlan Lerio :: Danilo Lerio :: Irish Magno :: Eumir Marcial :: Carlo Paalam :: Manny Pacquiao :: Carlos Padilla Jr. :: Carlos Pedro Eugenio Ruiz Padilla, Sr. :: Jose Padilla Jr. :: Isidro Peralta Paredes :: Nesthy Petecio :: Larry Silva :: Onyok Velasco :: Pedro Taduran :: Roel Velasco :: Francisco "Pancho Villa" Guilledo

Bowling :: Paeng Nepomuceno :: Tito Sotto

Chess :: Arianne Caoili :: Florencio Campomanes :: Wesley So

Cycling :: Daniel Caluag :: Cornelio Padilla Jr.

Diving :: Shiela Mae Perez

Equestry :: Denise Cojuangco :: Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski :: Toni Leviste

Fencing :: Richard Gomez :: Samantha Kyle Catantan

Figure Skating :: Ina Feleo :: Ashley Ortega

Football (Soccer) :: Florencio Badelic :: Misagh Bahadoran :: Rafael Igoa :: Arsenio Lacson :: Joaquín Loyzaga :: Cristina Ramos-Jalasco :: Hans Smit :: Lorenzo Martínez Tañada :: Iñaki Vicente :: Mark Winhoffer :: James Younghusband :: Phil Younghusband

Golf ::Dottie Ardina :: Bianca Pagdanganan :: Juvic Pagunsan :: Miguel Tabuena :: Yuka Saso

Gymnastics :: Aleah Finnegan :: Sarah Finnegan :: Emma Lauren Malabuyo :: Carlos Yulo

Judo :: Tomohiko Hoshina :: Kiyomi Watanabe

Martial Arts :: Feliciano de la Rosa (arnis) :: Marco Gumabao (Muay Thai) :: Jamie Lim (karateka) :: Nestor Principe (sikaran) :: Christopher Ricketts (arnis) :: Vic Vargas (judoka) :: Juan Miguel Zubiri (arnis)

Motor Sports :: Arsenio Laurel :: Pocholo Ramirez :: Marlon Stöckinger :: Ian Veneracion

Pole Vaulting :: Emerson Obiena :: EJ Obiena

Polo :: Ángel Elizalde :: Juan Miguel Elizalde :: Manolo Elizalde :: Mikee Romero :: Private

Pool :: Efren "Bata" Reyes

Rowing :: Joanie Delgaco :: Cris Nievarez :: Benjamin Tolentino Jr.

Rugby :: Ada Milby

Shooting :: José Agdamag :: Hernando Castelo :: Jethro Dionisio :: Martin Gison :: Teodoro Villanueva Kalaw, Jr. :: Arturo de la Rosa Macapagal :: Rafael Recto :: Paul Brian Rosario :: Jayson Valdez

Skateboarding :: Margielyn Didal

Softball :: Nela Álvarez

Squash :: Fausto Preysler Jr.

Swimming :: Jasmine Alkhaldi :: Eric Buhain :: Chito Calvo :: Nils Christiansen :: AJ Dee :: Luke Gebbie :: Enchong Dee :: Federico J. Elizalde :: Jarod Hatch :: Private User :: Jessie Lacuna :: Carlo Piccio :: Remedy Rule :: Miguel Molina :: Kayla Sanchez :: Tuburan Tamse :: Akiko Thomson :: James Walsh :: Teófilo Yldefonso

Taekwondo :: Kirstie Alora :: Kurt Barbosa :: Arnold Atienza :: Monsour del Rosario :: Donald Geisler :: Tshomlee Go :: Japoy Lizardo

Table Tennis :: Antonio de las Alas :: Ian Lariba

Tennis :: Dyan Castillejo :: Alex Eala :: Guillermo Jose :: Juan Ma. Johnson José :: Edwin Olivarez :: Anna Clarice Patrimonio :: Tin Patrimonio :: Elisa Rosales-Ochoa :: Jose Antonio Tria

Track and field :: Eduardo Buenavista :: David Bunevacz :: John Cabang :: Fortunato Catalon :: Lydia de Vega-Mercado :: Alejandro Gacrama :: Eric Cray :: Henry Dagmil :: Andres Franco :: Rene Herrera :: Kristina Knott :: Lauren Hoffman :: Elma Muros :: David Nepomuceno :: Mary Joy Tabal :: Marestella Torres :: Simeon Toribio :: Joaquín Villanueva :: Miguel White :: Regino Ylanan

Volleyball :: Fille Cainglet-Cayetano :: Bea de Leon :: Kim Kianna Dy :: Melissa Gohing-Nacino :: Michele Gumabao :: Gretchen Ho :: Aby Maraño :: Dani Ravena :: Dindin Santiago-Manabat :: Jaja Santiago :: Alyssa Valdez

Weightlifting :: Elreen Ando :: John Ceniza :: Hidilyn Diaz :: Vanessa Sarno :: Aira Villegas

Wrestling :: Enrique Jurado :: G. Monty Manibog

Wushu :: Agatha Wong

Yachting :: Fausto Preysler Jr.

Resources

• Philippines at the Asian Games
• Philippines at the Olympics
• Philippines at the Special Olympics World Games

How to Contribute

1. Please click the "Join Project" button on the upper right of the project page.
2. After getting yourself added as a collaborator for the surname, select the profile of the prominent Filipino you wish to add.
3. Navigate to the profile. Under the "More Actions" link, choose "Add to Project" and select sub-project to which your ancestor should be included in.
4. Include in the "About Me" section a brief biographical sketch, summarizing the person's significant contributions and accomplishments. (Required)
5. Include a photograph, if one exists.
6. Mark the profile as "public" and not "private". (Required)