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| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 10, 1995 Iloilo, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wushu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sanda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arnel Roa Mandal is a Filipino wushu athlete specializing in sanda. He has won multiple medals in both local and international levels of competition. [1]
Mandal is an Iloilo native and sanda athlete who has fought and achieved medals in local, international, and world championship levels of competition. Specifically, he earned gold and silver medals in the 13th, 14th, and 15th World Wushu Championships [2] and the 8th and 9th Sanda World Cups. When a wushu sanda competitor places highly in the wushu world championships, they are invited to compete in the sanda world cup against other top-placing athletes. [3] Furthermore, he has won gold medals in the 1st Asian Cup and the 30th and 31st SEA Games. [4] Due to a regulation change regarding the age of a fighter, he was ineligible to compete in the 32nd SEA games. [5]
For his achievements, he was rewarded with "The Pride of Iloilo Award" by SM City Iloilo. He encourages the youths of his home province to try out wushu. [6]
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