Paeng Nepomuceno

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Paeng Nepomuceno
Paeng Nepomuceno (cropped).jpg
Paeng Nepomuceno in 2008
Personal information
Full nameRafael Villareal Nepomuceno
NicknamePaeng
Born (1957-01-30) January 30, 1957 (age 67)
Quezon City, Philippines
Alma mater La Salle Green Hills
Adamson University
Occupation(s)Bowling player and coach
Years active1970–present
SpouseSaira Puyat
Website www.paengbowling.com
Sport
CountryFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Sport Bowling
Coached byAngel Nepomuceno [1]
Achievements and titles
World finals
Medal record
Representing Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Men's Bowling
Event1st2nd3rd
World Bowling Championships –31
World Games ––2
Asian Games 11–
Asian Championships [2] 6–1
Federal Territory [2] 5––
Southeast Asian Games 955
Total2199
World Tenpin Bowling Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Singapore Team [3]
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1991 Singapore Doubles [4]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Helsinki Singles [5]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Caracas Trios [6]
World Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Lahti Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Hague Singles
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Busan Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Hiroshima Team of five
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgTaiwan 1998 All Events [7]
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svgTaiwan 1998 Masters
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgGuam 1994 Masters [8]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgSingapore 1984 All Events
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgManila 1982 Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgManila 1982 All Events
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgJakarta 1976 Masters [9]
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Jakarta 1997 Singles [10]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Singapore Trio [11]
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Singapore Masters [11]
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Singapore All-around [11]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Manila Singles [12]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Manila All-around [12]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Indonesia Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Indonesia Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Indonesia All Events
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Indonesia Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Bangkok Doubles [2]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Bangkok All Events [2]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Singapore Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Singapore Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Singapore All Events
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1983 Singapore Masters
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Manila Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Manila Trios
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Manila All Events
Paeng Nepomuceno with his Guinness World Records Paeng Nepomuceno with his 4 Guinness World Records.jpg
Paeng Nepomuceno with his Guinness World Records
Nepomuceno being honored Six times by Five Philippine Presidents with the Presidential Medal of Merit in 1984, Philippine Legion of Honor in 1999, Order of Lakandula in 2008 and Presidential Citations in 1988, 1992 and 1996. Nepomuceno being ASix times by Five Philippine Presidents with the Presidential Medal of Merit in 1984, Philippine Legion of Honor in 1999, Order of Lakandula in 2008 and Presidential Citations in 1988, 1992 and 1996.jpg
Nepomuceno being honored Six times by Five Philippine Presidents with the Presidential Medal of Merit in 1984, Philippine Legion of Honor in 1999, Order of Lakandula in 2008 and Presidential Citations in 1988, 1992 and 1996.
Nepomuceno being awarded the IOC ( International Olympic Committee) Presidents Trophy in 1999 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Nepomuceno being awarded the IOC ( International Olympic Committee) Presidents Trophy in 1999 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.jpg
Nepomuceno being awarded the IOC ( International Olympic Committee) Presidents Trophy in 1999 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Nepomuceno at the Entrance of the International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum, Arlington, Texas in 2010. Nepomuceno at the Entrance of the International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum, Arlington, Texas in 2010.jpg
Nepomuceno at the Entrance of the International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum, Arlington, Texas in 2010.
Nepomuceno's induction to the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame in 2019. PSC Hall of Fame awarding Paeng Nepomuceno.jpg
Nepomuceno's induction to the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.
Nepomuceno receives his World Bowling Hall of Fame plaque from Bernard Gibbons in a ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa 1993. Nepomuceno receives his World Bowling Hall of Fame plaque from Bernard Gibbons in a ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa 1993.jpg
Nepomuceno receives his World Bowling Hall of Fame plaque from Bernard Gibbons in a ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa 1993.
Nepomuceno was honored with a World Renowned Filipino Living Legend commemorative Stamp by Philippine Postal Corporation on November 13, 2021. Nepomuceno was honored with a World Renowned Filipino Living Legend commemorative Stamp.jpg
Nepomuceno was honored with a World Renowned Filipino Living Legend commemorative Stamp by Philippine Postal Corporation on November 13, 2021.

Rafael "Paeng" Villareal Nepomuceno (born January 30, 1957) is a Filipino bowler and coach who is a six time World bowling champion. [18] He is a World Bowling Hall of Famer and is the first and only bowling athlete to be awarded with the prestigious IOC (International Olympic Committee) President's Trophy. [19] [20] He was also named International Bowling Athlete of the Millennium by the FIQ (Federation Internationale des Quilleurs) in 1999 [21] and was inducted in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame in 2018. [22]

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Paeng is the first Filipino bowling athlete to be honored with a commemorative stamp when the Philippine Postal corporation issued a World Renowned Filipino Living Legend Stamp bearing his image to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first Philippine stamp on November 13, 2021. [23]

He has won the World Cup of Bowling four times (1976, 1980, 1992 and 1996). [24] Nepomuceno has also won the World's Invitational Tournament in 1984 and the World Tenpin Masters championship in 1999. [25] [26]

He has been honored by the Guinness World Records four times. His first was as the "Youngest tenpin bowling world champion" by winning the 1976 Bowling World Cup in Tehran, then for "the most wins of the tenpin bowling world cup (1976, 1980, 1992, and 1996)", [27] and for "the most tenpin bowling titles of 133 and was achieved in Quezon City, Philippines, on 13 July 2019", he broke his own record of 118 titles which was first established in 2007. [28]

Nepomuceno is also a USBC Gold level coach, the only Asian to hold the certification from the United States Bowling Congress. [29] He was named by the Philippine Sportswriters Association the Athlete of the Year in 1999. [30]

The Bowlers Journal International picked Paeng as its Greatest international bowler in its International Edition in September 2004 [31] and also on its November 2013 100-year Anniversary issue. [32]

Paeng at 65 years old rolled his 37th Sanctioned Perfect 300 game at the 24th Sta Lucia East Bowling Association (SLETBA) Open Masters Finals on October 16, 2022.

Early life and education

Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno was born on January 30, 1957, in Quezon City, Philippines to Angel Nepomuceno and Teresa Villareal. Paeng Nepomuceno's father, Angel, is a bowling coach while his mother is a former Miss Philippines (1952). [33] He attended La Salle Green Hills for his elementary and high school studies. He studied in Adamson University for his college education. [34]

Career

Competitive career

Paeng Nepomuceno was initially into golf at age 10 but later switched to bowling. He got involved in bowling after he and his father sought shelter at the Mile High Bowling Center in Baguio due to rain. He then asked his father to enroll him in a junior league held at Coronado Lanes in Metro Manila. [1]

His first tournament was the Philippine Junior Masters Championship, which he won at age 15. He also won the Philippine International Masters at age 17, becoming the youngest winner of the tournament. [33]

He competed at the Bowling World Cup, becoming the men's champion in four editions (1976, 1980, 1992, and 1996). He was 19 years old when he won the 1976 edition. For this feat he was recognized by Guinness World Records as "youngest tenpin bowling world champion". [35]

Nepomuceno also competed at the Southeast Asian Games. He won three gold medals in the 1981 edition which was hosted in Manila. In the 1985 Bangkok Games, he won two Gold medals and a Bronze. [36] He won three gold medals at the 1987 games in Jakarta and one gold medal at the 1991 games in Manila. [37]

He also won the 1984 World Invitational Tournament, a competition held in conjunction with the Summer Olympics held in the same year. [33] Nepomuceno also has represented the Philippines in the World Games winning the two bronze medals in total; in the 1993 and 1997 editions both in the men's single event. [38] He also won the World Tenpin Masters in 1999. [33] That year he suffered a left-hand injury, which required surgery which temporarily sidelined him from bowling. [39]

Nepomuceno was given the Sportsman Award at the 2009 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. He is the first Filipino to receive the award. [40]

In 2011, he became the oldest winner of the Philippine International Masters, at age 54. [33] By 2020, he had won 133 career titles, six of which are world titles. [35] His latest title, his 133rd, was won at the 2019 PTBA Open Bowling Championships Masters in July 2019. [41]

Coaching career

Nepomuceno joined United States Bowling Congress in 2007 as an International Ambassador to help promote the sport of bowling. In the same year he began aiming to become a USBC certified coach and started training to become a USBC Coaching Level I and Bronze and Silver level Instructor. [42] He hosted seminars discussing coaching and the sport itself. He underwent training the International Training and Research Center in Arlington, Texas, to attain a USBC gold level coaching certification, which he earned by 2013. [43] He received the certification at the World Coaching conference at the USBC headquarters the following year. [44] He is the first and only Asian to attain the certification. [43]

The Philippine Bowling Federation announced on March 21, 2016, that Nepomuceno had been appointed as head coach of the country's national bowlers. [45] [46] Under his watch, Krizziah Tabora became the women's champion of the 2017 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. [47]

Honors

By world sporting bodies

The International Olympic Committee awarded Nepomuceno its highest sports award, the IOC President's Trophy during the term of Juan Antonio Samaranch, in November 1999, [48] in a ceremony in Abu Dhabi. In the same year the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) named him as the "Athlete of the Millennium". [49]

He was the first male bowler to be inducted into the International Bowling Hall of Fame, in 1993. His seven foot image is displayed in front of the entrance of the International Bowling Museum in Arlington, Texas, where the hall of fame is hosted. [50]

From the government

Nepomuceno has received recognition from the Philippine Presidents for his feats in bowling. Five Philippine presidents have conferred on him orders and medals, including the Presidential Medal of Merit by Ferdinand Marcos, [51] [52] Philippine Legion of Honor by Joseph Estrada, [26] and the Order of Lakandula with Class of Champion for Life by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. [40] He is the first Filipino athlete to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit (1984) and the Philippine Legion of Honor (1999). [34] The other presidents that have honored Paeng are President Corazon C. Aquino and President Fidel V. Ramos.

Both the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives have declared Paeng the "Greatest Philippine Athlete of All Time". He was also named Philippine Athlete of the Century by the Philippine Sportswriters Association in 1999. [53]

From sportswriters

The Philippine Sportswriters Association recognized Nepomuceno as the Athlete of the Year five times (in 1976, 1980, 1984, 1992, and 1996). The association inducted him to their Hall of Fame in 1997, and in 1999 named him Athlete of the Century and in 2000 he was named among the "Athletes of the Millennium". [54]

The World Bowling Writers awarded him the Mort Luby Jr. Distinguished Service Award, named him World Bowler of the Year three times (1984, 1985, and 1992), [55] and named him to the World Bowling Writers Hall of Fame in 1993 as its first inductee. [56]

Other

The Philippine Jaycees gave Nepomuceno a Ten Outstanding Young Men Award in 1978. [57] He was inducted into the De La Salle Alumni Association Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 and was also awarded with the Distinguished Lasallian Award in 2009. [34] He has been part of Adamson University's Hall of Fame since 2012. [58]

He has been honored four times in the Guinness World Records. They recognized him as the "youngest tenpin bowling champion" by winning the 1976 Bowling World Cup in Tehran, for winning "most wins of the tenpin bowling world cup (1976, 1980, 1992, and 1996)", and for "most tenpin bowling titles" (133 titles as of 2020 records). [35] [59]

Personal life

Paeng Nepomuceno has been married to Saira ("Pinky") Puyat since he was 25. They have a son and two daughters.

Nepomuceno is a physical fitness enthusiast and also participates in runs and lifts weights as cross-training to improve his performance in bowling. [39]

Currently he is a professor and a senior lecturer at the University of the Philippines. [60]

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