Famous filipino athletes and their sports

Philippine national sport before arnis

Without question, the Philippines has no shortage of all-time great athletes, with countless heroes proving that Filipinos can excel on the international sporting stage. Undoubtedly, Robert Jaworski Sr. A lifetime title, Grandmaster is one of the highest honors a chess player can get aside from winning the World Championship. Since becoming Grandmaster, Torre went on to have more career highs, which included upsetting Soviet World Champion and fellow Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov.

Between to , Torre also had a record-setting 23 appearances in the Chess Olympiad. Simply put, Torre was a trailblazer for chess in Asia, with his success pretty much bringing the sport to the whole continent. Most of these came through her mastery of the and m dash. Part of her golden haul is a pair of Asian Games golds, which came by beating fellow Asian track legend and great rival P.

Usha of India in the century dash in and Lydia also represented the Philippines twice in the Los Angeles and Seoul Olympics, making the quarter-final rounds in the former. For over three decades, she held national records for the m dash And with this success, Lydia was also a trailblazer. On top of inspiring countless others to be like her, Lydia did her part in breaking down sporting barriers and ensured that equally successful Filipinas would get the flowers they fully deserve.

After all, EJ has catapulted himself into being the World No. EJ has also set, and reset pole vaulting records on top of his chokehold on Asian tilts. In June last year, he became the first and lone Asian pole vaulter to clear the 6-meter range, doing so in the Bergen Jump Challenge in Norway.