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First Filipino in Sports and Tournaments 2




Gabriel "Flash" Elorde

Profile

1st Filipino and 1st Asian World Junior Lightweight Boxing Champion inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, New York

1988




Glenn Aguilar

Profile

1st Filipino Motocross Racer to become an Asian Supercross Champion

2003




Heracleo Oracion

Profile

1st Filipino to summit Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain

2006




Jennifer Rosales

Profile

1st Filipina golfer to win on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour

2004




Kennevic Asuncion

Profile

1st Filipino Southeast Asian Games bronze medalist (SEA Games)

1997




Layla Loxa

Profile

1st Filipina-American World Bodysurfer Champion in Women's 18-29 category of the 26th Annual World Bodysurfing Championship

2002




Luisito Espinosa

Profile

1st Filipino Featherweight Champion in the World Boxing Council (WBC)

1995




Manny Pacquiao

Profile

1st Filipino Featherweight Boxing Champion to rank 3rd in Ring Magazine's Pound-for-Pound boxers in the world

2006




Mansueto Velasco Jr.

Profile

1st Filipino Olympian Light Flyweight Boxer Silver Medalist

1996




Mark Paragua

Profile

1st Filipino chess player to enter the World Chess Federation Top 100 Players (2618 rating - FIDE)

Filipino Super Grandmaster of Chess

2006





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