Greatest Filipino Athletes

The greatest Filipino athletes refer to an elite group of Filipino athletes who possess exceptional athletic skills and abilities and have contributed significantly to the popularity and development of their respective sports and Philippine sports in general.

List of the greatest Fillipino athletes

Arranged alphabetically per sports, the following are considered as the elite of Philippine sports; the greatest Filipino athletes of all time.

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Basketball

• Robert Jaworski
• Carlos Loyzaga
• Ambrosio Padilla
• 1936 Philippine men's basketball team to the Berlin Olympics in Germany
• 1954 Philippine men's basketball team to the World Basketball Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Billiards

• Francisco "Django" Bustamante
• Jose "Amang" Parica
• Efren "Bata" Reyes

Bowling

• Bong Coo
• Paeng Nepomuceno

Boxing

• Gabriel Elorde
• Manny Pacquiao
• Leopoldo Serrantes
• Mansueto Velasco
• Roel Velasco
• Pancho Villa
• Anthony Villanueva
• José Villanueva

Chess

• Eugene Torre
• 1988 Philippine men's chess team to the World Chess Olympiad in Thesaloniki, Greece

Golf

• Ben Arda
• Frankie Miñoza

Swimming

• Eric Buhain
• Haydee Coloso-Espino
• Ral Rosario
• Teofilo Yldefonso

Tennis

• Felicisimo Ampon
• Raymundo Deyro
• Johnny Jose

Reference

• Dela Cruz, Juan. Filipino World Champions. Mandaluyong City: National Book Store, 2005