Six-time world bowling champion and bowling Hall of Famer Paeng Nepomuceno won the 40th Philippine International Open 37 years after he first won it in 1974.
Nepomuceno, 54, now holds the record for being the youngest and oldest champion of the tournament.
The 8-time Philippine Open champion defeated international bowling stars in Malate, Manila on Sunday (June 25). Read More...
Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno (born January 30, 1957 in Manila) is a six time World Bowling Champion Filipino bowler. He has won the World Cup of Bowling four times (1976, 1980, 1992 and 1996). Nepomuceno has also won the World's Invitational Tournament in 1984 and the World Tenpin Masters championship in 1999.
He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for three records: 1) for most Bowling World cup wins,[citation needed] 2) for being the youngest ever to win the Bowling World Cup (at 19 years of age),[citation needed] and 3) for having won the most number of bowling tournament titles.[citation needed] In total, Paeng has 118 career bowling titles. Paeng who still actively competes up to this day is the only bowling athlete to have won or awarded titles in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.[citation needed]
He is the only bowling athlete in the world who has received the prestigious International Olympic Committee President's Trophy[citation needed] and was the first international male bowling athlete to be enshrined in the International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum based in St. Louis, Missouri in 1993 where his seven foot image is displayed at the Museum's entrance.[citation needed] In November 1999, the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) named Paeng as the "International Bowling Athlete of the Millennium."[citation needed]
In a ceremony held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates during the World Championships, an FIQ official cited Paeng with these words: "No international bowling athlete is more deserving of recognition than Paeng. In addition to his long list of well-known achievements as a world champion in three decades, Paeng truly has been and continues to be an extraordinary ambassador for Filipino sport.
Nepomuceno, 54, now holds the record for being the youngest and oldest champion of the tournament.
The 8-time Philippine Open champion defeated international bowling stars in Malate, Manila on Sunday (June 25). Read More...
Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno (born January 30, 1957 in Manila) is a six time World Bowling Champion Filipino bowler. He has won the World Cup of Bowling four times (1976, 1980, 1992 and 1996). Nepomuceno has also won the World's Invitational Tournament in 1984 and the World Tenpin Masters championship in 1999.
He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for three records: 1) for most Bowling World cup wins,[citation needed] 2) for being the youngest ever to win the Bowling World Cup (at 19 years of age),[citation needed] and 3) for having won the most number of bowling tournament titles.[citation needed] In total, Paeng has 118 career bowling titles. Paeng who still actively competes up to this day is the only bowling athlete to have won or awarded titles in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.[citation needed]
He is the only bowling athlete in the world who has received the prestigious International Olympic Committee President's Trophy[citation needed] and was the first international male bowling athlete to be enshrined in the International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum based in St. Louis, Missouri in 1993 where his seven foot image is displayed at the Museum's entrance.[citation needed] In November 1999, the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) named Paeng as the "International Bowling Athlete of the Millennium."[citation needed]
In a ceremony held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates during the World Championships, an FIQ official cited Paeng with these words: "No international bowling athlete is more deserving of recognition than Paeng. In addition to his long list of well-known achievements as a world champion in three decades, Paeng truly has been and continues to be an extraordinary ambassador for Filipino sport.
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