Nationality Filipino Spouse Eduardo Coo | Children Edward, Edilbert | |
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Born June 3, 1948 (age 68) ( 1948-06-03 ) Occupation Retired, Sporting Apparel Design Consultant Known for Most decorated Filipino AthleteFirst Filipino Athlete in the Guinness Book or World Records4-time World Champion5-time Asian Games Gold Medalist14-time Asian FIQ Gold Medalist1986 World Bowler of the Year Awardee1993 International Bowling Hall of Fame inaugural enshrineeAsia's Bowling Queenvoted "Asia's Most Durable Bowler" in 1994Outstanding Scholastican | ||
Former world champ bong coo shows how
Bong Coo (born June 3, 1948) is a four time Ten-pin bowling Champion from the Philippines. She is the most decorated Filipino athlete per Philippine Republic Act 9064 also known as "Athletes Incentives Act of 2001". Her career with the national team has earned for Philippines 78 medals broken down to 37 gold, 23 silver and 18 bronze, and won a total of 137 championship titles with at least one Masters title for 28 consecutive years.
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- Former world champ bong coo shows how
- Cheska playing with bong coo mp4
- All Events Champion
- Other Major Individual and Masters Titles
- Other World Championships Medals
- Asian Games
- Asian Zone Championships
- Southeast Asian Games
- Other Awards
- Retirement
- Summary of Awards and achievements
- References
She is the first Filipino athlete listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. and one of the inaugural member to the International Bowling Hall of FameSt. Louis Missouri in 1993 with compatriot Paeng Nepomuceno (the Hall of Fame relocated to Arlington, Texas in 2010).
She was named one of the "Greatest International Bowlers of All-Time" by the prestigious Bowlers Journal International in its November 2013 100-year anniversary issue and "Top 24 International Bowlers of All-Time" by the Bowlers Journal International edition in September 2004
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All Events Champion
All Events is the combined scores in 6 events: Singles, Doubles, Trios and 5-Team Event. Played in varying lane conditions and pace totaling 24 games . This category is regarded as the most prestigious medal in world bowling (see WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships).
Bong Coo is the only bowling athlete who has won the All Events titles in bowling's quadrennial and biennial competitions such as the regional games, Zone championships and World Championships. She owned the All Events records on those tournaments at one time in 1986, consequently, she was named World Bowling Writers Female "World Bowler of the Year" that year.
Major All Events Titles and records
Other Major Individual and Masters Titles
Bong Coo also won the Bowling World Cup (1979), quadrennial Asian Games Singles and Masters (1978), the biennial FIQ Zone Championships Masters (twice, 20 years apart 1972 and 1992), the biennial FIQ Zone Championships Singles (twice 1978 and 1984) and the biennial South East Asian Games Masters (1981).
Other World Championships Medals
Bong Coo and Lita dela Rosa won the Doubles Gold and Trios Silver medal with Nellie Castillo at 1979 World Championships in Manila. Bong and Lita repeated the Silver medal with Arianne Cerdeña in the 1983 World Championships in Caracas, Venezuela.
Asian Games
The Asian Games are held every four years, it is the biggest multi-sport games after the Olympic Games and is the most prestigious event organised by the Olympic Council of Asia.
Bong Coo won the nation's most gold medal in the quadrennial Asian Games 63-year history, winning five gold medals.
She is also the most successful bowling athlete at the Asian Games. Bong Coo achieved what experts believe to be a historic record by winning all the individual events at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok Thailand, she won the Singles, topped the All-Events, and won the Masters.
Asian Zone Championships
International bowling is divided into three geographical Zones. America, European and Asia which includes Australia and the Western Pacific.
Bong Coo won the most gold medals in the biennial Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) Zone Championships now known as the Asian Bowling Championships, with 14 gold medals in 12 consecutive tournament participation. Her Zone Masters titles were acknowledged by the World Bowling Writers Hall of Fame Committee equivalent to world medals. To this day she still holds the most gold medals won in the FIQ Zone Championships in one celebration with 5 gold medals in 6 events.
Southeast Asian Games
The Southeast Asian Games (also known as the SEA Games), is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. It is supervised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia..
The Philippines hosted the Southeast Asian Games for the first time in 1981. Bong Coo emerged as its most successful Filipino campaigner. She won six medals in six events, four of which were gold medals where she set six individual game records. Bong won the gold in Ladies Doubles with Lita de la Rosa and averaged 221 in Trios en route to an Individual All Events gold medal and became the South East Asian Games Masters champion.
Other Awards
In 2000, Bong Coo was voted one of the Philippines Athlete of the Millennium and was awarded an Achievement Diploma by the International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch in recognition of her outstanding contribution in promoting the development and participation of women and girls in sports, she was 17-years earlier awarded the Philippine Olympic Medal of Honor. She was also named one of the Ten Outstanding Women for the Nations Service (TOWNS) in 1986. The TOWNS award is conferred every three years by the TOWNS Foundation on Filipino women who have rendered outstanding service to the nation.
Retirement
Retired from active competition, she teaches Sport Bowling since 2002 under the Department of Human Kinetics at the University of the Philippines and Colegio de San Juan de Letran where bowling is included in the Physical Education curriculum. Her syllabus was approved by the Philippine Department of Education in 2001.
She briefly participated in seniors competitions where she won two Seniors Master Titles in 2008 at age 60 and in 2012 at 64.
A major bowing ball manufacturer released the MVP-Bong Coo ball in 2001 and in 2003, they are approved by the USBC (United States Bowling Congress) for use in international competitions. In 2003, the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) bowlers honored her through the Filipino bowlers of UAE in the "Bong Coo MVP Cup" participated in by OFW's from Brunei, Malaysia, Guam, California, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and Singapore. She provides free bowling training to youth bowlers from OFW families.