Paeng Nepomuceno

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Villareal and the surname or paternal family name is Nepomuceno.
Paeng Nepomuceno
Paeng Nepomuceno in 2008
Personal information
Full nameRafael Villareal Nepomuceno
NicknamePaeng
Born (1957-01-30) January 30, 1957 (age 67)
Quezon City, Philippines
Alma materLa Salle Green Hills
Adamson University
Occupation(s)Bowling player and coach
Years active1970–present
SpouseSaira Puyat
Websitewww.paengbowling.com
Sport
Country Philippines
SportBowling
Coached byAngel Nepomuceno[1]
Achievements and titles
World finals
Medal record
Representing  Philippines
Men's Bowling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Bowling Championships – 3 1
World Games – – 2
Asian Games 1 1 –
Asian Championships[2] 6 – 1
Federal Territory[2] 5 – –
Southeast Asian Games 9 5 5
Total 21 9 9
World Tenpin Bowling Championships
Silver medal – second place 1991 Singapore Team[3]
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Singapore Doubles[4]
Silver medal – second place 1987 Helsinki Singles[5]
Silver medal – second place 1983 Caracas Trios[6]
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Lahti Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Hague Singles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1994 Hiroshima Team of five
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place Taiwan 1998 All Events[7]
Bronze medal – third place Taiwan 1998 Masters
Gold medal – first place Guam 1994 Masters[8]
Gold medal – first place Singapore 1984 All Events
Gold medal – first place Manila 1982 Doubles
Gold medal – first place Manila 1982 All Events
Gold medal – first place Jakarta 1976 Masters[9]
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place Jakarta 1997 Singles [10]
Silver medal – second place 1993 Singapore Trio[11]
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Singapore Masters[11]
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Singapore All-around[11]
Gold medal – first place 1991 Manila Singles[12]
Silver medal – second place 1991 Manila All-around[12]
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indonesia Singles
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indonesia Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indonesia All Events
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Indonesia Team
Gold medal – first place 1985 Bangkok Doubles[2]
Gold medal – first place 1985 Bangkok All Events[2]
Silver medal – second place 1983 Singapore Singles
Silver medal – second place 1983 Singapore Team
Silver medal – second place 1983 Singapore All Events
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Singapore Masters
Gold medal – first place 1981 Manila Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1981 Manila Trios
Gold medal – first place 1981 Manila All Events
Paeng Nepomuceno with his 4 Guinness World Records
Paeng Nepomuceno with his Guinness World Records[13]
Nepomuceno being honored Six times by Five Philippine Presidents with the Presidential Medal of Merit in 1984, Philippine Legion of Honor in 1999, Order of Lakandula in 2008 and Presidential Citations in 1988, 1992 and 1996.
Nepomuceno being honored Six times by Five Philippine Presidents with the Presidential Medal of Merit in 1984, Philippine Legion of Honor in 1999, Order of Lakandula in 2008 and Presidential Citations in 1988, 1992 and 1996.[14]
Nepomuceno being awarded the IOC ( International Olympic Committee) Presidents Trophy in 1999 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Nepomuceno being awarded the IOC ( International Olympic Committee) Presidents Trophy in 1999 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.[15]
Nepomuceno at the Entrance of the International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum, Arlington, Texas in 2010
Nepomuceno at the Entrance of the International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum, Arlington, Texas in 2010.[16]
Nepomuceno's induction to the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.
Nepomuceno receives his World Bowling Hall of Fame plaque from Bernard Gibbons in a ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa 1993.
Nepomuceno receives his World Bowling Hall of Fame plaque from Bernard Gibbons in a ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa 1993.[17]
Nepomuceno was honored with a World Renowned Filipino Living Legend commemorative Stamp by Philippine Postal Corporation on November 13, 2021.

Rafael "Paeng" Villareal Nepomuceno (born January 30, 1957) is a Filipino bowler and coach who is a six time World bowling champion.[18] He is a World Bowling Hall of Famer and is the first and only bowling athlete to be awarded with the prestigious IOC (International Olympic Committee) President's Trophy.[19][20] He was also named International Bowling Athlete of the Millennium by the FIQ (Federation Internationale des Quilleurs) in 1999[21] and was inducted in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.[22]

Paeng is the first Filipino bowling athlete to be honored with a commemorative stamp when the Philippine Postal corporation issued a World Renowned Filipino Living Legend Stamp bearing his image to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first Philippine stamp on November 13, 2021.[23]

He has won the World Cup of Bowling four times (1976, 1980, 1992 and 1996).[24] Nepomuceno has also won the World's Invitational Tournament in 1984 and the World Tenpin Masters championship in 1999.[25][26]

He has been honored by the Guinness World Records four times. His first was as the "Youngest tenpin bowling world champion" by winning the 1976 Bowling World Cup in Tehran, then for "the most wins of the tenpin bowling world cup (1976, 1980, 1992, and 1996)",[27] and for "the most tenpin bowling titles of 133 and was achieved in Quezon City, Philippines, on 13 July 2019", he broke his own record of 118 titles which was first established in 2007.[28]

Nepomuceno is also a USBC Gold level coach, the only Asian to hold the certification from the United States Bowling Congress.[29] He was named by the Philippine Sportswriters Association the Athlete of the Year in 1999.[30]

The Bowlers Journal International picked Paeng as its Greatest international bowler in its International Edition in September 2004[31] and also on its November 2013 100-year Anniversary issue.[32]

Paeng at 65 years old rolled his 37th Sanctioned Perfect 300 game at the 24th Sta Lucia East Bowling Association (SLETBA) Open Masters Finals on October 16, 2022.

  1. ^ Ortiga, Kara (3 February 2017). "Paeng Nepomuceno". Equire. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Paeng Nepomuceno on top of the World Cup. Mirror Weekly Magazine. January 13, 1997.
  3. ^ "HIS-WOR-WCH-DIS-MENS-Team5 – EBF | European Bowling Federation". etbf.eu.
  4. ^ "HIS-WOR-WCH-DIS-MENS-Doubles – ETBF | European Tenpin Bowling Federation".
  5. ^ "HIS-WOR-WCH-DIS-MENS-Singles – ETBF | European Tenpin Bowling Federation".
  6. ^ "HIS-WOR-WCH-DIS-MENS-Trios – EBF | European Bowling Federation". etbf.eu.
  7. ^ "abf-online.org - brought to you by ASIAN BOWLING FEDERATION - 26thatbc-2.htm". www.abf-online.org.
  8. ^ Thomas Koh (10 July 1994). "Paeng captures Masters crown". The Straits Times. p. 32. Filipino southpaw ends 18-year wait to register second victory in Guam. History came round full circle for Filipino Paeng Nepomuceno, who won the men's Masters title at the Asian FIQ bowling championships at the Central Lanes yesterday.
  9. ^ Brian Miller (9 November 1980). "Paeng shooting for third W-Cup title". New Nation. p. 28. In 1976, he made the Filipino team for the Asian FIQ championships in Jakarta... he walked away with the individual gold medal."That victory made me the best in Asia. I had achieved my goal."
  10. ^ "SEA Games Tenpin Bowling Championships Past Winners". www.abf-online.org. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "SEA Games Philippine Medallists [sic] since 1991 : 17th SEA Games - Singapore 1993" (PDF). Philippine Olympic Committee. September 2004. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  12. ^ a b "SEA Games Philippine Medallists [sic] since 1991 : 16th SEA Games - Manila 1991" (PDF). Philippine Olympic Committee. September 2004. p. 35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Guinness Book of World Records honors Paeng for 4th time". Manila Bulletin. 2020-11-21. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  14. ^ Chua, Paolo (August 25, 2021). "10 Filipino Celebrities Who Have Received the Presidential Medal of Merit". Esquiremag.ph. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  15. ^ "Search for issuances". issuances-library.senate.gov.ph. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  16. ^ "Paeng Nepomuceno visits new International Bowling Campus". www.bowlingdigital.com. 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  17. ^ "The Filipino Phenom". International Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  18. ^ "Paeng: Proud to be Pinoy". The Philippine STAR.
  19. ^ "Senate Resolution No. 42, s. 2000 | Senate of the Philippines Legislative Library". Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  20. ^ "IBMA | Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame".
  21. ^ "Memorandum Order No. 468, s. 1998 | Senate of the Philippines Legislative Library".
  22. ^ "Diay, Paeng, Coo lead new batch of inductees into PH Sports Hall of Fame".
  23. ^ "Paeng Nepomuceno honored with commemorative stamp". ABS-CBN News. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  24. ^ "Bowling World Cup Winners".
  25. ^ Castillejo, Dyan (10 July 2013). "Paeng Nepomuceno makes history anew". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  26. ^ "PHNO: Sports Beat". www.newsflash.org.
  27. ^ "Most wins of the tenpin bowling world cup". guinnessworldrecords.com. Guinness World Records.
  28. ^ "Most tenpin bowling titles". guinnessworldrecords.com. Guinness World Records. 13 July 2019.
  29. ^ "Paeng is certified gold-level coach - Manila Standard". Manila Standard. Archived from the original on 2018-01-02.
  30. ^ PSA Athlete of the Year amazonaws.com [dead link]
  31. ^ Bowlers Journal September 2004 issue Luby Publishing
  32. ^ Bowlers Journal November 2013 issue Luby Publishing