Jul 14, 2009

Paeng Nepomuceno 3rd Guiness Record in his 118th career



I was looking for the one of the best Filipino to feature in my blog when I remeber our own finest bowler Paeng Nepomuceno. As I search the internet one article from inquirer features Sir Rafael "Paeng " Nepomuceno.

Paeng made it to the Guiness World Record for the third timeafter clinching hi 118th career championship late last year,making him the holder of most number of tenpin bowling titles.

The six time world champion topped Melbourne's South Pacific Classic last on Sept.18, 2007 beating World Tenpin Masters Champion Jason Belmonte for his 118th crown.

The win in Melbourne also earned the 51-year-old southpaw the title Order of Lakandula with the special class of Champion for Life from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

It was Nepomuceno’s third presidential award after the Presidential Medal of Merit conferred by the late President Ferdinand Marcos in 1984 and the Philippine Legion of Honor given by former President Joseph Estrada in 1999. The Senate and Congress have also recognized him as the greatest Philippine athlete of all time.

Nepomuceno’s name first appeared in the Guinness book as winner of four World Cup titles in three different decades—in Tehran on Nov. 19, 1976; in Jakarta on Nov. 1, 1980; in Le Mans, France, on Nov. 8, 1992; and in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Nov. 23, 1996.

Paeng is one of our finest sports personality that raise up the pride of the Filipinos, every game, every championship battle he dedicate and inpired the game for his fellow kababayans.

We salute your greatness and proud as Filipino.

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