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Bong Coo

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Olivia Bong Coo, born in 1948, is a retired Filipino national athlete and sports administrator, and a bowler regarded as the most decorated Filipino athlete. As a member of the Philippine national team she won 78 medals in regional and world competitions, 37 of them gold, and she is a four time world champion with 137 championship titles overall, including at least one Masters title for 28 consecutive years. She is a member of the World Bowling Hall of Fame and the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame and was the first Filipino athlete to make the Guinness Book of World Records twice. Bowlers Journal International named her among the Greatest International Bowlers of All-Time in its 2013 anniversary issue and among the top 24 international bowlers in 2004. The Philippine Postal Corporation put her on a stamp in 2022, and in July 2022 she was appointed a Commissioner of the Philippine Sports Commission, having earlier served as its Officer-in-Charge.

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1948 1
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5+ 1
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is a retired Filipino national athlete and sports administrator
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1. Bong Coo (Wikipedia)
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    (born June 3, 1948)
  • Career, championship titles
    She has won a total of 137 championship titles
  • Lead, nationality
    is a retired Filipino national athlete and sports administrator
  • Plays: Ten-Pin Bowling, Lead
    She is a 4-time world champion and a World Bowling Hall of Fame and Philippine Sports Hall of Fame member
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