Oliver Ongtawco

Oliver Ongtawco, known as Ollie, lived from June 25, 1941 to June 8, 2020 and was a Filipino bowler who represented the Philippines in international tournaments from the 1970s to the 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's singles event of the 1979 FIQ WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships, held at the Celebrity Sports Plaza in Quezon City, ahead of Rogelio Felice of Venezuela. He also took silver in the trios event at the 1983 championships in Caracas, Venezuela, alongside Paeng Nepomuceno and Rauel Reformado, and he took part in the 1975 World Cup in Makati. The Philippine Sportswriters Association named him its 1979 Bowler of the Year. He studied at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran and died of a heart attack at the age of 78.