Paeng Nepomuceno

Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno, born in 1957, is a Filipino bowler and coach, a six time world bowling champion and a member of the World Bowling Hall of Fame. He won the World Cup of Bowling four times, in 1976, 1980, 1992 and 1996, the first in Tehran at age 19, which made him the youngest tenpin world champion. He also won the World's Invitational Tournament in 1984 and the World Tenpin Masters in 1999. He is the only bowler to receive the IOC President's Trophy, was named International Bowling Athlete of the Millennium by the FIQ in 1999 and Athlete of the Century by the Philippine Sportswriters Association, and entered the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame in 2018. Guinness World Records recognises him for the most tenpin titles in a career, 138 in the article's latest count, and he is a USBC Gold level coach.