Philippines At The 1948 Summer Olympics
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Philippines At The 1948 Summer Olympics
The Philippines competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 26 competitors, all men, took part in 18 events in 8 sports. Athletics ;Men ;Track & road events Boxing Basketball *Preliminary round (group B) :* Defeated Iraq (102-30) :* Defeated South Korea (35-33) :* Lost to Chile (39-68) :* Defeated China (51-32) :* Lost to Belgium (35-37) *Classification 9-16 :* Defeated Argentina (45-43) *Classification 9-12 :* Lost to Peru (29-40) *Classification 11/12 :* Lost to Belgium (34-38) → did not advance, 12th place *Team roster :* Manuel Araneta :* Ramon Campos Jr. :*Eduardo Decena :* Andres dela Cruz :* Felicisimo "Fely" Fajardo ( c) :* Gabriel "Gabby" Fajardo :* Edgardo "Eduardo" Fulgencio :*Primitivo Martinez :* Lauro Mumar :*Francisco Vestil *Head coach: Dionisio "Chito" Calvo Shooting Three shooters represented the Philippines in 1948. ;25 metre pistol * Martin Gison ;50 metre pistol * Martin Gison * Albert von Einsiedel ; 50 metre r ...
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Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation
The Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation (PAAF) was the governing body of sports in the Philippines and the predecessor of the Philippine Olympic Committee. History The Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation was organized in a permanent basis in 1911 as a result of the gaining of foothold of athletics in the Philippine Islands which was caused by American influence since 1899. The early proponents of the PAAF meant not only to promote athletics in the whole archipelago but in the whole Far East. The PAAF formed a committee in 1912, composed of Frank L. Crone, Elwood Stanley Brown and William Tutherly, for this purpose. The PAAF was instrumental to the organization of the Far Eastern Athletic Association (FEAA) and launched the inaugural edition of the Far Eastern Championship Games in 1913. Succeeding editions of the Games would be hosted by the Philippines, China and Japan until 1934. The first Filipino Olympian was David Nepomuceno who participated in Athletics in the ...
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Boxing At The 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Featherweight
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing boxing glove, protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to "western boxing", in which only the fists are involved, boxing has developed in various ways in different geographical areas and cultures. In global terms, boxing is a set of combat sports focused on Strike (attack), striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions such as kicks, Elbow (strike), elbow strikes, Knee (strike), knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of the forms of the modern sport are western boxing, Bare-knuckle boxing, bare knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, muay-thai, lethwei, savate, and Sanda (sport), sanda. Boxing technique ...
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Captain (sports)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to th ...
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Felicisimo Fajardo
Felicisimo "Fely" Fajardo (October 26, 1915 – August 19, 2001) was a Filipino basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Basketball career Fely was one of Philippine basketball's top forwards during the early 1940s. He first saw action in an organized tournament as a UST Golden Nugget in 1931. After finishing high school in 1935, he took up commerce at Letran College and powered the varsity team to its first NCAA senior title in 1940. Fely made it to the national team for the first time in the 1938 Far Eastern games in Tokyo, among his teammates were outstanding players such as Charles Borck, Francisco Vestil, brother Gabby and Arturo Rius. The Philippines placed second and Fely was again in the 1940 RP team in Manila. After the War, Fely was back again in 1947 as a UST Glowing Goldie and one year later, was chosen to play for the national team in the 1948 London Olympics. He retired from active competition at a relatively young age of 34 in 1949. Coaching car ...
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Andres Dela Cruz
Andrés "Andy" de la Cruz (10 November 1923 – 5 June 1993) was a Filipino basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1923 births 1993 deaths Olympic basketball players for the Philippines Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 1951 Asian Games Philippines men's national basketball team players Filipino men's basketball players Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games {{Philippines-basketball-bio-stub ...
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Eduardo Decena
Eduardo Decena (14 January 1926 – 1 November 2002) was a Filipino basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1926 births 2002 deaths Basketball players from Manila Olympic basketball players for the Philippines Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Philippines men's national basketball team players Filipino men's basketball players Place of birth missing De La Salle Green Archers basketball players {{Philippines-basketball-bio-stub ...
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Manuel Araneta
Manuel "Manolet" Ledesma Araneta Jr. (8 December 1926 – 4 July 2003) was a Filipino basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Araneta Jr. was the father of Liza Araneta-Marcos, wife of Philippine president Bongbong Marcos Araneta Jr. was born on December 8, 1926, in Jaro, Iloilo City Jaro (; ) is a district of Iloilo City in the Philippine province of Iloilo on Panay Island in the Western Visayas region. It is the largest in terms of area and population of Iloilo City's seven districts, with 130,700 people in the 2020 census ..., Philippines, but grew up in Bago City , Negros Occidental References External links * * 1926 births 2003 deaths Sportspeople from Iloilo City Basketball players from Iloilo De La Salle Green Archers basketball players FEU Tamaraws basketball players Olympic basketball players of the Philippines Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Philippines men's national basketball team players Filipino men's b ...
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Clifford Blackburn
Clifford Blackburn (30 October 1927 – 3 June 2017) was a Canadian boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he defeated Mariano Vélez of the Philippines, before losing to Július Torma Július Torma (March 7, 1922, Budapest – October 23, 1991, Prague) was an ethnic Slovakian boxer competing for Czechoslovakia. He won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1948 for Czechoslovakia in the category up to 67 kg. He comp ... of Czechoslovakia. References 1927 births 2017 deaths Canadian male boxers Olympic boxers of Canada Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Welterweight boxers {{Canada-boxing-bio-stub ...
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Boxing At The 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Welterweight
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to "western boxing", in which only the fists are involved, boxing has developed in various ways in different geographical areas and cultures. In global terms, boxing is a set of combat sports focused on striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions such as kicks, elbow strikes, knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of the forms of the modern sport are western boxing, bare knuckle boxing, kickboxing, muay-thai, lethwei, savate, and sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many martial arts, military systems, and other combat sports. While h ...
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Mariano Vélez
Mariano Vélez (1925 – 2004) was a Filipino boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he lost to Clifford Blackburn Clifford Blackburn (30 October 1927 – 3 June 2017) was a Canadian boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he defeated Mariano Vélez of the Philippines, before losing to ... of Canada. References External links * 1925 births 2004 deaths Sportspeople from Cagayan de Oro Filipino male boxers Olympic boxers of the Philippines Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Welterweight boxers {{Philippines-boxing-bio-stub ...
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Gerald Dreyer
Gerald Dreyer (22 September 1929 – 5 September 1985) was a boxer from Pretoria, South Africa,Sports ref
Retrieved 31 October 2010 who competed in the division during his career as an amateur.


Amateur career

Dreyer was the Olympic Gold Medallist at lightweight in London 1948, defeating of Belgium in the final. Below are Gerald Dreyer's bouts from the 1948 Olympic Games: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: defeated Ernesto Porto (Philippines) on ...
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