Daniel Patrick Manabat Caluag (born 15 January 1987 in

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) is a Filipino American

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racer who competed for the

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in the BMX event of the

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. Caluag was eliminated after the qualifying heats. He won the men's elite gold medal in the 2013 Asian BMX Cycling Championships in

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On October 1, 2014, the Filipino Olympian has set another milestone by winning the

' first and only gold medal in BMX Cycling at the 17th Asian Games 2014 in

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. Caluag was named 2014 Athlete of the Year trophy at the Philippine Sportswriters Association Awards Night. Caluag was also part of the 14 scholar-athletes who have scholarships from the Olympic Solidarity Movement under the Philippine Olympic Committee.

Early life

Caluag was born to Daniel Ramos Caluag and Isabelita Manabat Caluag. Both of Caluag's parents were involved in the field of medicine, with Daniel Ramos being a respiratory therapist from

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and Isabelita being a registered nurse from Licab,

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. Both of his parents migrated separately and met in

with Daniel Ramos first migrating to Guam at a young age before migrating to the US mainland. Caluag and his only sibling and brother,

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was born in the United States.

Personal life

Daniel Caluag resides in Lexington in the US state of

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with his Stephanie with whom he has a baby daughter named Sydney. His brother, Christopher lives in California and bikes with Daniel whenever he later visits. Daniel Caluag and his wife earned their nursing degrees at the

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in Lexington last May 2014. As of March 2015, Caluag and his wife works at the

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in Lexington. Caluag works at the medical/surgical oncology and bone transplant unit at the Markey Cancer Center of UK HealthCare.

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* * * 1987 births Living people BMX riders Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Filipino male cyclists American male cyclists American sportspeople of Filipino descent Olympic cyclists for the Philippines Cyclists from Los Angeles Asian Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2018 Asian Games Filipino nurses Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines Lindsey Wilson College alumni Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games People from Harbor City, Los Angeles SEA Games medalists in cycling SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines {{Philippines-cycling-bio-stub