Deogracias Asuncion (born May 1, 1956) is a Filipino former cyclist. Competing in the

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and points race events at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, Asuncion was the only Filipino cyclist to compete in more than one event for that edition of the games. Asuncion was also among five cyclists competing for the Philippines at the

1982 Asian Games The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of ...

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. With three other teammates, he won a bronze medal in the 4,000 meter team pursuit event.

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* 1956 births Living people Filipino male cyclists Olympic cyclists for the Philippines Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games {{Philippines-cycling-bio-stub