Mariano "Tom" Ong (October 1938 – 14 December 2016) was a Filipino

sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

. Ong, born in October 1938 in

Malabon Malabon, officially the City of Malabon ( fil, Lungsod ng Malabon), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 380,522 people. Located just north ...

, competed for the Philippines at the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

and

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

. He competed in the mixed 25m rapid fire pistol. Ong owned the Malabon Soap and Oil Industrial Co., Inc. which operated the Spring Cooking Oil business. His son later took responsibility for the business' operations. Ong died on 14 December 2016, of cardiac arrest following two hours of dialysis for his deteriorating kidneys. A

diabetic Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ...

, he frequently visited a hospital beginning in June 2016. He was survived by six children including Nathaniel Padilla. He was 78.

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* 1938 births 2016 deaths People from Malabon Filipino male sport shooters Olympic shooters for the Philippines Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th-century Filipino people {{Philippines-sportshooting-bio-stub