Olivia "Bong" Coo
Female, Person
1948 –
Who is Olivia "Bong" Coo?
Olivia "Bong" Coo is a Filipino tenpin bowling athlete. She is a 4-time World Champion and won the nation's most gold medal in the Asian Games 63-year history, winning five gold medals; She is the first Filipino athlete listed in the Guinness Book of World Records; and the inaugural member to the International Bowling Hall of Fame in St. Louis Missouri in 1993.
She is the only bowling athlete who has won the All Events titles in regional level, Asian Zone level and world level championships in major quadrennial and biennial bowling competitions as well as owned the All Events records on those tournaments at one time in 1986.
The world's premier amateur event the Quadrennial World Championships, consecutive in 1979 and 1983
Quadrennial Asian Games, consecutive in 1978 and 1986
Biennial Zone Championships, 14 years apart 1972 and 1986
Biennial South East Asian Games, consecutive in 1981 and 1983
Bong Coo also won the Bowling World Cup, Asian Games Singles and Masters, the FIQ Zone Championships Masters, the FIQ Zone Championships Singles and the South East Asian Games Masters.
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