Mansueto Velasco
Boxing, Boxer
1974 –
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Who is Mansueto Velasco?
Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco, Jr. is a Filipino boxer and comedian from Bago City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. He competed in the Men's 48 kg category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and took home the silver medal, the Philippines' only medal of the games. He is the younger brother of Roel Velasco, winner of the Olympic bronze in the 1992 Summer Olympics, who is also a light-flyweight. Before this, he was one of the three Filipino boxers who clinched gold medals in the 1994 Asian Games held in Hiroshima, Japan.
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- Born
- Jan 10, 1974
Bago, Negros Occidental - Also known as
- Onyok
- Mansueto Velasco, Jr.
- Onyok Velasco
- Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco, Jr.
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Philippines
- Profession
- Lived in
- Negros Occidental
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on July 23, 2013
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