List of Filipino American sportspeople

This is a list of American sportspeople of Filipino ancestry.

Baseball

• Chris Aguila – Florida Marlins outfielder (Filipino father)
• Benny Agbayani – retired outfielder
• Bobby Balcena – Cincinnati Reds outfielder
• Jason Bartlett – retired shortstop (Filipina mother)
• Bobby Chouinard – Baltimore Orioles pitcher
• Geno Espineli – retired pitcher
• Tim Lincecum – San Francisco Giants pitcher (Filipina mother)^[1]
• Kyle Lohse – Milwaukee Brewers pitcher^[2]
• Addison Russell – Chicago Cubs shortstop/second basemen (mother is Filipina)
• Tyler Saladino – Chicago White Sox shortstop
• Brandon Villafuerte – retired pitcher
• Chase d'Arnaud – Atlanta Braves shortstop
• Travis d'Arnaud – New York Mets catcher^[3]

Basketball

• Jason Brickman - LIU Brooklyn point guard^[4]
• Jordan Clarkson - Los Angeles Lakers point guard^[5]
• Aaron Craft - Ohio State Buckeyes and Golden State Warriors point guard^[6]
• Gabe Norwood - George Mason Patriots and Smart Gilas Pilipinas guard/forward^[7]
• Nate Robinson - Denver Nuggets point guard (1/8 Filipino)^[8]
• Raymond Townsend - UCLA Bruins and Golden State Warriors guard^[9]
• Andray Blatche - Gilas Pilipinas center, naturalized Filipino ^[10] citizen. Former NBA player and last played for the Brooklyn Nets.

Combat sports/martial arts

• Romie Adanza – kickboxer
• Chris Cariaso – mixed martial artist
• Arianny Celeste – UFC's octagon girl and model
• John Dodson – Mixed martial artist, UFC fighter. Ultimate Fighter 14 winner.
• Glenn Donaire – Nonito Donaire's older brother, also a boxer in the flyweight and junior flyweight classes.
• Nonito Donaire – Four-Division Boxing World Champion (112 lbs,118 lbs,122 lbs and 126 lbs.)
• Adriano Directo Emperado – one of five martial artists who developed the Kajukenbo self-defense system
• Andrew Ganigan – former boxing lightweight contender.
• Dan Inosanto – Head of Bruce Lee's JKD, Head of Lacoste / Inosanto FMA.
• Tito Jones – mixed martial artist^[11]
• Ana Julaton – Boxer^[12][13]
• Robbie Lawler – mixed martial artist, UFC Welterweight Champion. Lawler is a quarter Filipino through his mother's side.^[14]
• Troy Mandaloniz – mixed martial artist
• Paige McPherson – 2012 Summer Olympics Taekwondo bronze medalist^[15]
• Mark Muñoz – mixed martial artist
• Phillipe Nover – mixed martial artist
• Jesus Salud - 1989 WBA super bantamweight champion
• Elena Reid - professional boxer and mixed martial artist
• Shane Del Rosario – mixed martial artist
• Brandon Vera – mixed martial artist
• Brian Viloria – US Olympic boxer, former WBC light-flyweight champion
• Eddie Yagin – mixed martial artist
• Ernie Reyes Jr. – martial artist
• Ernie Reyes, Sr. – martial artist

Cycling, Road, BMX, and Track

• Daniel Caluag – 2012 Summer Olympics BMX Cyclist from Philippines Team

Fencing

• Lee Kiefer – US olympic fencing team

Figure skating

• Amanda Evora – U.S. Olympic figure skater (pairs/ice dancing)^[16]
• Tai Babilonia – Olympic figure skater (African American mother; Filipino and Hopi-Indian father)
• Christopher Caluza– 2013 Lombardia Trophy silver medalist
• Elizabeth Punsalan – U.S. Olympic figure skater (pairs/ice dancing) (Filipino father)

American football

• Eugene Amano – NFL offensive guard/center, free agent.^[17]
• Tedy Lacap Bruschi – former NFL All-Pro linebacker, New England Patriots.^[18]
• Doug Baldwin – NFL wide receiver, Seattle Seahawks.^[19]
• Matt Castelo – former linebacker, San Jose State Spartans.
• Aaron Francisco – safety, free agent.^[20]
• Roman Gabriel – former NFL quarterback, Los Angeles Rams.
• Chris Gocong – NFL linebacker, free agent.
• Jordan Norwood – NFL wide receiver and punt returner, Denver Broncos.^[21]
• Chris Rix – former quarterback, Florida State Seminoles (Filipina mother).
• Steve Slaton – runningback, free agent. (maternal)^[22]

Golf

• Dorothy Delasin professional golfer, LPGA
• Jennifer Rosales professional golfer, LPGA

Gymnastics

• Kyla Ross – member of the Fierce Five, the gold medal-winning US Women's Gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
• Ava Verdeflor – Philippines national team member training in Allen, Texas. 2014 Youth Olympics competitor.

Poker

• Noli Francisco
• Toto Leonidas

Skateboarding

• Henry Gutierrez – professional vert skateboarder
• Sean Malto – professional skateboarder
• Pat Ngoho – professional vert skateboarder/artist
• Lizzie Armanto – professional vert skateboarder
• Adrian Demain – professional vert skateboarder/artist^[23]
• Willy Santos – professional skateboarder^[24]
• Sergie Ventura – professional vert skateboarder^[25]
• Doug Saladino – professional vert skateboarder^[26]

Softball

Football

• Joshua Alcala – American born Hispanic/Filipino football player.^[27] Has played in the United States Soccer Leagues D1 & D2.
• Henry Brauner – has played in the USL Premier Development League and the Philippines national team.
• Heather Cooke has played for the Philippines national team.
• Anton del Rosario – American born. Played NCAA soccer for Skyline College, Notre Dame de Namur University, and Philippine national football team.
• Natasha Kai – American soccer player and member of the United States women's national soccer team.
• Nick Rimando – Filipino, Mexican American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.^[28]
• Tiffany Roberts – American soccer player and former member of the United States Women's National Soccer Team (Filipina mother).^[29]
• Doug Baldwin Jr. -Seattle Seahawks Wide Receiver

Speed Skating

• J.R. Celski – Winter Olympics 2014 & 2010 (bronze medalist) short track speed skating^[30] and five-time world champion medalist.

Stacking

• Steven Purugganan – World Speed Stacking Champion at 10 years old.

Track & Field

• Rene Herrera
• Eric Cray

Tennis

• Cecil Mamiit
• Lilia Osterloh
• Treat Conrad Huey
• Riza Zalameda

Volleyball

• Liz Masakayan - Professional Beach volleyball^[31]
• David McKienzie - member of US national team

Water sports

• Victoria Manalo Draves – diver who was first woman to win two gold medals in springboard diving at the 1948 Olympics in London.
• Sunny Garcia – surfing world champion, surfing legend.
• Malia Jones – surfing model, People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.
• Natalie Coughlin – International swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist (with Filipino ancestry)

Wrestlers

• David Bautista – former professional mixed martial artist, and former professional wrestler best known for his time in the WWE under the ring name Batista. He is a six-time world champion, winning the World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice.
• Zema Ion – wrestler for TNA Wrestling
• Benny Cuntapay – also known by his ring alias B-Boy. Performer in CZW or Combat Zone Wrestling, also wrestled as Bael in Lucha Underground but was killed off in a storyline angle.
• T. J. Perkins – current WWE Cruiserweight Champion.^[32] Performs in WWE's Raw brand under the name Manik. Former wrestler for TNA Wrestling formerly known as Suicide. Perkins is also known by his ring aliases Pinoy Boy and Puma.

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