List of Filipino American sportspeople

This is a list of American sportspeople of Filipino ancestry.

Baseball

  • Benny Agbayani – outfielder
  • Chris Aguila – outfielder
  • John André – pitcher
  • Bobby Balcena – outfielder
  • Jason Bartlett – shortstop
  • Bobby Chouinard – pitcher
  • Chase d'Arnaud – shortstop
  • Travis d'Arnaud – catcher[1]
  • Geno Espineli – pitcher
  • Tim Lincecum – pitcher[2]
  • Kyle Lohse – pitcher[3]
  • Clay Rapada – pitcher
  • Addison Russell – infielder
  • Tyler Saladino – shortstop
  • Anthony Volpe – shortstop
  • Brandon Villafuerte – pitcher
  • Jordan Yamamoto – pitcher[4]

Basketball

Chess

Combat Sports/Martial Arts

Cycling, Road, BMX, and Track

Fencing

Figure Skating

Hockey

American football

Golf

Gymnastics

Poker

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[25]
  • Willy Santos – professional skateboarder[26]
  • Sergie Ventura – professional vert skateboarder[27]
  • Doug Saladino – professional vert skateboarder[28]

Football/Soccer

Speed Skating

Track & Field

Table Tennis

Tennis

Volleyball

Water Sports

  • Victoria Manalo Draves – diver who was the first Asian American gold medalist, and 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)
  • Nicole Oliva - swimmer
  • Henley Masa – surfing world champion, WSL U.S. Open Champion

Wrestling

  • 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.[36]
  • Michael Paris – better known as DJZ for his time with TNA Wrestling. Currently signed with WWE where he performs on Raw brand under the ring name Joaquin Wilde.
  • 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 – best known as the Inaugural WWE Cruiserweight Champion.[37] Performed in WWE's Raw brand under the name TJ Perkins.[38] Also a former wrestler for TNA Wrestling formerly known as Suicide. Perkins is also known by his ring aliases Pinoy Boy and Puma.
  • Kris Hernandez – better known by the ring name Kris Wolf[39]
  • Ashley Louise Urbanski – currently signed with WWE where she performs on NXT under the ring name, Shotzi Blackheart.[40]
  • Allyssa Lyn "Lacey" Lane – currently signed to WWE here she performs on Raw under the ring name Kayden Carter.[41]
  • Jeff Cobb – better known for his time with NJPW, Ring of Honor, and All Elite Wrestling. Currently signed with NJPW where he belongs with the United Empire Faction. Cobb was formerly Never Openweight Champion, ROH tag team Champion, and PWG World Champion.

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