Rafael “Paeng” Nepomuceno
“International Bowling Athlete of the Millennium”



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Rafael “Paeng” Nepomuceno (born January 30, 1957 in Manila) is a Filipino and is a 6-Time World Bowling Champion and is acknowledged as the greatest international bowler in the history of the sport. He has won the World Cup of bowling four times in three different decades:

In Tehran, Iran on November 19, 1976
In Jakarta, Indonesia on November 1, 1980
In Le Mans, France on November 8, 1992
In Belfast, Northern Ireland on November 23, 1996

Nepomuceno’s two other world titles are from winning the World’s invitational Tournament which was participated by the World’s best bowlers and was held in Sam’s Town bowling center in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 8, 1984 which was a global event to showcase the sport in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Paeng also won the World Tenpin Masters championship in London, England on March 7, 1999. He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and has two unbroken records up to this day for being the only athlete in the world to win world titles in three different decades and his other Guinness book of record is for being the youngest ever to have won the Bowling World Cup at 19 years old. In total, Paeng has won 118 career worlwide championship tournament titles in five continents. Paeng who still actively competes up to this day is the only bowling athlete to have won championship titles in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Taboan Market
Tres de Abril, Cebu City

Famous for: Dried fish (danggit), pusit and longganisa