Aurelio Amante
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| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | c. 1910s | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Aurelio Amante (born c. 1910s) was a Filipino athletics competitor specializing in the discus throw. He represented the Philippines at international competitions.
He became Asian champion in the discus throw at the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games in Manila.[1][2] Seventeen years later, after World War II, he won the bronze medal in discus throw at the 1951 Asian games in New Delhi.[3] After the season he was honored by the PSA as Filipino athlete of the year.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Far Eastern Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 12 August 2022.
- ↑ "New Delhi, site of first Asian championships". The Filipino Athlete: 9-10. May 1951. Retrieved 19 July 2021 – via pinoymiler.wordpress.com.
- ↑ "Asian Games". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ↑ "Our sport". Philippine Yearbook: 76. 1952. Retrieved 19 July 2021 – via Google Books.
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