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'''Lita dela Rosa''' (died July 1994) was a Filipino 4-time World champion in Tenpin Bowling from Cebu, Philippines.
'''Lita dela Rosa''' (died July 1994) was a Filipino 4-time World champion in Tenpin Bowling from Cebu, Philippines. She was posthumously inducted in the World Bowling Hall of Fame<ref name="WBW"/> and in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manilastandard.net/sports/sports-plus/281240/lydia-paeng-coo-inducted-to-hall-of-fame.html/|title=Lydia, Paeng, Coo inducted to Hall of Fame}}</ref>


==Career==
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Lita won the [[Bowling World Cup]] in Bogota, Colombia, in 1978.<ref>{{cite web | title=1978 AMF World Cup | url= https://www.qubicaamf.com/World-Cup-Archives/1978-Bogota,-Columbia}}</ref> In 1979 IX [[Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs]] World Championship that was held in Manila, Philippines (at the Celebrity Sports Plaza), she won the gold medal in Women Single, as well as the prestigious Masters title.<ref>{{cite web | title=European Tenpin Bowling Federation World Championships Medal History | url=http://etbf.eu/his-wor-wch-dis-womens-singles/}}</ref> She is the first lady bowler to hold both world titles at the same time. She won another gold medal in Women Doubles teamed up with country woman [[Bong Coo]], and added another silver medal in Trios with Coo and Nellie Castillo.
=== World tournaments ===
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Lita won the [[QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup|AMF Bowling World Cup]] in Bogota, Colombia, in 1978.<ref>{{cite web | title=1978 AMF World Cup | url= https://www.qubicaamf.com/World-Cup-Archives/1978-Bogota,-Columbia}}</ref> In 1979 IX [[Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs]] World Championship that was held in Manila, Philippines (at the Celebrity Sports Plaza), she won the gold medal in Women Single,<ref>{{cite news |title=Lita wrests title with record total |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19791201-1.2.120.1?ST=1&AT=search&k=Lita%20wrests%20title%20with%20record%20total&QT=lita,wrests,title,with,record,total&oref=article |publisher=The Straits Times |date=1 December 1979 |ref=Microfilm Reel NL10401 |page=38}}</ref> as well as the prestigious Masters title.<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite web | title=European Tenpin Bowling Federation World Championships Medal History | url=http://etbf.eu/his-wor-wch-dis-womens-singles/}}
*{{cite web |author1=International News |title=World champion bowlers make up the third batch of the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://wp.talktenpin.net/2018/10/13/world-champion-bowlers-make-up-the-third-batch-of-the-philippine-sports-hall-of-fame/ |website=TalkTenpin.net |date=13 October 2018}}</ref> She won another gold medal in Women Doubles teamed up with country woman [[Bong Coo]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Filipinas bag another gold |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19791203-1.2.110.4?ST=1&AT=search&k=bong%20coo%201979%20celebrity%20sports&QT=bong,coo,1979,celebrity,sports&oref=article |publisher=The Straits Times |date=3 December 1979 |ref=Reel NL10401 |page=31}}</ref> and added another silver medal in Trios with Coo and Nellie Castillo.

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Dela Rosa is only one of two women who have won the AMF Bowling World Cup and the FIQ/WTBA Masters in successive years (the other is [[Annette Hagre]] Johansson of Sweden (1986 AMF Bowling World Cup, 1987 FIQ/WTBA Masters)).<ref>{{cite web |author1=The Freeman |title=Top Cebuano personalities Lita De La Rosa (Bowler par excellence) |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-entertainment/2019/04/25/1912449/top-cebuano-personalities-lita-de-la-rosa-bowler-par-excellence |publisher=FREEMAN CEBU |date=April 25, 2019}}</ref>


In the following world championships in 1983 X Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs held in Caracas Venezuela, Lita, Bong Coo and Arianne Cerdeña took another crack at the Trios but tied with the United States team for the silver medal.<ref>{{cite web | title=European Tenpin Bowling Federation World Championships Medal History | url=http://etbf.eu/his-wor-wch-dis-womens-trios }}</ref>
In the following world championships in 1983 X Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs held in Caracas Venezuela, Lita, Bong Coo and Arianne Cerdeña took another crack at the Trios but tied with the United States team for the silver medal.<ref>{{cite web | title=European Tenpin Bowling Federation World Championships Medal History | url=http://etbf.eu/his-wor-wch-dis-womens-trios }}</ref>


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Dela Rosa is a recipient of government incentives as a past achiever per [[Incentives for medalists in the Philippines|R.A. 9064]] through the Philippine Sports Commission.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2001/ra_9064_2001.html|title= Sports Benefits and Incentives Act of 2001 }}</ref>

===Asian tournaments===
In the 1979 5th FIQ Asian Zone Championships at Ploenshit Bowling Center in Bangkok, Lita combined with Nellie Castillo for the Women Doubles Gold medal.
In the 1979 5th FIQ Asian Zone Championships at Ploenshit Bowling Center in Bangkok, Lita combined with Nellie Castillo for the Women Doubles Gold medal.
[[File:Lita at GSIS office.png|alt=GSIS employees welcome Lita after the World Cup Bowling Championships|thumb|Welcome party to Lita (top center) at the GSIS office]]
[[File:Lita at GSIS office.png|alt=GSIS employees welcome Lita after the World Cup Bowling Championships|thumb|Welcome party to Lita (top center) at the GSIS office]]
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She died in July 1994, at the age of 57, following a heart bypass operation. She was honored by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) for faithfully serving it for 32 years. <ref>{{cite news |title=Bowling's Lita de la Rosa dies |url=https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=qZ8VAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA64&dq=%22Lita+dela+Rosa%22&article_id=4444,3302254&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2krrIzK3yAhUYEIgKHcj3AFoQ6AEwAXoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Lita%20dela%20Rosa%22&f=false |access-date=13 August 2021 |publisher=Manila Standard |date=22 July 1994}}</ref>She retired in April 1994 with the rank of Technical Assistant in the GSIS Manpower Development Division.

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Dela Rosa is only one of two women who have won the AMF Bowling World Cup and the FIQ/WTBA Masters in successive years (the other is [[Annette Hagre]] Johansson of Sweden (1986 AMF Bowling World Cup, 1987 FIQ/WTBA Masters)).


==International and National Hall of Fame==
She was elected to the WBW [[International Bowling Hall of Fame]] in 2000 <ref>{{cite web | title= International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum | url= http://www.bowlingmuseum.com/Honorees/HallofFamers/IBMALubyAwards.aspx }}</ref> and elected to the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame with compatriots Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno and Olivia "Bong" on October 12, 2019.<ref>{{cite web | title= Diay, Paeng, Coo lead new batch of inductees into PH Sports Hall of Fame | url= https://www.spin.ph/multisport/lydia-de-vega-paeng-nepomuceno-bong-coo-philippine-sports-hall-of-fame-a795-20181012 /}}</ref>
She was posthumously elected to the WBW [[International Bowling Hall of Fame]] in 2000 <ref name="WBW">{{cite web | title= International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum | url= http://www.bowlingmuseum.com/Honorees/HallofFamers/IBMALubyAwards.aspx }}</ref> and posthumously inducted in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame with compatriots [[Paeng Nepomuceno|Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno]] and [[Bong Coo|Olivia "Bong" Coo]] on October 12, 2019.<ref>{{cite web | title= Diay, Paeng, Coo lead new batch of inductees into PH Sports Hall of Fame | url= https://www.spin.ph/multisport/lydia-de-vega-paeng-nepomuceno-bong-coo-philippine-sports-hall-of-fame-a795-20181012}}</ref>


==Duckpin==
Dela Rosa was also one of the best Duckpin bowlers in the Philippines, also having won the silver medal at the World Cup of Duckpin.
Dela Rosa was also one of the best Duckpin bowlers in the Philippines, also having won the silver medal at the World Cup of Duckpin.


==Death==
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Dela Rosa is a recipient of government incentives as a past achiever per [[Incentives for medalists in the Philippines|R.A. 9064]] through the Philippine Sports Commission.
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She died in July 1994, at the age of 57, following a heart bypass operation. She was honored by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) for faithfully serving it for 32 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bowling's Lita de la Rosa dies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZ8VAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Lita+dela+Rosa%22&pg=PA64&article_id=4444,3302254 |access-date=13 August 2021 |publisher=Manila Standard |date=22 July 1994}}</ref> She retired in April 1994 with the rank of Technical Assistant in the GSIS Manpower Development Division.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines]]
[[Category:SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines]]




Latest revision as of 06:28, 22 May 2023

Lita dela Rosa
Sport
Country Philippines
SportBowling
Achievements and titles
World finals
Medal record
Representing  Philippines
Women's Bowling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Bowling Championships 3 2 1
Asian Games 1 1 –
Asian Championships 1 – –
Southeast Asian Games 4 1 1
Total 9 4 2
World Tenpin Bowling Championships
Gold medal – first place 1979 Manila Singles
Gold medal – first place 1979 Manila Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1979 Manila Masters
Silver medal – second place 1979 Manila Trios
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Manila All Events
Silver medal – second place 1983 Caracas Trios
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Bangkok Trios
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 Bangkok Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1984 Singapore Doubles[1]
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place Manila 1981 Doubles
Gold medal – first place Manila 1981 Trios
Silver medal – second place Manila 1981 Team
Gold medal – first place Singapore 1983 Team
Bronze medal – third place Singapore 1983 Doubles
Gold medal – first place Bangkok 1985 Team

Lita dela Rosa (died July 1994) was a Filipino 4-time World champion in Tenpin Bowling from Cebu, Philippines. She was posthumously inducted in the World Bowling Hall of Fame[2] and in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.[3]

Career

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World tournaments

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Lita won the AMF Bowling World Cup in Bogota, Colombia, in 1978.[4] In 1979 IX Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs World Championship that was held in Manila, Philippines (at the Celebrity Sports Plaza), she won the gold medal in Women Single,[5] as well as the prestigious Masters title.[6] She won another gold medal in Women Doubles teamed up with country woman Bong Coo,[7] and added another silver medal in Trios with Coo and Nellie Castillo.

Dela Rosa is only one of two women who have won the AMF Bowling World Cup and the FIQ/WTBA Masters in successive years (the other is Annette Hagre Johansson of Sweden (1986 AMF Bowling World Cup, 1987 FIQ/WTBA Masters)).[8]

In the following world championships in 1983 X Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs held in Caracas Venezuela, Lita, Bong Coo and Arianne Cerdeña took another crack at the Trios but tied with the United States team for the silver medal.[9]

Dela Rosa is a recipient of government incentives as a past achiever per R.A. 9064 through the Philippine Sports Commission.[10]

Asian tournaments

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In the 1979 5th FIQ Asian Zone Championships at Ploenshit Bowling Center in Bangkok, Lita combined with Nellie Castillo for the Women Doubles Gold medal.

GSIS employees welcome Lita after the World Cup Bowling Championships
Welcome party to Lita (top center) at the GSIS office

International and National Hall of Fame

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She was posthumously elected to the WBW International Bowling Hall of Fame in 2000 [2] and posthumously inducted in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame with compatriots Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno and Olivia "Bong" Coo on October 12, 2019.[11]

Duckpin

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Dela Rosa was also one of the best Duckpin bowlers in the Philippines, also having won the silver medal at the World Cup of Duckpin.

Death

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She died in July 1994, at the age of 57, following a heart bypass operation. She was honored by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) for faithfully serving it for 32 years.[12] She retired in April 1994 with the rank of Technical Assistant in the GSIS Manpower Development Division.

References

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  1. ^ Multiple sources:
    • Brian Miller (7 November 1984). "Third gold medal for Philippines". BUSINESS TIMES. p. 18.
    • Lee Wai Wun (7 November 1984). "Filipina one-two". The Straits Times. p. 42.
  2. ^ a b "International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum".
  3. ^ "Lydia, Paeng, Coo inducted to Hall of Fame".
  4. ^ "1978 AMF World Cup".
  5. ^ "Lita wrests title with record total". The Straits Times. 1 December 1979. p. 38.
  6. ^ Multiple sources:
  7. ^ "Filipinas bag another gold". The Straits Times. 3 December 1979. p. 31.
  8. ^ The Freeman (April 25, 2019). "Top Cebuano personalities Lita De La Rosa (Bowler par excellence)". FREEMAN CEBU.
  9. ^ "European Tenpin Bowling Federation World Championships Medal History".
  10. ^ "Sports Benefits and Incentives Act of 2001".
  11. ^ "Diay, Paeng, Coo lead new batch of inductees into PH Sports Hall of Fame".
  12. ^ "Bowling's Lita de la Rosa dies". Manila Standard. 22 July 1994. Retrieved 13 August 2021.


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