Philippines at the 2022 Asian Para Games

Philippines at the
2022 Asian Para Games
Philippines at the; 2022 Asian Para Games
IPC code	PHI
NPC	Paralympic Committee of the Philippines
in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; 22–28 October 2023
Competitors	72 in 12 sports
Flag bearers	Darry Bernardo (Chess); Angel Otom (Swimming)
Medals; Ranked 17th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
Asian Para Games appearances (overview)
	2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
	← 2018 2026 →

Philippines is scheduled to compete at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, from 22 to 28 October 2023. It was to take place in 2022 but due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event has been postponed and rescheduled to October 2023.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The delegation has 72 athletes with Ral Rosario as the chef de mission.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	1	4
Athletics	6	3	9
Badminton	1	1	2
Boccia	2	2	4
Chess	9	4	13
Cycling	3	0	3
Judo	2	1	3
Powerlifting	1	3	4
Swimming	8	1	9
Table tennis	5	2	7
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Wheelchair basketball	12	0	12
Total	53	20	71

Medalists

Gold

No.	Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1	Gold	Ernie Gawilan	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle S7	24 October

Silver

No.	Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1	Silver	Jerrold Mangliwan	Athletics	Men's 100 m T52	24 October

Bronze

No.	Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1	Bronze	Ernie Gawilan	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley SM7	23 October
2	Bronze	Gary Bejino	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle S6	23 October

Multiple

Name	Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Ernie Gawilan	Swimming	1	0	1	2

Medal summary

By sports

By date

Day	Date				Total
1	October 23	0	0	2	2
2	October 24	1	1		2
3	October 25
4	October 26
5	October 27
6	October 28
Total		1	1	2	4

Archery

Men's

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Arthur Azcuna	Individual compound	651	26 Q	Watanabe (JPN) W 139–138	Wu C.H. (TPE) L 135–143	Did not advance
Marzel Burgos		656	24 Q	Ngai K.C. (HKG) L 133–138	Did not advance
Angelo Manangdang		627	27

Women's

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Agustina Bantiloc	Individual compound	652 Q	13	Yavarpoor Shahrbabaki (IRI) L 131–135	Did not advance

Athletics

Men's road & track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arman Dino	100m T47
Arman Dino	400m T47
Jerrold Mangliwan	100m T52	—		18.65 PB
Jerrold Mangliwan	400m T52
Ronn-Russel Mitra	400m T20	53.46	4
Daniel Enderes Jr.	1500m T20
King James Reyes	1500m T46

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Ronn-Russel Mitra	Long jump T20	6.16 PB	6
Andrei Kuizon	Discus throw F51/52/53	11.38	10
	Shot put F53
	Javelin throw F54

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Rosalie Torrefiel	Discus throw F11
Cendy Asusano	Discus throw F54/55
	Javelin throw F54
	Shot put F54	3.53	9
Jesebel Tordecilla	Discus throw F54/55
Jesebel Tordecilla	Javelin throw F56	12.88	8

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Antonio Dela Cruz Jr.	Singles SU50	Shi S. (CHN) L (12–21, 9–21)	3	Did not advance
Antonio Dela Cruz Jr.	Singles SU50	Cheah L.H. (MAS) L (15–21, 9–21)	3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paz Lita	Singles WH2	Hoàng (VIE) L (10–21, 7–21)	4	Did not advance
		Lee S. (KOR) L (4–21, 7–21)
		Wetwithan (THA) L (5–21, 7–21)

Boccia

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
David Gonzaga	Men's individual BC2	Vongsa (THA) L 0–14	Saifulifram (MAS) L 1–6	Lee C. (KOR) L 0–8
Ramon Rey Apilado	Men's individual BC4	Somsanuk (THA) L 0–14	Jang S. (KOR) L 2–12	—
Daniella Catacutan	Women's individual BC1	Phromsiri (THA) L 0–8	Leung M.Y. (HKG) L 3–6	Handayani (INA) –
Michelle Fernandez	Women's individual BC4	Phonsila (THA) L 1–12	Gupta (IND) L 2–5	—
Ramon Rey Apilado Michelle Fernandez	Mixed Pairs BC4

Chess

The Philippines entered 13 chess players.

Men


Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
Henry Roger Lopez	Individual standard P1	Sripakdee (THA) W 1–0	Ayapov (KAZ) W 1–0	Kutwal (IND) D 0.5–0.5	Firdaus (INA) –
Jasper Rom		Khoonmee (THA) W 1–0	Kachian (IRI) W 1–0	Tirto (INA) D 0.5–0.5	Severino (PHI) –
Sander Severino		Sonom (MGL) W 1–0	Kazamian Aski (IRI) W 1–0	Firdaus (INA) D 0.5–0.5	Rom (PHI) –
Henry Roger Lopez	Individual rapid P1
Jasper Rom
Sander Severino
Darry Bernardo	Individual standard VI – B2/B3	Mosleh Rasht Abadi (IRI) W 1–0	Satrio (INA) L 0–1	Bagheri (IRI) W 1–0	Kishan (IND) –
Menandro Redor		Gan-ochir (MGL) W 1–0	Hartono (INA) W 1–0	Kishan (IND) D 0.5–0.5	Satrio (INA) –
Arman Subaste		Jumadi (INA) L 0–1	Gombo (MGL) W 1–0	Mosleh Rasht Abadi (IRI) W 1–0	Hartono (INA) –
Darry Bernardo	Individual rapid VI – B2/B3
Menandro Redor
Arman Subaste
Cecilio Bilog	Individual standard VI – B1	Ching (PHI) L 0–1	Alikhanov (KAZ) W 1–0	Đinh T.S. (VIE) W 1–0	Inani (IND) –
Francis Ching		Bilog (PHI) W 1–0	Lê V.V. (VIE) L 0–1	Sopian (INA) L 0–1	Sarmiento (PHI) –
Rodolfo Sarmiento		Wang Z. (CHN) W 1–0	Ghoorchibeygi (IRI) L 0–1	Đào T.K. (VIE) L 0–1	Ching (PHI) –
Cecilio Bilog	Individual rapid VI – B1
Francis Ching
Rodolfo Sarmiento
Henry Roger Lopez Jasper Rom Sander Severino	Team standard P1	—
Henry Roger Lopez Jasper Rom Sander Severino	Team rapid P1
Darry Bernardo Menandro Redor Arman Subaste	Team standard VI – B2/B3
Darry Bernardo Menandro Redor Arman Subaste	Team rapid VI – B2/B3
Cecilio Bilog Francis Ching Rodolfo Sarmiento	Team standard VI – B2/B3
Cecilio Bilog Francis Ching Rodolfo Sarmiento	Team rapid VI – B2/B3

Women


Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
Cheryl Angot	Individual standard P1	Kudainazarov (KGZ) W 1–0	Mendoza (PHI) L 0–1	Raju Prema (IND) W 1–0	Mehta (IND) –
Cheyzer Mendoza		Yuni (INA) W 1–0	Angot (PHI) W 1–0	Đoàn T.H. (VIE) D 0.5–0.5	Yulia (INA) –
Jean-Lee Nacita		Zhang Y. (CHN) W 1–0	Simanja (INA) L 0–1	Mehta (IND) L 0–1	Kudainazarov (KGZ) –
Cheryl Angot	Individual rapid P1
Cheyzer Mendoza
Jean-Lee Nacita
Maria Teresa Bilog	Individual standard VI – B2/B3	Naghavi Mandi (IRI) L 0–1	Nguyễn T.M.L. (VIE) L 0–1	Abdykadyrova (KGZ) W 1–0
Maria Teresa Bilog	Individual rapid VI – B2/B3
Cheryl Angot Cheyzer Mendoza Jean-Lee Nacita	Team standard P1	—
Cheryl Angot Cheyzer Mendoza Jean-Lee Nacita	Team rapid P1	—

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Arthus Bucay	Road race C4-5
Godfrey Taberna	Road race C4-5

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nikko Peralta	3000m individual pursuit C3
	1000m time trial C1-3
	time trial C1-3

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Deterson Omas	−73 kg	Nurdauletov (KAZ) L 0–10	Did not advance		Suranov (KGZ) L 0s1–10s1	Did not advance
Carlito Agustin Jr.	−90 kg	Matsumoto (JPN) L 0–10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mary Ann Aguinod	−57 kg

Powerlifting

The Philippines qualified three female powerlifters for the Asian Para Games by competing at the 2023 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[8]

Men


Athlete	Event	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3	Total	Rank
Romeo Tayawa	-54 kg	120	125	130	~~125~~	7

Women


Athlete	Event	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3	Total	Rank
Marydol Pamati-an	-41 kg	68	74	76	74	6
Achelle Guion	-45 kg	80	83	85	83	4
Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta	+86 kg

Swimming

The Philippines clinched at least two bronze medals courtesy of Ernie Gawilan and Gary Bejino.^[9]^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marco Tinamisan	50m freestyle S4
	100m freestyle S4
	200m freestyle S5
Gary Bejino	100m freestyle S6	1:12.61	2 Q	1:12.76
Gary Bejino	400m freestyle S6
Ernie Gawilan	100m backstroke S7
	400m freestyle S7	5:11.16	1 Q	4:58.29
	200m individual medley SM7	—		2:52.82
Edwin Villanueva	400m freestyle S8	—		6:11.28	8
Edwin Villanueva	200m individual medley SM8	DSQ		Did not advance
Aba Arnel	50m freestyle S9
	100m butterfly S9
	400m freestyle S9
Roland Sabido	100m backstroke S9
	400m freestyle S9
	200m individual medley SM9
Muhaimin Ulag	50m freestyle S9
Muhaimin Ulag	100m breaststroke S9	1:24.25	7	Did not advance
Ariel Alegarbes	100m backstroke S14	1:06.16	3 Q
	100m butterfly S14
	200m individual medley SM14

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Angel Otom	50m butterfly S6
	50m freestyle S6
	200m freestyle S5

Table tennis

The Philippines entered five men and two women in table tennis.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Smith Billy Cartera	Individual C4
Racleo Martinez Jr.	Individual C4	Shi Y. (CHN) L 0–3	Otepov (KAZ) –	Gunaya (INA) –
Andrew Kevin Arandia	Individual C8	Mulyo (INA) L 0–3	Tateishi (JPN) –	—
Benedicto Gaela	Individual C9	Ho K.S. (HKG) L 0–3	Liu C. (CHN) –	Silva (SRI) –
Linard Sultan	Individual C9	Chee C. (MAS) L 1–3	Chougule (IND) –	Fan Y. (CHN) –
Smith Billy Cartera Racleo Martinez Jr.	Doubles CMD8
Benedicto Gaela Linard Sultan	Doubles CMD18

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Angela Querebin	Individual C7	Xiong G. (MAS) L 0–3	Yerzhankyzy (KAZ) –	—
Jhona Peña	Individual C9
Jhona Peña Angela Querebin	Doubles CWD20

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Benedicto Gaela Angela Querebin	Doubles CWD20
Jhona Peña Linard Sultan	Doubles CXS20

Taekwondo

The Philippines qualified one male taekwondo athlete.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Allain Ganapin	Men's –80 kg	Dombayev (KAZ) –

Wheelchair basketball

The Philippine men's national team qualified for the Asian Para Games by virtue of finishing third at the 2023 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championship in Thailand.^[12]^[13]

Roster

The Philippines submitted a 12-man roster for the games.^[14]

Philippines men's national wheelchair basketball team – 2022 Asian Para Games roster

Players

Coaches

No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Pts.
4	Mark Vincent Aguilar	23 – (2000-06-23)23 June 2000	4.0
5	John Rey Escalante	31 – (1992-08-29)29 August 1992	4.0
6	Kenneth Christopher Tapia	28 – (1995-04-05)5 April 1995	3.5
8	Alfie Cabañog	33 – (1990-02-20)20 February 1990	4.0
10	Jannil Cañete	33 – (1990-01-19)19 January 1990	1.0
11	Cleford Trocino	36 – (1987-05-04)4 May 1987	1.0
12	Marlon Nacita	41 – (1982-09-24)24 September 1982	2.0
13	Freddie Magdayo	32 – (1990-10-20)20 October 1990	3.5
14	Jefferson Legacion	43 – (1980-07-13)13 July 1980	4.0
16	Kyle Carlo Carandang	21 – (2002-08-29)29 August 2002	1.5
17	Anthony Aze Demesa	19 – (2003-10-25)25 October 2003	3.5
18	Moises Escobar	38 – (1985-05-04)4 May 1985	4.0

Head coach

Vernon Perea

Assistant coach(es)

Yolanda Hernandez
Juanito Mingarine
Harry Solanoy

Legend

Age – describes age
on 19 October 2023

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage					Classification	Semifinals	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Philippines men's	Men's tournament	China L 34–83	Afghanistan L 49–53	Thailand L 32–70	Iran L 32–90	5	TBD –	Did not advance

Preliminary Rounds – Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	4	4	0	308	157	+151	8	Advance to Semi-finals
2	China (H)	4	3	1	278	207	+71	7	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Thailand	4	2	2	278	207	+71	6	Qualified for classification 5th–8th
4	Afghanistan	4	1	3	172	316	−144	5	Qualified for classification 5th–8th
5	Philippines	4	0	4	147	296	−149	4	Qualified for the Ninth place game

Source: HAPGOC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

19 October
16:15 UTC+8

Report

China	83–34	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 14–6, 24–11, 23–13, 22–4

20 October
11:45 UTC+8

Report

Philippines	49–53	Afghanistan
Scoring by quarter: 8–17, 10–13, 15–9, 16–14

21 October
11:00 UTC+8

Report

Thailand	70–32	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 18–2, 11–6, 25–8

24 October
19:00 UTC+8

Report

Philippines	32–90	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 2–26, 15–26, 10–23, 5–15

Classification – Ninth place game

26 October
9:30 UTC+8

Report

Philippines	54–51	Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 19–15, 10–11, 11–9

References

^ "Otom, Bernardo PH flag bearers at Asian Para Games opening". The Manila Times. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
^ "Asian Games postponed". ocasia.org. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ Release, Press (6 February 2023). "Para athletes open season at Tunis GP; eye APG and Worlds qualification". thebridge.in. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
^ "Postponed Asian Para Games gives PHL better chance to replicate effort in Indonesia". BusinessWorld. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ Suing, Ivan (12 October 2023). "Phl Para Athletes Start Hangzhou Departure". Daily Tribune. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
^ Banzuelo, Neil (16 October 2023). "Para team targets to surpass 11th place finish in Indonesia". BusinessWorld. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
^ "All Pinoy para athletes accounted for in China". Malaya Business Insight. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ @psc_gov (1 September 2023). "Team Philippines now has 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 athletes qualified for the 2023 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Dioquino, Delfin (23 October 2023). "Swimmers Ernie Gawilan, Gary Bejino bag PH's first medals in Asian Para Games". Rappler. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ "PH tankers Gawilan, Bejino bag bronze each in Asian Para Games". The Manila Times. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ "Ganapin eyes Asian Para Games taekwondo gold". The Philippines Star. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ Malanum, Jean (15 May 2023). "PH wheelchair basketball team qualifies for Asian Para Games". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
^ "PH wheelchair 5 open campaign vs China in Asian Para Games". ABS-CBN News. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "Wheelchair Basketball Men - Team Roster" (PDF). Asian Para Games 2022 Results System. Hangzhou Asian Para Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

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[1] "Otom, Bernardo PH flag bearers at Asian Para Games opening". The Manila Times. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

[2] "Asian Games postponed". ocasia.org. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

[3] Release, Press (6 February 2023). "Para athletes open season at Tunis GP; eye APG and Worlds qualification". thebridge.in. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[4] "Postponed Asian Para Games gives PHL better chance to replicate effort in Indonesia". BusinessWorld. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[5] Suing, Ivan (12 October 2023). "Phl Para Athletes Start Hangzhou Departure". Daily Tribune. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

[6] Banzuelo, Neil (16 October 2023). "Para team targets to surpass 11th place finish in Indonesia". BusinessWorld. Retrieved 16 October 2023.

[7] "All Pinoy para athletes accounted for in China". Malaya Business Insight. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

[8] @psc_gov (1 September 2023). "Team Philippines now has 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 athletes qualified for the 2023 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[9] Dioquino, Delfin (23 October 2023). "Swimmers Ernie Gawilan, Gary Bejino bag PH's first medals in Asian Para Games". Rappler. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[10] "PH tankers Gawilan, Bejino bag bronze each in Asian Para Games". The Manila Times. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[11] "Ganapin eyes Asian Para Games taekwondo gold". The Philippines Star. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

[qualfies-asiangames-12] Malanum, Jean (15 May 2023). "PH wheelchair basketball team qualifies for Asian Para Games". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[wheelchair5-13] "PH wheelchair 5 open campaign vs China in Asian Para Games". ABS-CBN News. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

[14] "Wheelchair Basketball Men - Team Roster" (PDF). Asian Para Games 2022 Results System. Hangzhou Asian Para Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

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