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Sports award
Award
PSA Athlete of the Year Country
Philippines Presented by Philippine Sportswriters Association Currently held by
EJ Obiena (
2023 )
The PSA
Athlete of the Year is an annual award given by the Philippine Sportswriters Association to the best
Filipino
athletes for their sporting contributions and achievement. It is part of the
PSA's Annual Awards Night , one of the most prestigious sport-related awards in the
Philippines .
Notable athletes who have been given this award include
Rafael Nepomuceno ,
Bong Coo ,
Eric Buhain ,
Lydia de Vega ,
Efren Reyes ,
Manny Pacquiao and
Hidilyn Diaz .
Winners
Per year
Multiple-time winners
Special awards
Hall of Fame
Lifetime Achievement Award
Florencio Campomanes , 2006: chess
1973
Philippines men's national basketball team , 2014: basketball
[18]
Eugene Torre , 2017:
chess
[19]
Bong Coo , 2019: bowling
[20]
Paquito Rivas, 2019: cycling
[21]
Efren Reyes , 2019: billiards
[22]
Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco , 2020: basketball
Joey Romasanta , 2020: volleyball
Sonny Barrios , 2020: basketball
Ramon Fernandez , 2021: basketball
Sonny Jaworski , 2021: basketball
Elma Muros , 2022: athletics
Allan Caidic ,
Samboy Lim ,
Joe Lipa ,
Dante Silverio ,
Turo Valenzona , 2023: basketball
Athlete of the Decade
Athlete of the Century” 1999
Athletes of the Millennium 1999
Lydia de Vega , athletics, track and field
Carlos Loyzaga , basketball
Paeng Nepomuceno , bowling
Bong Coo , bowling
Pancho Villa , professional boxing
Gabriel Elorde , professional boxing
Onyok Velasco , amateur boxing
Eugene Torre ,
chess
Teófilo Yldefonso , swimming
Felicisimo Ampon , tennis
PSA's President's Award
NU Bulldogs , 2015: collegiate basketball
Gilas Pilipinas, 2016: basketball
Milo Rivera, 2017: motocross
Manny V. Pangilinan , 2018: basketball (2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Bid Team)
Carlos Yulo , 2019: gymnastics
Abraham Tolentino , 2020: cycling/Olympics
Yuka Saso , 2021: golf (2021 US Women's Open Champion)
Carlos Yulo , 2021: gymnastics (2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championship Gold & Silver Medalist)
Alex Eala , 2022: tennis (2022 US Open Girls Champion)
Gilas Pilipinas, 2023: basketball (2022 Asian Games gold medalist, Men's 5x5 Basketball)
References
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Team Philippines win 2005 PSA Athletes of the Year – Yehey! Sports [
permanent dead link ]
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Pacquiao, 7 others named PSA Athletes of the Year – Inquirer.net
Archived March 6, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine
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PSA: Four sportsmen share Athlete of the Year award - NBN News [
permanent dead link ]
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"Sports scribes name Donaire, Orcullo athletes of the year - InterAKTV" . Archived from
the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012 .
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PSA honors ’12 sports achievers tonite
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Gilas cagers PSA athletes of the year
^ Tupas, Cedelf (February 3, 2015).
"BMX rider Caluag PSA Athlete of the Year" .
Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved February 8, 2015 .
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"Nietes, Donaire, Tabuena share PSA Athlete of the Year award" . ABS-CBN Sports. January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016 .
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"PSA to honor Diaz as 2016 Athlete of the Year" .
ABS-CBN Sports . January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2017 .
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"PSA co-Athletes of the Year: Ancajas, Tabora, Biado" .
Business Mirror . January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018 .
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"Asian Games gold medalists named athletes of the year" .
Philippine Olympic Committee . January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2019 .
^ Dioquino, Delfin (January 20, 2020).
"PH SEA Games team to be honored as Athlete of the Year in PSA Awards" .
Rappler . Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
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"Golfer Yuka Saso to be hailed as Athlete of the Year" .
ABS-CBN News . March 7, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021 .
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"EJ Obiena gets nod as 2023 PSA Athlete of the Year" . Spin.ph. January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024 .
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Pacquiao is PSA's Athlete of the Year and Hall of Famer – Philippines News Agency [
permanent dead link ]
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|PSA picks Pacman as ‘Athlete of the Year’ for 5th time
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PSA AWARDS; Reyes, ‘Campo’ mga bida – libre.com.ph
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"PSA President's Award to NU" . Tempo. February 7, 2015. Archived from
the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015 .
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Torre to receive Lifetime Achievement PSA award
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Bowling legend Bong Coo, cycling great Paquito Rivas to be honored by PSA
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greats Olivia ‘Bong’ Coo, Paquito Rivas to receive Lifetime Award
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Reyes to receive PSA Lifetime Achievement Award
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PSA names Pacquiao athlete of the decade – ABS-CBNNews.com
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