Olivia "Bong" Coo - Awards and Achievements

Awards and Achievements

• 4-time World Champion
• First Filipino Athlete listed in the Guinness Book of World Records
• Inaugural member to the World Bowling Writers International Bowling Hall of Fame (1993) at the International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. (in 2010 the Hall of Fame Museum moved to Texas)
• Selected to the "Top 24 International Bowlers of All-Time" by the editor and publisher of Bowlers Journal International edition, Sept. 2004
• Most gold medals won by a Filipino athlete in the quadrennial Asian Games with five
• Most Gold Medal in the biennial Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) Zone Championships with 14 in 12 consecutive participation in 28 years
• Most Gold Medal won in Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) Zone Championships in one celebration 5 gold medals in 6 events
• Most successful Filipino campaigner in the 1981 South East Asian Games Held in Manila with 4 gold and 2 silver medals in 6 events
• First bowler to win in two different world tournaments in a year
• Most bemedalled Filipino athlete of all time with 78 international medals in regional and world events where she competed as a member of the national squad, broken down to 37 gold, 23 silver and 18 bronze
• Most bemedalled Filipino athlete per Republic Act 9064 "Athletes Incentives Act of 2001"
• Total of 135 bowling tournament titles
• Won at least one Masters title for 28 consecutive years.
• Named "Athlete of the Millennium" by the Philippine Sportswriters Association in 2000
• Awarded an Achievement Diploma by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch in 2000 in recognition of her outstanding contribution in promoting the development and participation of women and girls in sports
• Only repeat All Events Champion in the quadrennial World Championships (consecutive - 4 years apart)
• Only repeat All Events Champion in the quadrennial Asian Games (consecutive - 8 years apart)
• Only repeat Women All Events Champion in the Asian Zone Championships (14 years apart)
• First repeat All Events Champion in the South East Asian Games (consecutive)
• World Bowling Writers World Bowler of the year in 1986, the WBW has a membership of over 300 bowling writers worldwide
• Federation Internationale des Quilleurs Woman Bowler of Year for 1992–1993
• Voted Asia's Most Durable Bowler in 1992
• Held the All Events games records in the national, regional level, and world level championships in biennial and quadrennial games simultaneously in 1986
• Named " Athlete of the Year" Philippine Sportswriters Association in 1983, 1986
• 13-time Philippine Sportswriters Association Bowler of the Year
• Awarded the Philippine Olympic Medal of Honor in 1983 and Bowler of the Decade
• Named Asia's Bowling Queen in 1972
• Most bemedalled Filipino athlete in the Asian Games in one celebration 1978
• Set three world records in consecutive World Championships in 1979 and 1983, one world record in the 1979 World Cup, seven Asian records in the Zone Championships in 1986 and 1992, five Asian records in consecutive Asian Games in 1978 and 1986 and six South East Asian Games records at the SEAG in 1981
• One of the 100 Filipinas featured in Filipina Firsts: A Salute to 100 Women Pioneers 1898-1998
• Only athlete included in the Philippines 100 Women of the Century in 2000
• Chosen one the country's "Inspiring Mothers" by the Family Today Magazine in 2000
• Awarded "Kababaihang Makasaysayan" by the National Centennial Commission- Women Sector – ensured women’s visibility in history and nation building through Global Movement for Herstories, 1999
• Honored in the first ICHPER-SD Asia Conference Sport Covenant for Women - for uplifting the status of women in sports, 1998
• Received citations from both houses of Congress in 1993
• All Filipino Sports Awards Athlete of the Year for Bowling, 1973 and 1975
• Named one of the Ten Outstanding Women for the Nations Service (TOWNS) in 1986. The TOWNS Award is conferred every three years by the TOWNS Foundation on Filipino women who have rendered outstanding service to the nation; The TOWNS Foundation is dynamic group of empowered Filipino women leaders who have contributed positively to shaping the nation’s future and serving as a catalyst for economic and social development by providing their time, talent and resources to government organizations