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ANTHONY N. VILLANEUVA
18 March 1945 to 13 May 2014
Anthony Villanueva won a silver medal for boxing in the featherweight (57kg) division at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. This was the first silver medal won by the Philippines.
Villanueva's father, Jose Villanueva, was also an olympic boxer who won bronze and the 1932 games.
Shortly after the Olympics he turned professional, but retired after five bouts. Besides boxing, Villanueva worked as an actor and boxing coach in the Philippines and as a security guard in the United States.
Philippine Olympic Silver Medalists # and , 23 April 2017
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