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ThePSAAthlete of the Year is an annual award given by the Philippine Sportswriters Association to the bestFilipino athletes for their sporting contributions and achievement. It is part of thePSA's Annual Awards Night , one of the most prestigious sport-related awards in thePhilippines .
Notable athletes who have been given this award includeRafael Nepomuceno ,Bong Coo ,Eric Buhain ,Lydia de Vega ,Efren Reyes ,Manny Pacquiao ,Hidilyn Diaz andCarlos Yulo .
Multiple-time winners [ edit ] Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award Florencio Campomanes , 2006: chess1973Philippines men's national basketball team , 2014: basketball[ 19] Eugene Torre , 2017:chess [ 20] Bong Coo , 2019: bowling[ 21] Paquito Rivas, 2019: cycling[ 22] Efren Reyes , 2019: billiards[ 23] Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco , 2020: basketballJoey Romasanta , 2020: volleyballSonny Barrios , 2020: basketballRamon Fernandez , 2021: basketballSonny Jaworski , 2021: basketballElma Muros , 2022: athleticsAllan Caidic ,Samboy Lim ,Joe Lipa ,Dante Silverio ,Turo Valenzona , 2023: basketballAthlete of the Decade Athlete of the Century” 1999 Athletes of the Millennium 1999Lydia de Vega , athletics, track and fieldCarlos Loyzaga , basketballPaeng Nepomuceno , bowlingBong Coo , bowlingPancho Villa , professional boxingGabriel Elorde , professional boxingOnyok Velasco , amateur boxingEugene Torre ,chess Teófilo Yldefonso , swimmingFelicisimo Ampon , tennisPSA's President's Award NU Bulldogs , 2015: collegiate basketballGilas Pilipinas, 2016: basketball Milo Rivera, 2017: motocross Manny V. Pangilinan , 2018: basketball (2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Bid Team)Carlos Yulo , 2019: gymnasticsAbraham Tolentino , 2020: cycling/OlympicsYuka 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) Nesthy Petecio andAira Villegas , 2024: boxing (2024 Summer Olympics bronze medalists)^ Team Philippines win 2005 PSA Athletes of the Year – Yehey! Sports [permanent dead link ^ Pacquiao, 7 others named PSA Athletes of the Year – Inquirer.net Archived March 6, 2007, at theWayback Machine ^ PSA: Four sportsmen share Athlete of the Year award - NBN News [permanent dead link ^ "Sports scribes name Donaire, Orcullo athletes of the year - InterAKTV" . Archived fromthe original on February 18, 2012. RetrievedFebruary 5, 2012 .^ PSA honors ’12 sports achievers tonite ^ Gilas cagers PSA athletes of the year ^ Tupas, Cedelf (February 3, 2015)."BMX rider Caluag PSA Athlete of the Year" .Philippine Daily Inquirer . RetrievedFebruary 8, 2015 . ^ "Nietes, Donaire, Tabuena share PSA Athlete of the Year award" . ABS-CBN Sports. January 10, 2016. Archived fromthe original on January 31, 2016. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2016 .^ "PSA to honor Diaz as 2016 Athlete of the Year" .ABS-CBN Sports . January 19, 2017. Archived fromthe original on January 20, 2017. RetrievedJanuary 19, 2017 .^ "PSA co-Athletes of the Year: Ancajas, Tabora, Biado" .Business Mirror . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2018 .^ "Asian Games gold medalists named athletes of the year" .Philippine Olympic Committee . January 10, 2019. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2019 .^ Dioquino, Delfin (January 20, 2020)."PH SEA Games team to be honored as Athlete of the Year in PSA Awards" .Rappler . RetrievedJanuary 20, 2020 . ^ "Golfer Yuka Saso to be hailed as Athlete of the Year" .ABS-CBN News . March 7, 2021. RetrievedMarch 7, 2021 .^ "EJ Obiena gets nod as 2023 PSA Athlete of the Year" . Spin.ph. January 1, 2024. RetrievedJanuary 1, 2024 .^ " . Spin.ph. January 1, 2025. RetrievedJanuary 2, 2025 .^ Pacquiao is PSA's Athlete of the Year and Hall of Famer – Philippines News Agency ^ |PSA picks Pacman as ‘Athlete of the Year’ for 5th time ^ PSA AWARDS; Reyes, ‘Campo’ mga bida – libre.com.ph ^ "PSA President's Award to NU" . Tempo. February 7, 2015. Archived fromthe original on February 8, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 8, 2015 .^ Torre to receive Lifetime Achievement PSA award ^ Bowling legend Bong Coo, cycling great Paquito Rivas to be honored by PSA ^ greats Olivia ‘Bong’ Coo, Paquito Rivas to receive Lifetime Award ^ Reyes to receive PSA Lifetime Achievement Award ^ "PSA names Pacquiao athlete of the decade – ABS-CBNNews.com" . Archived fromthe original on January 15, 2010. RetrievedJanuary 16, 2010 .
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