&content_nepomuceno=Paeng is a six time world champion in bowling. 
He is acknowledged as  the greatest international bowler in the history of the sport.
He is included in the Guinness Book of World Records for having won the most of World Cups over the past three decades.
Paeng at the age of nineteen also became the youngest bowler to win the World Cup. This was during his first World Cup Tournament in Tehran, Iran on November 19, 1976. He holds this title up to the present.
He was the first athlete to be inducted in the PSA (Philippine Sportswriters Association) Hall of Fame in 1993.
Paeng is the only athlete in the Philippines who has been given the highest award to a Filipino by three Philippine presidents. In 1984, Paeng was awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit by President Ferdinand E. Marcos. In 1999, President Joseph E. Estrada awarded the Philippine Legion of Honor and in 2008, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo awarded Paeng, the Order of Lakandula with Class of Champion for Life and was declared Best Filipino athlete of all time.
In 2003, the Prestigious Bowlers Journal International named Paeng as the Greatest International Bowler of All Time.
Paeng has been designated by the USBC (United States Bowling Congress) as its International Bowling Ambassador for Bowling and promotes bowling around the world and he also Certifies Coaches for USBC.
&content_popup=Do you play bowling? If you do well in it, then you might be the next Paeng of the Philippines. Let us learn more about this man who is simply called Paeng in the Philippines and throughout the world.
Rafael Paeng Nepomuceno was born on January 30, 1957. He stands at 6 feet and two inches and is left-handed. His wife is Saira R. Puyat who is better known as Pinky. They have three children. 
His father is Angel Nepomuceno who is also his coach and teacher. Paeng's mother is Teresita Baby Villareal, who was a former Miss Philippines beauty titlist (1951-1952).
Paeng is a six time world champion in bowling. He is acknowledged as  the greatest international bowler in the history of the sport. He is included in the Guinness Book of World Records for having won the most of World Cups over the past three decades.
Paeng at the age of nineteen also became the youngest bowler to win the World Cup. This was during his first World Cup Tournament in Tehran, Iran on November 19, 1976. He holds his title up to the present
Paeng Nepomuceno has received numerous awards in and out of the country. They include the following:
Philippine Legion of Honor Medal - the highest award for a Filipino
Presidential Medal of Merit - conferred by former president Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1984
Athlete of the Year - awarded to him by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) for a record five times
Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Hall of Fame
Filipino of the Year 1992 - awarded by the Inquirer Magazine
Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM) 
Athlete of the Century
Greatest Filipino Athlete of All Time - conferred by both houses of Congress of the Philippines
World Bowler of the Year - awarded in 1984, 1985 and 1992 by the World Bowling Writers (an association of over 300 sportswriters from 40 countries)

Paeng Nepomuceno has also been featured on the covers of international magazines worldwide, including the prestigious Bowler Journal International Magazine.
He is also the first ever and only male bowler to be enshrined in the International Hall of Fame based in St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America. They have these 7-foot photo at their bowling museum entrance.
Paeng's accomplishments in bowling have made our country proud.