Amador Obordo

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAmador O.•Obordo
Used nameAmador•Obordo
Bornin Sapi-an, Capiz (PHI)
DiedFebruary 1945 in Paco, Manila (PHI)
AffiliationsAteneo
NOC Philippines

Biography

Amador Obordo was from Mambusao in the Capiz Province of the West Visayas group of islands. He won three consecutive NCAA college championships 1931-33 with the Ateneo Blue Eagles and was elected in 1933 as the most valuable player. Representing the Philippines, Obordo won a basketball gold at the 1934 Far Eastern Games and placed fifth at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. In the 1940s, he coached the basketball team of Ateneo University. During the liberation in 1945, he died when his house in Manila’s Paco District caught fire after the Japanese bombed the city.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) PHI Amador Obordo
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Philippines 5

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