Nunag, Felipe

Sport:

Boxing

Birthdate:

March 23, 1916

Hometown:

Nunag, Felipe
Nunag, Felipe
Nunag, Felipe
Boxing

Born,

March 23, 1916
Felipe Nunag was a Filipino boxer who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

At 20, he fought against Dumitru Panaitescu of Romania under the flyweight division. For the second round, he was defeated by Raoul Degryse of Belgium. Nunag was also a professor at the Philippine Military Academy and eventually became aide de camp and security officer to former Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay. Together with Magsaysay, Nunag died in a plane crash on the slopes of Mount Manunggal, northwest of Cebu City, Philippines.

GAMES


1936 Summer Olympics, Berlin

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