Richard Gonzales (table tennis)

Richard Gonzales
Personal information
Full nameRichard Pugoy Gonzales
NationalityFilipino
Born (1971-03-31) March 31, 1971
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)[1]
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Men's Table Tennis
Representing  Philippines
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championship of Ping Pong 0 0 1
Southeast Asian Games 0 3 9
South East Asian Championships 1 0 0
Total 1 3 10
World Championship of Ping Pong
Bronze medal – third place2014 LondonSingles
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2005 ManilaSingles
Silver medal – second place2015 SingaporeSingles
Silver medal – second place2021 VietnamDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1999 Bandar Seri BegawanSingles
Bronze medal – third place2005 ManilaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2009 VientianeSingles
Bronze medal – third place2011 Jakarta-PalembangDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2013 NaypyidawSingles
Bronze medal – third place2017 Kuala LumpurSingles
Bronze medal – third place2019 PhilippinesSingles
Bronze medal – third place2023 CambodiaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2025 ThailandTeam
South East Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2005Singles

Richard Pugoy Gonzales (born March 31, 1971[1]) is a Filipino table tennis player[2] and the No. 1 ranked player in the Philippines as of January 2014.[3]

Career

Gonzales is a multiple medalist at the Southeast Asian Games in Table Tennis, winning Silver both at the 2005 and the recently concluded 2015 edition, and bronze at the 2009 and 2013 editions all in Men's Singles Event. He won bronze along with Rodel Valle at the men's double event of the 2011 edition. Along with John Russel Misal, Gonzales clinched a silver at the men's double of the 2021 edition.[4]

Aside from the Southeast Asian Games, he also reigned at the 2005 Southeast Asian Table Tennis Championship winning Gold.[3][5][6]

Outside Southeast Asia, Gonzales has represented the Philippines at the 2014 World Championship of Ping Pong winning bronze after bowing out to Maxim Shmyrev in the semifinal.[2][7] Gonzales along with Ian Lariba were the Philippines' representatives at the 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "(Table Tennis) Biography Overview - Richard Gonzales". 28th SEA Games 2015. Archived from the original on June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Filipino table tennis player wins bronze medal in the World Championship of Ping Pong in London". Philippine Embassy in London. January 8, 2014. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Ramos, Felipe Josiah (January 23, 2014). "Gonzales, Lariba earn table tennis world championship berths". Rappler. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ Villar, Joey (June 9, 2022). "Filipino table tennis icon Richard Gonzales vows to play on". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Chances high for PH table tennis team in Southeast Asian Games". Philippine Daily Inquirer. November 2, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  6. ↑ "SEA Games Day 5: 6 golds for Pinoys in best haul so far". InterAKTV. November 16, 2011. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ Lao, Edward (January 7, 2014). "Gonzales crashes out of ping pong World Cup". ABS-CBN News. ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
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