Celedonio Espinosa [SEP] occupation
Celedonio Espinosa
Celedonio Espinosa, Jr. is an Olympian, a Filipino boxer who competed in the 1954 Asian Games in Manila and took home the gold medal. He represented the Philippines in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and bagged the bronze medal in the 1958 Asian Games staged in Tokyo, Japan.
He once assumed the post of the Far Eastern University Boxing Team and also became a boxing coach, referee and judge.
in small bore rifle and free rifle, and one bronze medal in small bore rifle.
The gold medalists in boxing included Ernesto Sajo (flyweight), Alejandro Ortuoste (bantamweight), Celedonio Espinosa (lightweight), Ernesto Porto (light welterweight), and Vicente Tunacao (middleweight). Two female swimmers - Haydee Coloso and Jocelyn von Giese - made a sensational debut with golden performances in their respective events.