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"Hothletes" to watch for at the SEA Games 2019

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Pauline Lopez

Pauline Lopez is the first Filpina to earn a gold medal from the Asian Taekwondo Championship in 2016.

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 Taekwondo

She also won gold in the SEA Games 2015 for Taekwondo.

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Chris Standhardinger

Chris Standhardinger is a Filipino-German basketball player.

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Gold medal

Chris and the Philippine National Team for basketball took home the gold medal at the SEA Games 2017, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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  Jasmine Alkhaldi

Jasmine Alkhaldi was born to a Filipina mother and a Saudi Arabian father and has represented the Philippines in the 2009 SEA Games in Laos, 2012 Summer Olympics, and 2016 Rio Olympics.

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Swimming

She will be representing the Philippines for swimming in the SEA Games 2019.

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 Ikhsan Fandi

Ikhsan Fandi is a professional Singaporean footballer.

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 Football

Ikhan and his brother Irfan are both footballers and are considered celebrities in their country.

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Beckie Liu

Beckie Liu is representing the Singaporean surfing team for the SEA Games 2019.

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 Surfing

She has also been to the Philippine surfing capital Siargao to practice surfing.

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Chris Dierker

Chris Dierker is a Vietnamese American basketball player.

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Basketball

He is part of the Vietnam basketball team in the SEA Games 2019.

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Faiq Jefri Bolkiah

Faiq Jefri Bolkiah is a professional footballer for Leicester City Football Club and the key player of the national football team of Brunei. Have we mentioned he's also a prince? He's the younger brother of the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah.

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Abdul Mateen Bolkiah

His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Mateen Bolkiah is not only a prince but a polo player for the Brunei National Team. Being the son of the Sultan of Brunei, Abdul Mateen is considered one of the most eligible bachelors in the royal family.

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Loh Kean Yew

Loh Kean Yew is a badminton player, representing Singapore.

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Badminton

He plays in the singles and team events at the 2019 SEA Games.

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Adam Akasyah

Adam Akasyah is part of the Malaysia national team.

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Jiujitsu

He is representing Malaysia at the Jiujitsu competition of the 2019 SEA Games.

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Marvin John Nobel

English-Filipino Marvin John Novel is part of the Philippine delegation in the 2019 SEA Games.

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Boxing

He is set to compete in the light heavyweight boxing division. He previously won the gold medal at the 2017 SEA Games.

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Christian William Redden

Christiam William Redden grew up in the United States before pursuing a career in ice hockey in Singapore.

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Ice Hockey

He plays as a forward for the Singaporean national ice hockey team.

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LR Lancero

LR Lancero is part of the champion team at the 2017 SEA Games where they won the inaugural ice hockey tournament for the Philippines.

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Ice Hockey

Aside from ice hockey, LR also does triathlon, skateboarding, and autocross challenges.

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Nadeo Argawinata

Nadeo Argawinata currently plays professional football for Borneo Football Club in Liga 1, Indonesia's top professional division.

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Football

Nadeo is part of the Indonesian football team as a goalkeeper.

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Afif Sharief

Afif Sharief represents the Philippines at the Karatedo events of the 2019 SEA Games.

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Karatedo

Aside from being a martial artist, Afif is also an actor who goes by the name Xyrus Cruz. Afif has appeared in several GMA series, Sherlock Jr.

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Ikshan Fandi

Son of South African model Wendy Jacobs, Ikshan Fandi is part of the Singaporean national football team.

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Football

Early this year, Ikshan signed a two-year contract with Raufoss IL, a Norwegian club competing in the first division.

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Aljon Salonga

Aljon Salonga competes in the water polo competition as part of the Philippine delegation.

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Water Polo

Aside from playing water polo, Aljon is also a model and has appeared in several TV commercials.

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Joseph Schooling

Singaporean swimmer Joseph school will compete in six events in the SEA Games.

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Swimming

Joseph rose to fame after he beat legendary swimmer Michael Phelps in the 2016 Olympics. With the win, Joseph took home Singapore's first Olympic gold medal.

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Pham Hong Nam

Pham Hong Nam is part of Vietnam national team.

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Badminton

Pham Hong Nam competes in the doubles event of Badminton tournament at the 2019 SEA Games.

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Surliyadin Surliyadin

Surliyadin Surliyadin plays professional basketball in Indonesia.

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3x3 Basketball

He is part of Indonesia's 3x3 basketball team who notched silver in the 2019 SEA Games.

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Evan Spargo

Evan Spargo is part of the Philippine national rugby union team, Volcanoes.

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Rugby

Aside from being a part of the Volcanoes, Evan is also a fitness coach, motivational speaker, and events host.

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Agatha Wong

Filipino-Chinese Agatha Wong bagged gold in the Wushu tournament of the 2019 SEA Games.

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Wushu

Coming from a family of athlete, Agatha did competitive swimming, ballet, karate, and ice skating, before focusing on Wushu.

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