Edgardo Roque (born February 11, 1938, in

Obando, Bulacan Obando, officially the Municipality of Obando (), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 59,978 people. History Obando was likely originally called "Binuwangan" accordi ...

) is a Filipino former

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player who competed in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

. Roque made it to six Philippine national teams: 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta; 1963, 1965-1967

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tournaments in Taipei, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul;

1960 Rome Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

and

1964 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequ ...

. He was an alternate in the

1968 Mexico Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

. In 1956, Roque was asked to try out for the Jose Rizal College basketball team and in the following year, he was donning the Heavy Bomber uniform. His stint with JRC was short because he transferred to Ysmael Steel and stayed with the Admirals until 1963. He joined the

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until 1970 and then went to Mariwasa before retiring in 1974.

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* 1938 births Living people Basketball players from Bulacan Olympic basketball players for the Philippines Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 1962 Asian Games Philippines men's national basketball team players Filipino men's basketball players Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games JRU Heavy Bombers basketball players 20th-century Filipino sportsmen {{Philippines-basketball-bio-stub