José Agdamag Explained

José Agdamag
Birth Name:José Villanueva Agdamag Jr.
Birth Date:22 June 1921
Birth Place:Baguio, Philippine Islands
Death Place:Fairfield, California, United States
Sport:Sports shooting

José Villanueva Agdamag Jr. (22 June 1921  - 15 March 2011) was a Filipino sports shooter. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1958 Asian Games.[1] Prior to the Olympics, he served in the 41st Infantry Division for the Philippines and survived the Bataan Death March in 1942. Along with his son, Vicente, they wrote the book 150 Days of Hell, about the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: José Agdamag . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080311/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ag/jose-agdamag-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 29 June 2015 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: 150 Days of Hell . 29 June 2015 . Filipinas Library.
  3. Web site: Portrait of the athlete, AGDOMAN, Jose. ISSF. 9 July 2015.