The Philippines competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. The team consisted of 29 athletes in three sports (four disciplines) and nine officials, which represented the largest Filipino delegation at the Asian Winter Games compared to the delegations sent in previous editions the Philippines participated in.
On February 19, 2017 it was announced that ice hockey player Carlo Garrucho would be the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.
Competitors The following table lists the Filipino delegation per sport and gender. Sport Men Women TotalFigure skating 224Ice hockey 23023Short track speed skating011Snowboarding 101 Total 26 3 29
Figure skating
Four figure skaters were named to the Filipino team, including 2014 Winter Olympics competitor Michael Christian Martinez.
Singles Athlete(s)EventTotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankJules AlpeMen's42.381786.0317128.4117Michael Christian Martinez76.537135.439211.969Samantha CabilesLadies28.541455.111683.6515Shayane Casapao28.541846.662170.9919
Ice hockey
The Philippines entered an ice hockey team for the first time. The team will play in division two of the competition. The team consists of 23 athletes. The Philippines finished in third place (13th place overall) in division 2 of the competition.
Men's tournament
The Philippines was represented by the following athletes:
Gianpietro Iseppi (G) Paolo Spafford (G) Javier Alfonso (D) Carlo Garrucho (D) Alison Lapiz (D) Gino Orda (D) Jed Reyes (D) Paul Sanchez (D) Julius Santiago (D) Miguel Serrano (D) Jose Cadiz (F) Philip Cheng (F) Steven Füglister (C) (F) Francois Gautlier (A) (F) Benjamin Imperial (F) Lenard Rigel Lancero II (F) Carl Montano (F) Hector Navasero (F) Miguel Relampagos (F) Jon Samson (F) Julian Santiago (F) Patrick Syquiatco (F) Michael Wang (F)
Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense-man, F = Forward, C = Captain, A = Assistant captain Group A
13th place match
Short track speed skating
The Philippines has entered one female competitor, marking the Asian Winter Games debut of the country in the sport.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKathryn Magno500 m54.0313did not advance1000 m2:02.9914did not advance1500 m3:16.3725colspan=2 did not advance
Snowboarding
The Philippines has entered one male competitor, marking the Asian Winter Games debut of the country in the sport.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRyan EspirituMen's giant slalom 55.8411 47.63 14 1:43.4711Men's slalom 44.6513 37.95 9 1:22.60 11
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