Joanna Franquelli

Joanna Franquelli is a Filipino former basketball player and fencer who is the head coach of the Philippines women's national handball team as of January 2017.[2]

Joanna Franquelli
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Born (1976-11-03) November 3, 1976[1]
Sport
SportBasketball, Fencing, Handball (coach, Philippines)
Medal record
Women's basketball
Representing the  Philippines
SEABA Championship
Silver medal – second place 1997 Bangkok Team
Women's Fencing
Representing the  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Manila Individual Sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Manila Team Sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Individual Sabre

Sporting career

Basketball

Franquelli played for the women's basketball team of the University of Santo Tomas and was named the first woman MVP of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) for the 1995-96 season. She led UST to two senior titles[3]

She was part of the Philippines women's national basketball team that won silver at the 1997 SEABA Championship under coach Ricardo Roces.[4]

Fencing

Franquelli also competed for her country as a fencer. At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games she managed to get a bronze medal at the women's individual saber event.[5] She also competed at the 2006 Asian Games.

Handball

Franquelli mentored the women's national handball team that participated at the 2013 Southeast Asian Women's Handball Championships, which was the team's first international competition.[6] She is the head coach of the women's team as early as November 2012.[3]

References
  1. "Tireur - Franquelli, Joanna". Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (in French). Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  2. Navarro, June (16 January 2017). "Sports Institute starts search for versatile athletes". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. Henson, Joaquin (13 November 2012). "Handball offers new lease on life". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. Mallari, Riera (15 August 1997). "Victory in defeat for RP cagebelles". E & S Philippine Journal. 1 (XXII): 4.
  5. "RP nakasungkit ng 12 gold medals, pangatlo na sa SEA Games" [RP [Republic of the Philippines] managed to caught 12 gold medals, now third at the SEA Games]. GMA News (in Filipino). 8 December 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  6. Reyes, Marc Anthony (4 December 2013). "Thais whip PH handball bets". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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