Celedonio Espinosa

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Celedonio Espinosa is an Olympian, a Filipino boxer who competed in the 1954 Asian Games in Manila and took home the gold medal. He represented the Philippines in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and bagged the bronze medal in the 1958 Asian Games staged in Tokyo, Japan.

He once assumed the post of the Far Eastern University Boxing Team and also became a boxing coach, referee and judge.

He now resides in Cainta, Rizal after staying for more than twenty years in Quezon City. His wife's name is Heide Espinosa and their children were Luwalhati Espinosa- Raza, Atty. Celedonio Espinosa III, Lily Espinosa and Lani Espinosa.