Chris Tiu

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Chris Tiu
Chris Tiu Gilas Pilipinas.jpg
Tiu playing for the Philippine national team
Personal information
Born (1985-07-15) July 15, 1985 (age 36)
San Juan City, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolXavier School
CollegeAteneo de Manila University (2003-2004, 2006-2008)
PBA draft2012 Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall
Selected by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Playing career2012–2018
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2012–2018Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Career highlights and awards
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Medals
Representing  Philippines
Southeast Asia Basketball Association
Gold medal – first place 2011 SEABA Team
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Jakarta Team
William Jones Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Taipei Team

Christopher John Alandy-Dy Tiu (born July 15, 1985) is a Filipino former professional basketball player who is currently a television presenter. He played college basketball for the Ateneo Blue Eagles with whom he won the UAAP title in 2008. He went on to play his entire professional career for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), winning the Commissioner's Cup in 2016. He also played for the Philippine national basketball team and was captain of the roster that competed in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship. Outside basketball, he is a TV host, model, politician, and businessman. He hosts the television shows iBilib on GMA and 1-on-1 Tiu-torials on TV5.

Early life[]

Chris Tiu is the second eldest of five children of Jerry and Lianne Tiu. He has two brothers, Christian and Charles Tiu, and two sisters.[1] He took his elementary and high school education at Xavier School in San Juan City, Philippines, and his collegiate education at Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in management engineering and a minor in Chinese studies.

Amateur career[]

He played juniors basketball for the Xavier School Golden Stallions, where he was part of the "three-peat" Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association Champion team from 2001 to 2003. His teammates in Xavier included Joseph Yeo and TY Tang.

College career[]

Tiu played for the Ateneo Blue Eagles for his collegiate basketball career. He and his teammates managed to enter the Finals once on the UAAP first was in 2003 where they failed to defend their title against the FEU Tamaraws. In 2006, they lost to the UST Growling Tigers in three games. In 2008, they managed to break their six years championship drought against their archrival the DLSU Green Archers which was led by JVee Casio and Rico Maierhofer at that time in two games. He was also a 2x UAAP Mythical Team Member from 2007 to 2008. His teammates in Ateneo included JC Intal, Macky Escalona, Doug Kramer, Ford Arao, Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Nonoy Baclao, Jai Reyes, and . His coach in college was Norman Black.

In 2008, Tiu was named Favorite Athlete in the first Nickelodeon Philippines Kids' Choice Awards held at Aliw Theater, Pasay.[2][3]

Professional career[]

PBA career[]

On August 3, 2012 he declared for the 2012 PBA Rookie Draft after years of focusing to the Smart Gilas national team. The draft took place on August 19 at Robinson's Midtown Mall. He was selected 7th overall by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters during the 1st round. He won one title with the Elasto Painters in 2016 (Commissioner's Cup) before announcing his retirement in January 2019.[4]

International career[]

After his UAAP career, he went to play for the national team as the team captain of the newly formed Smart Gilas Pilipinas national team from 2008 to 2012. His teammates at that time were JVee Casio, Marcus Douthit, Japeth Aguilar, Chris Lutz, Marcio Lassiter and Mark Barroca. They were under Coach Rajko Toroman at that time.

2011 SEA Games[]

He was the team captain of the Sinag Pilipinas team that was sent to the 2011 Southeast Asian Games that was held in Indonesia, where they captured the gold medal against Thailand. His teammates included Ateneo Blue Eagles Kiefer Ravena, Nico Salva, Emman Monfort, Greg Slaughter and Justin Chua together with Jeric Fortuna and Jeric Teng of the UST Growling Tigers, Bobby Ray Parks of the NU Bulldogs, RR Garcia of the FEU Tamaraws, Garvo Lanete, Dave Marcelo and Jake Pascual of the San Beda Red Lions they were also joined by two Filipino-Americans Cliff Hodge and Chris Ellis. They were under the mentorship of Coach Norman Black and Coach Glenn Capacio.

PBA career statistics[]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

[5][6]

Season-by-season averages[]

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Rain or Shine 44 17.4 .382 .268 .821 2.4 2.0 .5 .0 6.0
2013–14 Rain or Shine 55 14.2 .341 .263 .761 2.1 1.6 .3 .1 3.9
2014–15 Rain or Shine 38 15.4 .383 .330 .825 1.8 2.1 .2 .0 5.6
2015–16 Rain or Shine 50 15.0 .417 .371 .853 2.2 2.2 .2 .1 5.5
2016–17 Rain or Shine 35 15.0 .375 .377 .852 2.6 2.1 .5 .0 5.9
2017–18 Rain or Shine 35 24.2 .399 .383 .768 2.8 4.0 .8 .3 10.7
Career 257 16.8 .384 .337 .812 2.3 2.3 .4 .1 6.0

Personal life[]

Tiu married investment banker Clarisse Ong on September 7, 2013 at a ceremony in Vancouver, Canada after twelve years of dating.[7] In May 2016, after winning the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup, Tiu announced through an Instagram post that he and Ong were expecting their first child.[8] Their daughter, Amanda Claire, was born on June 5, 2016.[9] The couple's second daughter, Mari Diana, was born on February 25, 2018.[10] The Tiu family are Catholics.[11]

In July 2019, Tiu was appointed as an ambassador of the Department of Science and Technology.[12]

Politics[]

Tiu has served as a barangay official of Urdaneta, Makati from 2002 to 2018: first as the Sangguniang Kabataan Chairman, and later as a Barangay Kagawad.[13]

Business[]

Tiu's business ventures with fellow partners include:

  • Happy Lemon, a chain of tea shops.[14][15]
  • Eric Kayser, a French bakery and pastry shop.[14][15]
  • VLink Interactive, a marketing communications firm where he serves as the chief marketing officer.[16][better source needed]

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Title Role TV Station
2007–2010 Pinoy Records Host GMA Network
2008–2011 Ripley's Believe It or Not GMA Network/QTV
2009 Clear Men Future League SOLARtv
2010–2011 Ako Mismo TV5
2010–2011 Hanep Buhay GMA Network
2011 Man Vs. Beast
2012–present IBILIB: Wonders of Horus
2012 Toink!: Sino Ang Tama? TV5
2012–present 1-on-1 Tiu-torials AKTV
2012–2013 WattaJob GMA Network
2013 Mutya ng Pilipinas 2013

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Result
2008 Nickelodeon Philippines Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Athlete Won
Loyola Schools Awards for Leadership and Service Ateneo Sportsman of the Year Won
2010 Lingkod TV Awards Favorite Youth Personality Won
2013 USTv Students' Choice Awards Sports Personality Won

2013 PBA All Rookie Team (won)

2013 ASEAN Youth Day Award (won)

2013 The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award (won)

2015 MITv Gawad Kamalayan "Natatanging Informative Program Host" (won)

2015 USTv Students' Choice Awards - Sports Personality (won)

References[]

  1. ^ The Ultimate Hotness of Chris Tiu, 03/01/2009
  2. ^ Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Philippines 2008 Winners Archived March 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Winners of 1st Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Philippines bared". 30 November 2008.
  4. ^ "Chris Tiu retires from the PBA: 'Time to move on'". ESPN.com. 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  5. ^ [1] PBA-Online.net
  6. ^ [2] Real GM
  7. ^ Portillo, Samantha (October 7, 2013). "Chris Tiu weds his longtime girlfriend". GMA Network Inc. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  8. ^ "Chris Tiu, wife expecting first baby". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 20, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  9. ^ "Chris Tiu, Clarisse Ong welcome baby girl Amanda Claire". Rappler. June 11, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  10. ^ "Rain or Shine's Chris Tiu welcomes second daughter". Rappler. March 1, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  11. ^ "LOOK: Chris Tiu's daughter gets baptized". ABS-CBN Corporation. July 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  12. ^ Reyes, Rizal Raoul (July 21, 2019). "Chris Tiu: From the hard court to DOST brand ambassador". BusinessMirror. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  13. ^ Caligan, Michelle (May 14, 2018). "Chris Tiu, naging sentimental sa kanyang pagboto sa barangay election" (in Filipino). GMA News. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b De Jesus, Maita (January 2, 2018). "5 simple tips about opening your own business from Chris Tiu". GMA News. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b Carvajal, Dolly Anne (July 6, 2020). "Chris Tiu's timely science TV show comes to the rescue of wiz kids". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  16. ^ "who we are". vlinkinteractive.com. VLink Interactive. Retrieved July 26, 2020.

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