Joaquin C. Loyzaga (born August 29, 1958) is a former Filipino

Filipino people

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 basketball player. He played college ball for San Beda College

San Beda Red Lions

The San Beda Red Lions are the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of San Beda College.San Beda is the only founding member left in the league....

 before eventually going on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association

Philippine Basketball Association

The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

, where he became a many-time member of the All-Defensive team

Philippine Basketball Association All-Defensive Team award

The Philippine Basketball Association All-Defensive Team award is the award given to the five players which exhibited outstanding defensive capabalities in each of basketball's five positions: point guard, shooting guard , small forward, power forward and center.-Awardees per year:*1985: Chito...

. Loyzaga played for Tanduay

Tanduay Rhum Masters

The Tanduay Rhum Masters is a former Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association , Philippine Basketball Association and Philippine Basketball League basketball team.-History:...

, Toyota

Toyota Super Corollas

The Toyota Super Corollas was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975-1983. The team had various monikers such as the Comets, the Silver Tamaraws, the Tamaraws, the Super Diesels, the Super Corollas and the Silver Coronas.Their nine PBA titles is the...

, Great Taste

Great Taste Coffee Makers

Great Taste Coffee was one of the Pioneer teams in the Philippine Basketball Association . The company was then known as the Consolidated Foods Corporation and their chief products included well known brands like Presto Ice Cream, N-Rich Coffee Cream, Jack & Jill Fun Snacks, Great Taste Coffee...

, and Ginebra

Barangay Ginebra Kings

The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation...

. He also played for the Philippine national basketball team that played at the 1990 Asian Games

Basketball at the 1990 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the many sports which was held at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China between 22 September and 7 October 1990. China won their 5th title in the men's tournament and Korea won their 2nd title in the women's tournament, in the fourth China-Korea finals showdown.-Medal...

 where he distinguished himself by helping limit North Korean center Ri Myung Hun

Ri Myung Hun

Ri Myung Hun was a center with the national basketball team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He was also known as Michael Ri, after his favorite basketball player, Michael Jordan. Once declared the tallest living human being in the world, he stands 7'8.5" tall and planned to play in...

 despite a height discrepancy of over 1 and a half feet between them.

He later became commissioner of the Metropolitan Basketball Association

Metropolitan Basketball Association

The Metropolitan Basketball Association or Metroball was a professional basketball league in the Philippines founded in 1998.The MBA overtook the Philippine Basketball Association's plans on regionalization when the league adopted a home-and-away format where teams, instead of representing...

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Currently, he is one of the appointed Commissioners of Philippine Sports Commission

Philippine Sports Commission

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Personal life

He is the son of Philippine basketball great Carlos Loyzaga

Carlos Loyzaga

Carlos M. Loyzaga is a former Filipino basketball player and coach. He led the Philippine National team to a Bronze Medal finish in the 1954 FIBA World Championship. The Philippines third place finish remains the highest rank of any Asian team in the history of the tournament...

, and Vicky Cuerva. He and brother Joey Loyzaga

Joey Loyzaga

Ernesto Jose C. Loyzaga , better known as Joey Loyzaga, is a former Filipino basketball player. He played college ball for San Beda College before eventually going on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association. Loyzaga played for Magnolia, Swift, Shell, Ginebra, and...

 became one of the few brothers to have played in the PBA, eventually playing for the same team with Ginebra. Chito Loyzaga is married to Toni Loyzaga, with whom he has three children, namely: Celina, Jose Joaquin, and Cecilia. He recently visited the Sultanate of Oman

Oman

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, at the Philippine School Muscat.