Lee Vann Corteza is a Filipino

Filipino people

The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 professional pool

Pocket billiards

Pool, also more formally known as pocket billiards or pool billiards , is the family of cue sports and games played on a pool table having six receptacles called pockets along the , into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play. Popular versions include eight-ball and nine-ball...

 player. He is nicknamed "Van Van", and started playing pool in 1993. Corteza has won four Gold Medals and one Silver Medal at the Southeast Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games

The Southeast Asian Games , is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia...

, and was the winner of the 2004 WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour tournament in the Philippines as well, beating fellow countryman Francisco Bustamante

Francisco Bustamante

Francisco Bustamante is a Filipino professional pocket billiards player from Tarlac, and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion., nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of the film of the same name, and sometimes also called "Bustie", especially in the United States.-Early life:Bustamante is the...

 13-11 in the final.

On March 31, 2007, Corteza won the Philippine National Championship by defeating Marlon Manalo

Marlon Manalo

Marlon Manalo is a Filipino professional pool player from Mandaluyong City, Philippines.-Career:...

 with a score of 13-11

Lee Vann Corteza is currently managed by Jonathan Sy of the Negros Billiards Stable and JSY Sports.

Titles and tournament achievements

• 2010 Predator Sweet 16
• 2010 US Open Ten-Ball Championship
• 2009 WPA World Ten-Ball Championship - Runner-up
• 2009 Derby City Classic Ten-ball Challenge
• 2007 Turning Stone Classic IX
• 2007 Philippine National Championship
• 2006 All-Japan Championship
• 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship—Last 32, defeat versus David Alcaide
  David Alcaide
  David Alcaide is a Spanish pool player. During the 2006 Men's World 9-Ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Rodolfo Luat...
  
  
• 2004 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship
  WPA World Nine-ball Championship
  The WPA World Nine-ball Championship is an annual, international, professional nine-ball pool tournament, founded in 1990, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association , and principally sponsored and organised by Matchroom Sport...
  
   - Last 64
• 2004 WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour -
• 2003 Southeast Asian Games
  2003 Southeast Asian Games
  The 22nd Southeast Asian Games were held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 5 December - 13 December 2003. The games were opened by Vietnamese prime minister Phan Van Khai in the newly constructed My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi. The games torch was lit by Nguyen Thuy Hien of Wushu...
  
   - Eight-ball Singles
• 2003 Southeast Asian Games - Nine-ball Doubles
• 2003 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship - Last 32
• 2002 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship - Last 64
• 2001 Southeast Asian Games
  2001 Southeast Asian Games
  The 21st Southeast Asian Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 8 September - 17 September 2001. The games were opened by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj in the Bukit Jalil National Stadium. He was introduced by Prime...
  
   - Eight-Ball Singles
• 2001 Southeast Asian Games - Nine-Ball Singles
• 1999 Southeast Asian Games
  1999 Southeast Asian Games
  The 20th Southeast Asian Games were held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam from 7 August to 15 August 1999. It was the first time that the country hosted the biennial meet...
  
  - Nine-Ball Singles