Chris Tiu

Chris Tiu

File:Chris Tiu Gilas Pilipinas.jpg Tiu playing for Smart Gilas
No. 17 – Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Position	Point guard
League	PBA
Personal information
Born	(1985-07-15) July 15, 1985 San Juan, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school	Xavier School
College	Ateneo de Manila University
PBA draft	2012 Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall
Selected by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Playing career	2012–present
Position	Point guard
Career history
2012–present	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Career highlights and awards
1× PBA champion (2016 Commissioner's) PBA All-Rookie Team (2013) PBA All-Star Three-point champion (2013) UAAP Seniors champion (2008) 2× UAAP champion (2007, 2008) PCCL champion (2007) Nike Summer League champion (2008) 3× Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association champion (2001–2003)
Medals Representing Philippines Southeast Asia Basketball Association 2011 SEABA Team Southeast Asian Games 2011 Jakarta Team William Jones Cup 2011 Taipei Team

Chris Tiu (born Christopher John Alandy-Dy Tiu on July 15, 1985 in San Juan City, Philippines), is a Filipino professional basketball player and actor. He plays for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association. He used to play for the Smart Gilas team. He is also a TV host, commercial model, politician, and part-owner of Happy Lemon,Tampopo and VLink Interactive in the Philippines.

He is the host of the TV shows IBILIB: Wonders of Horus which airs every Sunday morning on GMA Network and '1-on-1 Tiu-torials' on TV 5.

Early life

Chris is the second eldest of five children of Jerry and Lianne Tiu. He has two brothers, Christian and Charles Tiu, and two sisters. 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 in Management Engineering and a minor in Chinese Studies. He was the Sangguniang Kabataan Chairman of Barangay Urdaneta in Makati City.

He was named Favorite Athlete in the first Nickelodeon Philippines Kids' Choice Awards (2008) held at Aliw Theater, Pasay City.

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 Eric Salamat. His coach in college was Norman Black.

PBA career

On August 3, 2012 he declared for the 2012 PBA Rookie Draft after years of focusing to the SMART Gilas Pilipinas 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.

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 2008-2012. 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.

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		GMA Network

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)

External links

• Chris Tiu's Official Blog