Chris Tiu
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 *le in 2008. He went on to play his entire professional career for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball *ociation (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.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Amateur career
- 3 College career
- 4 Professional career
- 4.1 PBA career
- 4.2 National team career
- 4.3 2011 SEA Games
- 5 PBA career statistics
- 5.1 Season-by-season averages
- 6 Personal life
- 6.1 Politics
- 6.2 Business
- 7 Filmography
- 7.1 Television
- 8 Awards and nominations
- 9 References
- 10 External links
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. 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 *ociation 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 *le 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.
In 2008, Tiu was named Favorite Athlete in the first Nickelodeon Philippines Kids' Choice Awards held at Aliw Theater, Pasay.
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 *le with the Elasto Painters in 2016 (Commissioner's Cup) before announcing his retirement in January 2019.
National team 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, *eth Aguilar, Chris Lutz, Marcio L*iter 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
Season-by-season averages
Personal life
Tiu married investment banker Clarisse Ong on September 7, 2013 at a ceremony in Vancouver, Canada after twelve years of dating. 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. Their daughter, Amanda Claire, was born on June 5, 2016. The couple's second daughter, Mari Diana, was born on February 25, 2018. The Tiu family are Catholics.
In July 2019, Tiu was appointed as an amb*ador of the Department of Science and Technology.
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.
Business
Tiu's business ventures with fellow partners include:
- Happy Lemon, a chain of tea shops.
- Eric Kayser, a French bakery and pastry shop.
- VLink Interactive, a marketing communications firm where he serves as the chief marketing officer.
Filmography
Television
Awards and nominations
2013PBA All Rookie Team (won)
2013ASEAN Youth Day Award (won)
2013The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award (won)
2015MITv Gawad Kamalayan "Natatanging Informative Program Host" (won)
2015USTv Students' Choice Awards - Sports Personality (won)
References
External links
- Chris Tiu's Official Blog