Chris Tiu

Christopher John Alandy-Dy Tiu (born on July 15, 1985) is 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, commercial model, politician, and businessman. He hosts the television shows iBilib on GMA and 1-on-1 Tiu-torials on TV5.

Chris Tiu
Tiu playing for the Philippine national team
Personal information
Born (1985-07-15) July 15, 1985
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
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
Medals
Representing  Philippines
Southeast Asia Basketball Association
2011 SEABATeam
Southeast Asian Games
2011 JakartaTeam
William Jones Cup
2011 Taipei Team

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 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 City.[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

Correct as of September 16, 2016[5]

Season-by-season averages
Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Rain or Shine 4417.4.382.268.8212.42.0.5.06.0
2013–14 Rain or Shine 5514.2.341.263.7612.11.6.3.13.9
2014–15 Rain or Shine 3815.4.383.330.8251.82.1.2.05.6
2015–16 Rain or Shine 5015.0.417.371.8532.22.2.2.15.5
Career 18715.4.380.309.8202.12.0.3.05.2

Personal life

Tiu married investment banker Clarisse Ong on September 7, 2013 at a ceremony in Vancouver, Canada after twelve years of dating.[6] 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.[7] Their daughter, Amanda Claire, was born on June 5, 2016.[8] The couple's second daughter, Mari Diana, was born on February 25, 2018.[9] The Tiu family are Catholics.[10]

In 2009, after Typhoon Ondoy, he met and interviewed Keanu Richal Karami for a campaign titled Ako Mismo. Karami raised ₱10,000 for the victims of the typhoon.

In July 2019, Tiu was appointed as an ambassador of the Department of Science and Technology.[11]

Politics

Tiu has served as a barangay official of Barangay Urdaneta, Makati City from 2002 to 2018: first as the Sangguniang Kabataan Chairman, and later as a Barangay Kagawad.[12]

Business

Tiu's business ventures with fellow partners include:

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role TV Station
2007–2010Pinoy RecordsHostGMA Network
2008–2011Ripley's Believe It or NotGMA Network/QTV
2009Clear Men Future LeagueSOLARtv
2010–2011Ako MismoTV5
2010-2011Hanep BuhayGMA Network
2011Man Vs. Beast
2012–presentIBILIB: Wonders of Horus
2012Toink!: Sino Ang Tama?TV5
2012–present1-on-1 Tiu-torialsAKTV
2012–2013WattaJobGMA Network
2013Mutya ng Pilipinas 2013GMA 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)

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. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/11/30/08/winners-first-nickelodeon-kids-choice-awards-philippines-2008-bared
  4. "Chris Tiu retires from the PBA: 'Time to move on'". ESPN.com. January 8, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  5. Player at PBA-Online!
  6. Portillo, Samantha (October 7, 2013). "Chris Tiu weds his longtime girlfriend". GMA Network Inc. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  7. "Chris Tiu, wife expecting first baby". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 20, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  8. "Chris Tiu, Clarisse Ong welcome baby girl Amanda Claire". Rappler. June 11, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  9. "Rain or Shine's Chris Tiu welcomes second daughter". Rappler. March 1, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  10. "LOOK: Chris Tiu's daughter gets baptized". ABS-CBN Corporation. July 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  11. Reyes, Rizal Raoul (July 21, 2019). "Chris Tiu: From the hard court to DOST brand ambassador". BusinessMirror. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  12. Caligan, Michelle (May 14, 2018). "Chris Tiu, naging sentimental sa kanyang pagboto sa barangay election" (in Filipino). GMA News. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  13. De Jesus, Maita (January 2, 2018). "5 simple tips about opening your own business from Chris Tiu". GMA News. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  14. 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.
  15. "who we are". vlinkinteractive.com. VLink Interactive. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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