Arnel Mandal

Arnel Roa Mandal is a Filipino wushu athlete specializing in sanda. He has won multiple medals in both local and international levels of competition.^[1]

Arnel Mandal

Personal information
Nationality	Filipino
Born	(1995-11-10) November 10, 1995 (age 29) Iloilo, Philippines
Sport
Country	Philippines
Sport	Wushu
Event	Sanda
Medal record Representing  Philippines Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 2 2 0 Sanda World Cup 2 0 0 Asian Games 0 1 0 Asian Cup 1 0 0 Southeast Asian Games 2 0 0 Total 7 3 0 World Championships 2019 Shanghai 52 kg 2015 Jakarta 52 kg 2023 Fort Worth 52 kg 2017 Kazan 52 kg Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou 56 kg Southeast Asian Games 2021 Vietnam 56 kg 2019 Philippines 52 kg

Career

Mandal is an Iloilo native and sanda athlete who has fought and achieved medals in local, international, and world championship levels of competition. Specifically, he earned gold and silver medals in the 13th, 14th, and 15th World Wushu Championships^[2] and the 8th and 9th Sanda World Cups. When a wushu sanda competitor places highly in the wushu world championships, they are invited to compete in the sanda world cup against other top-placing athletes.^[3] Furthermore, he has won gold medals in the 1st Asian Cup and the 30th and 31st SEA Games. ^[4] Due to a regulation change regarding the age of a fighter, he was ineligible to compete in the 32nd SEA games.^[5]

Personal life

For his achievements, he was rewarded with "The Pride of Iloilo Award" by SM City Iloilo. He encourages the youths of his home province to try out wushu.^[6]