About James Yap
Lived 1933 – 2003 (aged 69–70). James Yap was a Taiwanese and Filipino basketball player.
James Yap (; (26 September 1933 – 2003) was a Chinese Filipino basketball player who competed as part of the Republic of China's squad at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He graduated from Chiang Kai-shek College. He was born in 1933 on Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, China and moved to the Philippines at the age of 5.
In 1954, he attended the FIBA World Basketball Championship in Rio de Janeiro and the Asian Games in Manila as a member of the Republic of China team. In 1956, he was a member of the ROC team to the Olympics in Melbourne and once again in Rome in 1960. He died in 2003.
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Who was James Yap?
Taiwanese basketball player
When was James Yap born?
James Yap was born on 26 August 1933.
When did James Yap die?
James Yap died in 2003.
What was James Yap's occupation?
James Yap was a basketball player.
What nationality was James Yap?
James Yap was Taiwanese and Filipino.
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· DBpedia: James Yap (basketball, born 1933)
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