Nathaniel Padilla

Nathaniel "Tac" Padilla is a Filipino sports shooter.

Career He learned to use a pistol at age 9 and he was first known in the national sporting scene in 1976 when he became the junior champion of the rapid fire, center fire and standard pistol events at the Benito Juarez World Shooting Championships which was hosted in Mexico City.

He won five gold medals, all in the rapid pistol event at the Southeast Asian Games. He won in the aforementioned event at the 1979, 1983, 1987, 1993, and 2009 editions. He did not win any gold medal in the regional tournament for 16 years until he won at the rapid fire event at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Laos. and his siblings are Carolina, Kristine, Rose, Donald, and Jeffrey. He is also the general manager of Spring Cooking Oil, his family's business.

Padilla is married to Paola Montelibano with whom he has two children. His second daughter, Mica, is following in his footsteps, and has joined the sport.