Juancho Miguel Besana
Juancho Miguel Eserio Besana (born August 18, 2003) is a Filipino artistic gymnast.  He is the 2023 SEA Games champion on vault as well as the 2024 Pacific Rim vault bronze medalist.

 Early life 
Besana was born in Pasig in 2003 to mother Maru Eserio and father Junn Besana.  He has been friends with fellow Filipino gymnasts Carlos Yulo and John Ivan Cruz since childhood.

 Gymnastics career 
 2022 
Besana competed at the postponed 2021 Southeast Asian Games where he helped the Philippines win silver as a team.  Individually he won bronze on vault behind compatriot Carlos Yulo and Tikumporn Surintornta of Thailand.  At the 2022 Asian Championships Besana finished twenty-third in the all-around and helped the Philippines finish ninth as a team.

 2023 
In early 2023 Besana competed at the Cottbus World Cup where he finished eighth on vault.  At the 2023 Southeast Asian Games Besana once again helped the Philippines win silver.  Individually he won gold on vault.  In June Besana competed at the 2023 Asian Championships where he helped the Philippines finish seventh as a team and individually he finished twenty-third in the all-around and qualified to the vault final.  During the vault final he finished eighth.

Although Besana had qualified as an individual to compete at the 2023 World Championships, he opted instead to compete at the postponed 2022 Asian Games.  While there he only competed on vault where he finished tenth during qualifications and was the second reserve for the final.

 2024 
Besana competed at the Doha World Cup but finished nineteenth on vault during qualifications and did not advance to the final.  In April he competed at the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships.  While there he helped the Philippines finish sixth as a team and individually he finished eighth in the all-around and qualified to the floor exercise, pommel horse, vault, and horizontal bar event finals.  During event finals he won bronze on vault.

Competitive history
YearEventTeamAAFXPHSRVTPBHB 2022  Southeast Asian Games    9       5  4Asian Championships  9  23      2023  Cottbus World Cup       8   Southeast Asian Games    6        4 Asian Championships  7  23     8   Asian Games          2024 Asian Championships  6  14     4   Pacific Rim Championships  6  8  7  8      8

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Category:Living people
Category:2003 births
Category:People from Pasig
Category:Filipino male artistic gymnasts
Category:Asian Games competitors for the Philippines
Category:SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines
Category:SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines
Category:Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
Category:Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games
Category:SEA Games medalists in gymnastics