Background
He was born to a Hungarian-American (Joseph Bunevacz) and a Filipina from Louisiana Union (Filomena Ismaela) in Torrance, California. His father was a track and field teacher and Bunevacz began to learn the decathlon.
He was born to a Hungarian-American (Joseph Bunevacz) and a Filipina from Louisiana Union (Filomena Ismaela) in Torrance, California. His father was a track and field teacher and Bunevacz began to learn the decathlon.
He attended Praclete High School from 1983 to 1987 and holds the school records for high hurdles, high jump and long jump.
His strongest events were the throws, particularly the javelin throw. In a class at the Rizal Coliseum, David tossed a javelin from a standing start that was just a couple of meters short of the prevailing Philippine record. By twenty-one, he had a personal record of 7,350 points for the decathlon.
He enrolled at University of California at Los Angeles in 1988 and graduated at 1993 after studying business management and sociology.
He set the university record for the javelin throw and was the team captain of the track team He suffered a spinal accident as a consequence of weight lifting.
The injury required surgery but has had no lasting consequences. Bunevacz"s credentials were sent by University of California, Los Angeles to a Mr.
Go, who introduced him to Philip Juico, then Philippine Sports Commission Chairman.
Juico provided him a humbling paycheck to prepare in track and field to represent the Philippines in almost any international sporting event, including the Southeast Asian Games or the Olympics. Bunevacz happily agreed. He trained to represent the country and was also given modeling jobs on the side.
Hammett claimed in his pleadings that David Bunevacz sold him 17,000 tickets to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics that never materialized.
Hammett alleged that the Bunevaczs led him to believe that the tickets were coming from several National Olympics Committees and their official ticket agents in Europe.