Eko Yuli Irawan
Eko Yuli Irawan after the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityIndonesian
Born (1989-07-24) 24 July 1989 (age 34)
Metro, Lampung, Indonesia[1]
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight60.95 kg (134 lb)
Sport
CountryIndonesia
SportWeightlifting
Event61 kg
Coached byAveenash Pandoo[2]
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Indonesia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 56 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 62 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ashgabat 61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2009 Goyang 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Almaty 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pattaya 61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Bogotá 61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Riyadh 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Chiang Mai 56 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Paris 62 kg
IWF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Fuzhou 61 kg
IWF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2023 Havana[3] 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Fujian[4] 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Fuzhou[5] 62 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 62 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Kanazawa 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ningbo 61 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen 62 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Palembang 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 62 kg
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vientiane 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Jakarta–Palembang 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Naypyidaw 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vietnam 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cambodia 61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 62 kg
International Fajr Cup
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tehran[6] 67 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Prague[7] 56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Bucharest[8] 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Hangzhou[9] 56 kg

Eko Yuli Irawan (born 24 July 1989) is an Indonesian weightlifter, Olympian, and World Champion competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[10]

Irawan started his career at the 2006 Junior World Championships, when he won a silver medal. Since then, he has continued his brilliant career by achieving many achievements.

In his career he has won four medals at the Summer Olympics, five medals at world championships, and three medals at the Asian Games, including a gold in 2018.[11] He is one of only 5 weightlifting athletes who has won 4 Olympic medals.

Career

2016 Summer Olympics medalists at the State Palace in Jakarta. Left-right: Ahmad, Natsir, Widodo, Agustiani and Irawan.
2018 Asian Games podium, Left-right: Vinh, Irawan and Ergashev with President Joko Widodo (center)

Irawan's father worked as a paddle rickshaw driver, while his mother was selling vegetables. Irawan took up weightlifting in 2000.[2] At the 2006 Junior World Championships he won the silver medal in the 56 kg category, lifting 269 kg in total.[12] At the 2007 Junior World Championships he won the gold medal in the 56 kg category, lifting 273 kg in total.[13]

Irawan ranked eighth at the 2006 World Championships in the 56 kg category.[13] At the 2007 World Championships he won the bronze medal in the 56 kg category, lifting 278 kg in total.[13]

Irawan won gold medals at the 2007 SEA Games and 2018 Asian Games.[14]

At the 2008 Asian Championships he won the silver medal in the 62 kg category, lifting 305 kg in total.[13]

Irawan won the bronze medal in the 56 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, lifting 288 kg in total. He won the silver medal in the 62 kg category at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships, with 315 kg in total.[13] At the 2011 World Championships he won the bronze medal in the 62 kg category, lifting 310 kg in total.

Irawan won his second consecutive Olympic bronze medal in 2012, lifting 317 kg in total. He improved to a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[1] He also become world champion in newly created 61 kg category in world weightlifting championship 2018 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, also world record holder in clean & jerk at 174 kg and world record holder in total lift at 317 kg in that category.

He represented Indonesia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[15] He won the silver in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[16]

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Result Ref.
AORI 2009 Best Male Athlete Nominated [17]
2011 Nominated [18]
Golden Award SIWO PWI 2017 Best Male Athlete Won [19]
2019 Nominated [20]
2021 Won [21]
Indonesian Sport Awards 2018 Favorite Male Athlete Nominated [22]
KONI Award 2013 Best Athlete Won [23]
2021 Won [24]

Others:

By the Republic of Indonesia:

By the province of East Java:

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing, China 56 kg 125 130 130 2 152 158 158 3 288 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2012 London, Great Britain 62 kg 138 142 145 2 168 168 172 3 317 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 62 kg 142 146 146 2 170 176 179 3 312 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020 Tokyo, Japan 61 kg 137 141 141 2 165 177 177 2 302 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2006 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 56 kg 116 116 121 9 143 150 153 7 266 6
2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand 56 kg 124 124 127 5 154 156 156 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 278 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2009 Goyang, South Korea 62 kg 135 140 143 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 166 171 174 1st place, gold medalist(s) 315 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2010 Antalya, Turkey 62 kg 135 140 143 5 166 171 172 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 312 4
2011 Paris, France 62 kg 135 139 139 4 165 171 173 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 310 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 62 kg 136 136 141 4 165 171 175 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 316 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015 Houston, United States 62 kg 138 142 143 4 166 176 177 5 304 4
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 61 kg 137 141 143 1st place, gold medalist(s) 165 170 174 1st place, gold medalist(s) 317 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 Bogota, Colombia 61 kg 135 139 139 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 165 170 171 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 300 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou, China 62 kg 137 141 144 3 170 170 177 3 311 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2014 Incheon, South Korea 62 kg 138 142 145 4 166 174 174 3 308 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 Jakarta, Indonesia 62 kg 137 141 145 1 165 170 175 1 311 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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