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Eko Yuli Irawan
Eko Yuli Irawan after the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityIndonesian
Born (1989-07-24) 24 July 1989 (age 35)
Metro, Lampung, Indonesia[1]
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight60.95 kg (134 lb)
Sport
CountryIndonesia
SportWeightlifting
Event–61 kg
Coached byAveenash Pandoo[2]
Medal record
Representing  Indonesia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro –62 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
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Chiang Mai –56 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Paris –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
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
Southeast Asian 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
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kuala Lumpur –62 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Prague –56 kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Hangzhou –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.[3]

In his career he has won three medals at the Summer Olympics, five medals at world championships, and three medals at the Asian Games, including a gold in 2018.[4]

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.[5] At the 2007 Junior World Championships he won the gold medal in the 56 kg category, lifting 273 kg in total.[6]

Irawan ranked eighth at the 2006 World Championships in the 56 kg category.[6] At the 2007 World Championships he won the bronze medal in the 56 kg category, lifting 278 kg in total.[6]

Irawan won gold medals at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games and 2018 Asian Games.[7]

At the 2008 Asian Championships he won the silver medal in the 62 kg category, lifting 305 kg in total.[6]

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.[6] 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 Ashgbat, Turkmenistan, also world record holder in clean & jerk at 174 kg and world record holder in total lift at 317 kg in that category.

Major results

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

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eko Yuli Irawan.
  1. ^ a b Eko Irawan. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b c Eko Yuli Irawan. asiangames2018.id
  3. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 61 kg
  4. ^ "Profil Tokoh: Eko Yuli Irawan". METROTVNEWS. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  5. ^ "IRAWAN Eko". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e "IRAWAN Eko Yuli". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  7. ^ "RI titans dominant at Games". The Jakarta Post. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
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