Carlos Yulo

Carlos Edriel Yulo (born February 16, 2000) is a Filipino artistic gymnast who has won bronze and gold at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He is the first Filipino and the first male Southeast Asian gymnast to win in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships with his floor exercise bronze medal finish in 2018, and the first ever gold medal for the Philippines in 2019 on the same apparatus. This performance also qualified him to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Carlos Yulo
Yulo in 2019
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Edriel Hollman Yulo
Country represented Philippines
Born (2000-02-16) February 16, 2000
Malate, Manila
Training locationTokyo, Japan
Height4’11
Years on national team2018–present
Head coach(es)Munehiro Kugimiya
Former coach(es)Ricardo Ortero
Medal record
Representing  Philippines
Men's artistic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 0 1
FIG World Cup series 1 2 4
Southeast Asian Games 2 5 0
Total 4 7 5
World Championships
2019 Stuttgart Floor Exercise
2018 DohaFloor Exercise
Southeast Asian Games
2019 PhilippinesAll-Around
2019 PhilippinesFloor Exercise
2019 PhilippinesPommel Horse
2019 PhilippinesStill Rings
2019 PhilippinesVault
2019 PhilippinesParallel Bars
2019 PhilippinesHorizontal Bars

Early life and education

Carlos Edriel Yulo was born on February 16, 2000[1] to Mark Andrew Yulo and Angelica Yulo[2] in Manila, Philippines,[3] and was raised in Leveriza Street, Malate.[4][5] He is the second of five children; one of his younger siblings, Drew, is also a gymnast. Yulo grew up watching Filipino gymnasts train and compete at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Malate.[6]

Yulo attended Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School for his primary education in Manila, where he was already training for the Philippine National Games as part of the National Capital Region's gymnastics team.[7] Through the support of the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines, he was able to attend Adamson University in Ermita for his secondary education.[2]

He also entered Teikyo University in Itabashi, Tokyo in 2013 to pursue a degree in literature.[2] This academic undertaking has made Yulo fluent in the Japanese language.[8] In 2018, Yulo accepted an offer by the Japan Olympic Association to train in Japan under a scholarship program.[9]

Career

Junior

Yulo began competing as a senior in 2018, at 18 years old.[10][11] In his Gymnastics World Cup debut in the 2018 series, he consistently performed well, winning a medal in the Melbourne, Baku, Doha, and Cottbus events.[5] At the men's floor exercise event at the 2018 Asian Games, he scored highest in the qualification phase[12] but failed to secure a medal after finishing 7th in the final.[5]

At the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Yulo advanced to the all-around and floor exercise finals.[13][14] He won bronze in the floor exercise [15] becoming the first Filipino and the first male Southeast Asian gymnast to win a medal at the championships.[16] At the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Yulo claimed gold in the floor exercise finals. A historic feat as the first ever Filipino winning gold at a world gymnastics championship.[17][18]

By advancing to the final round of the all-around event of the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Yulo secured qualification to compete for the Philippines at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[19]

At the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, Yulo finished on the podium in every event winning gold in the all-around[20] and floor exercise[21] and silver in the pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.[22][23]

Yulo reportedly trains for six to eight hours a day, six days per week.[3]

Competitive history
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2018
World Cup Series (Melbourne)7
World Cup Series (Baku)
World Cup Series (Doha)5
World Cup Series (Cottbus)
Asian Games774
World Championships
2019
World Cup Series (Melbourne)
World Cup Series (Doha)
All Japan Senior Championships
Southeast Asian Games
World Championships10

Awards

References
  1. "Carlos Edriel 'Caloy' Yulo bagong idolo matinik sa gymnastics" [New idol Carlos Edriel 'Caloy' Yulo, a gymnastics prodigy]. Abante Tonite (in Filipino). 9 November 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. Bancod, Rey (13 October 2019). "Carlos Yulo: Humble beginnings give birth to world champion gymnast". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  3. "YULO Carlos Edriel : FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  4. Valenzuela, N.G. (20 October 2019). "Plain hard work got Yulo to where he is". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. Go, Beatrice (13 October 2019). "Who is gymnast Carlos Yulo?". Rappler. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  6. https://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/other-sports/242418-things-to-know-about-carlos-yulo-philippine-gymnastics
  7. "A bubbly 12-year-old Carlos Yulo shares his medal hopes". Rappler. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  8. "Caloy Yulo's sacrifice all worth it after Olympic berth". Tiebreaker Times. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  9. "Filipino gymnast to get Japanese training, scholarship". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  10. Admin (2018-11-04). "PH's Carlos Yulo is first gymnast in Southeast Asia to win medal in World Championships". Olympic PH. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  11. Share; Twitter. "PH gymnast Yulo eyes gold in floor exercise". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  12. "Asian Games: PH gymnast Carlos Yulo reaches men's floor exercise, vault finals". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  13. "Filipino gymnast Yulo pockets 3rd world cup medal in a span of 1 month". Rappler.com. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  14. "Gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo takes silver in World Cup". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  15. "FIG Live Scoring - Men's Floor Final". gymnastics.sport.
  16. "Gymnast Carlos Yulo makeshistory for PH, Southeast Asia".
  17. "History! Yulo becomes first Pinoy gymnast to win gold at World Championships". ABS-CBN Sports. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  18. Atencio, Peter (14 October 2019). "Pinoy gymnast wins first ever PH gold in Germany's world tilt". Manila Standard. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  19. "Gymnast Carlos Yulo second Filipino to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics". Spin.ph. 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  20. "Caloy Yulo lives up to expectations, wins gymnastics' first gold in SEA Games". Spin.ph. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  21. Giongco, Mark. "SEA Games: Carlos Yulo rules floor exercise for 2nd gymnastics gold". sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  22. News, Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN. "Magnificent Carlos Yulo concludes SEA Games with 7 medals". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  23. Giongco, Mark. "SEA Games: Carlos Yulo 'not satisfied' after two silver finishes". sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  24. "Gymnast Yulo to be conferred with the PSA President's Award". ABS-CBN Sports. February 1, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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