Eko Yuli Irawan (born 24 July 1989) is an Indonesian

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, Olympian, and World Champion competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the

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reorganized the categories. Irawan started his career at the 2006 World Junior 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. He is one of only 5 weightlifting athletes who has won 4 Olympic medals.

Career

Joko Widodo with Indonesian Olympic medalists 2016-08-24

Irawan's father worked as a

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driver, while his mother was selling vegetables. Irawan took up weightlifting in 2000. At the 2006 Junior World Championships he won the silver medal in the 56 kg category, lifting 269 kg in total. At the 2007 Junior World Championships he won the gold medal in the 56 kg category, lifting 273 kg in total. Irawan ranked eighth at the 2006 World Championships in the 56 kg category. At the 2007 World Championships he won the bronze medal in the 56 kg category, lifting 278 kg in total. Irawan won gold medals at the

2007 Southeast Asian Games The 2007 Southeast Asian Games ( th, กีฬาแห่งเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ 2007, Kila haeng echiye tawan oak chiyeng tai 2007), officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games, was a South ...

and

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. At the 2008 Asian Championships he won the silver medal in the 62 kg category, lifting 305 kg in total. Irawan won the bronze medal in the 56 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, lifting 288 kg in total. He won the silver medal in the 62 kg category at the

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, with 315 kg in total. 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. 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. He represented Indonesia at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. He won the silver in the men's 61 kg event at the

in Tokyo, Japan.

Awards and nominations

Others: By the Republic of Indonesia: * 2009 - Satyalancana Wira Karya By the province of

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: * 2021 - Jer Basuki Mawa Beya Golden Badge

Major results

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