Eko Yuli Irawan (born 24 July 1989) is an Indonesian weightlifter who competes in the 61 kg and 62 kg category.
Irawan has won four medals at the Summer Olympics, eight medals at world championships, and three medals at the Asian Games, including a gold in 2018.
Irawan is the most decorated Indonesian athlete at the Olympics with two silver and two bronze medals. He is also Indonesia's first athlete to compete in five consecutive Olympic Games. After he qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics he became the Indonesian athlete with the most appearances at the Olympics.
Career Irawan's father worked as a paddle rickshaw driver, while his mother sold 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 SEA Games and 2018 Asian Games.
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 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. 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 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. He won the silver in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Irawan represented Indonesia in the 61 kg men's weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France after qualifying in the International Weightlifting World Cup in Phuket, Thailand last 3 April 2024. He aimed to become the first weightlifter in history to win five Olympic medals. Irawan had 135 kg in Snatch and placed second after the lift, but he failed three attempts to lift in Clean & Jerk.
Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 RankOlympic Games2008 Beijing, China 56 kg 125 130 130 152 158 158 288 2012 London, Great Britain 62 kg 138 142 145 168 168 172 317 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 62 kg 142 146 146 170 176 179 312 2021 Tokyo, Japan 61 kg 137 141 141 165 177 177 302 2024 Paris, France 61 kg 135 135 139 162 162 165 — World Championships2006 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 56 kg 116 116 121 9 143 150 153 7 266 62007 Chiang Mai, Thailand 56 kg 124 124 127 5 154 156 156 278 2009 Goyang, South Korea 62 kg 135 140 143 166 171 174 315 2010 Antalya, Turkey 62 kg 135 140 143 5 166 171 172 312 4 2011 Paris, France 62 kg 135 139 139 4 165 171 173 310 2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 62 kg 136 136 141 4 165 171 175 316 2015 Houston, United States 62 kg 138 142 143 4 166 176 177 5 304 4 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 61 kg 137 141 143 165 170 174 WR 317 WR 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 61 kg 136 136 140 166 166 175 4 306 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 61 kg 135 139 139 165 170 171 300 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 67 kg 142 146 150 165 175 181 4 321 2025 Førde, Norway 65 kg 135 136 137 163 166 167 9 300 7IWF World Cup2019 Fuzhou, China 61 kg 136 139 140 161 161 166 297 2024 Phuket, Thailand 61 kg 133 — — 162 — — — — —Asian Games2010 Guangzhou, China 62 kg 137 141 144 170 170 177 311 2014 Incheon, South Korea 62 kg 138 142 145 166 174 174 308 2018 Jakarta, Indonesia 62 kg 137 141 145 165 170 175 311 2023 Hangzhou, China 67 kg 142 145 148 175 175 175 — — 2026 Nagoya, Japan 65 kg 135 135 138 167 167 175 302 4Asian Championships2008 Kanazawa, Japan 61 kg 125130135160165170305 2019 Ningbo, China 61 kg133138 1385166166 171299 2024 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 61 kg ——————————
Awards
+AwardYearCategoryResultAORI2009Best Male Athlete2011Golden Award SIWO PWI2017Best Male Athlete20192021Indonesian Sport Awards2018Favorite Male Athlete KONI Award2013Best Athlete2021 Others:
By the Republic of Indonesia:
2009 - Satyalancana Wira Karya
By the province of East Java:
2021 - Jer Basuki Mawa Beya Golden Badge
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