Edgar Xavier Marvelo (born December 16, 1998) is a retired wushu taolu athlete from Indonesia. He is one of the most renowned male wushu athletes from Indonesia of all time.
Career
Junior Marvelo began practicing wushu at the age of six. He won a gold medal in gunshu at the 2010 World Junior Wushu Championships. He won a gold medal at the 2014 ASEAN School Games and a year later in 2015, Marvelo was the Indonesian youth national champion.
Senior Marvelo's first major international appearance was at the 2017 SEA Games where he won a bronze medal in the men's changquan event. He then debuted at the 2017 World Wushu Championships where he won a silver medal in men's daoshu. A year later, Marvelo won Indonesia's first medal at the 2018 Asian Games by placing second in the men's changquan event.
In 2019, he competed again at the World Wushu Championships and earned three gold medals in men's changquan, gunshu, and in the duilian event with Harris Horatius and Seraf Naro Siregar. His three gold medals made him the most prolific non-Chinese wushu athlete during a single rendition of the championships. A few weeks after the competition, Marvelo won two more gold medals at the 2019 SEA Games in the men's daoshu and gunshu combined event and duilian. He dedicated his victory at the games to his late father, who died on the morning of his event.
Marvelo's first major competition after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic was at the 2021 Pekan Olahraga Nasional (National Sports Week) in Java where he won gold medals in changquan as well as in daoshu and gunshu combined. Following this, he competed in the 2021 SEA Games (which was rescheduled to 2022) where he did not place in any event. Two months later, he won the gold medal in men's changquan at the 2022 World Games.
The following year at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games, Marvelo avenged his former losses and won a gold medal in changquan and a silver medal in daoshu and gunshu combined. Shortly thereafter, he won silver medals in changquan and daoshu at the 2021 Summer World University Games. About two months later, Marvelo repeated his silver medal victory in men's changquan at the 2022 Asian Games.
At the 2023 World Wushu Championships, Marvelo was injured in the middle of his changquan routine and was not able to complete his event. He took a long pause from training and competing to recover. He made his major international return at the 2025 World Wushu Championships where he was able to secure the bronze medal in changquan and silver medal in duilian. Marvelo's final competition was at the 2025 SEA Games where he won the gold medal in the changquan, daoshu, and gunshu all-around event and the silver medal in duilian. He retired from competitive wushu to focus on his family and career.
Competitive History
Year Event CQ DS GS DL Junior2010World Junior Championships 9 2014ASEAN School Games 1 1 2015Asian Junior Championships??2016World Junior Championships Senior2017SEA Games??5World Championships28222018Asian Games2019World Championships 14 SEA Games 4 112020 did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 National Sports Week 112022 SEA Games7285 World Games ASEAN University Games University World Cup2023 SEA Games22 World University GamesAsian GamesWorld Combat GamesDNSWorld ChampionshipsDNFDNSDNSDNS2025World Championships SEA Games
Awards Indonesian Journalists Association: Best male athlete (2020, 22) Ministry of Youth and Sports: Outstanding sports player (2020) Fila: Indonesian brand ambassador (2022)
See also
List of Asian Games medalists in wushu
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