Eko Yuli Irawan

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 2007 Junior World Championships he won the gold medal in the 56 kg category, lifting 273 kg in total.

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. 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

Awards

Others:

By the Republic of Indonesia:

2009 - Satyalancana Wira Karya

By the province of East Java:

2021 - Jer Basuki Mawa Beya Golden Badge