Carlos Yulo is a Filipino athlete and model. He is the first Filipino and the first male Southeast Asian gymnast to win in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships with his bronze medal finish in 2018. He is also the first to win gold medal for the Philippines in 2019 in the same game. Jump to career.
Latest Updates
May 9, 2023 – Carlos Yulo won his second gold and second silver medals in gymnastics at the Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia.
June 18, 2022 – Carlos Yulo brought home three gold medals from the Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar. The events which gave him the gold medals are floor exercise, vault and parallel bars.
Personal Information
Complete Name –> Carlos Edriel Hollman Yulo
Nickname –> Caloy
Birth Date –> February 16, 2000 (age 23)
Hometown –> Malate, Manila, Philippines
Father –> Mark Andrew Yulo (Formerly a street dancer)
Mother –> Angelica Yulo
Brother –> Karl Eldrew Yulo who is also a gymnast
Sisters –> Joriel Yulo, Iza Yulo
Height –> 4 ft 11 in (1.5 m)
Coach –> Munehiro Kugimiya (Japanese)
* Caloy is fluent in Japanese.
Education
Elementary –> Dona Aurora Quezon Elementary School
High School –> Adamson University
College –> Teikyo University
Degree –> Literature
Career in Gymnastics
2023 – Two Golds and two silvers, Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia
2022 – Three Golds, Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar
2021 – Gold, Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan.
2021 – Gold, All-Japan Senior & Masters Gymnastics Championship
2021 – 4th, Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan (Vault Apparatus Competition)
2019 – Gold, Southeast Asian Games in Manila, Philippines
2018 – Gold, 49th FIG World Artistic Championships in Stuttgart, Germany
2018 – Bronze, World Cup Series
2011 – 4 Golds, Palarong Pambansa
Caloy Yulo started learning gymnastics at the age of seven when his grandfather Rodrigo Frisco brought him and his sister Joriel to the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines. To date, he already accumulated more than 400 medals in gymnastics.
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