60 Facts About Carlos Yulo

Carlos Yulo is the 2024 Olympic gold medalist at the floor exercise and vault events.

Carlos Yulo is the first Filipino and the first male Southeast Asian gymnast to medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships with his floor exercise bronze medal finish in 2018, as well as the first Filipino and Southeast Asian to achieve a gold medal finish for the same criteria in 2019 at the same event.

Carlos Yulo is noted for his short stature compared to other male gymnasts, his precision in form, and the difficulty of his routines, especially in the floor exercise, vault, and parallel bars.

Carlos Edriel Poquiz Yulo was born on February 16,2000 to Mark Andrew Yulo, a travel agent liaison, and Angelica Yulo, a homemaker, in Manila, Philippines.

Carlos Yulo's older sister, Joriel, is a member of the National University Pep Squad, and his younger siblings, Karl Jahrel Eldrew and Elaiza Andriel, are gymnasts.

Carlos Yulo grew up watching Filipino gymnasts train and compete at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Malate.

In 2016, Carlos Yulo accepted an offer by the Japan Olympic Association to train in Japan under a scholarship program.

Carlos Yulo started competing in 2008, and joined his first Palarong Pambansa in 2009 in Tacloban, Leyte.

Carlos Yulo stated that his second and fifth place finishes encouraged him to train harder for his next Palarong Pambansa.

In 2010, Carlos Yulo competed in the Palarong Pambansa in Tarlac City, Tarlac, and took part in every event.

Carlos Yulo won gold in the individual all-around and floor exercise, and got bronze in the vault.

Carlos Yulo was part of the men's team, where they placed fifth.

Carlos Yulo earned gold medals in the team event, individual all-around, floor-exercise, and vault.

Carlos Yulo won the gold in the individual all-around, floor exercise, and vault, as well as the team competition along with his teammates.

In 2013, Carlos Yulo competed in his last Palarong Pambansa, which was held in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.

Carlos Yulo won golds in the team event, individual all-around, and floor exercise, and took a silver in the vault behind Martoni Abana.

Carlos Yulo won gold medals on the floor exercise and the parallel bars at the 2014 ASEAN School Games.

Carlos Yulo then competed at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships, finished sixth on the floor exercise and eighth on the vault.

Carlos Yulo received a scholarship from the International Gymnastics Federation to fund his move to Japan.

Carlos Yulo won five medals at the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships, gold on floor exercise and vault, silver on the still rings and parallel bars, and bronze in the all-around.

Carlos Yulo only competed on the vault and floor exercise at the 2017 International Junior Competition because of a shoulder injury.

Carlos Yulo won the gold medal in the vault final and the silver medal in the floor exercise final.

Carlos Yulo made his senior international debut at the Melbourne World Cup and won a bronze medal on the vault.

Carlos Yulo was the youngest of the 24 competitors in the all-around final, and he finished 23rd.

Carlos Yulo won bronze in the floor exercise, becoming the first Filipino and the first male Southeast Asian gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships.

Carlos Yulo began the 2019 season at the Melbourne World Cup where he won the gold medal on the floor exercise by 0.066 points.

Carlos Yulo missed the Baku World Cup due to a chest injury.

Carlos Yulo then won a bronze medal on the floor exercise at the Doha World Cup.

Carlos Yulo tied for the gold medal on the floor exercise at the All-Japan Senior Championships with Kohei Uchimura.

Carlos Yulo then placed tenth in the all-around final with a personal-best all-around total.

Carlos Yulo won gold in the all-around and floor exercise, and silver in the pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.

Carlos Yulo returned to competition in September 2020 at the All-Japan Senior Championships and won a bronze medal on the vault.

Carlos Yulo won the vault bronze medal at the All-Japan Championships in addition to a bronze medal on the floor exercise.

Carlos Yulo began the Olympic season by winning a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the All-Japan Event Championships.

Carlos Yulo then represented the Philippines at the 2020 Summer Olympics, hoping to become the country's first Olympic champion in any sport.

Carlos Yulo struggled on several of the other events and missed the all-around final.

Carlos Yulo then competed at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan.

Carlos Yulo only finished fifth in the floor exercise final after stepping out of bounds.

Carlos Yulo then won the gold medal in the vault final and a silver medal in the parallel bars final behind China's Hu Xuwei.

At the Southeast Asian Games, Carlos Yulo led the Filipino team to a silver-medal finish behind Vietnam, and he won the gold medal in the all-around.

Carlos Yulo won his first-ever senior continental championships title when he clinched the gold medal at the floor exercise of the Asian Championships in Doha after taking silver in the individual all-around.

Carlos Yulo followed this up with gold medals in the vault and parallel bars.

Carlos Yulo competed at the World Championships in Liverpool and qualified for the all-around, floor exercise, vault, and parallel bars finals.

Carlos Yulo was the second reserve for the still rings final after finishing tenth in the qualification round.

Carlos Yulo then fell in the floor exercise final and finished seventh.

Carlos Yulo began the season at the Cottbus World Cup and won a bronze medal in parallel bars.

Carlos Yulo then won two gold medals at the Baku World Cup, on the vault and parallel bars.

Carlos Yulo competed at the Asian Championships and won a silver medal in the all-around behind Japan's Shinnosuke Oka.

Carlos Yulo won three gold medals in the event finals on floor exercise, vault, and parallel bars, and he won a bronze medal on the horizontal bar.

The separation was cordial with Carlos Yulo expressing gratitude to the Japanese coach a year later.

Carlos Yulo went back to Castaneda, who coached him as a junior.

Carlos Yulo chose to not compete at the 2022 Asian Games, which were being held at the same time as World Championships.

Carlos Yulo finished last out of the 91 gymnasts who competed in the all-around.

Carlos Yulo began the 2024 season with a bronze medal on the floor exercise at the Baku World Cup.

Carlos Yulo won his first continental championship all-around title at the Asian Championships in Tashkent.

Carlos Yulo won three more gold medals in the event finals, on floor exercise, vault, and parallel bars.

Carlos Yulo became the first Filipino man and first Filipino gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal; he is the second Filipino ever to win an Olympic gold medal, after Hidilyn Diaz's victory in the women's 55 kg weightlifting event in Tokyo.

Carlos Yulo is estranged from his mother, Angelica, whom he has accused of misappropriating his funds.

The family feud persisted in the public consciousness at least up to September 2024, when Carlos Yulo said he had moved on from issues which are too personal to keep publicly commenting on.

In October 2024, Carlos Yulo joined the Philippine Navy as a reservist with the rank of Petty Officer First Class.