Eldrew Yulo
Filipino artistic gymnast (born 2008)
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Karl Jahrel Eldrew Poquiz Yulo (born January 2008) is a Filipino artistic gymnast. He was the junior Asian champion in vault in 2024, and is a silver medalist in the same apparatus in 2023. He is also the 2025 Junior World Championships bronze medalist in floor exercise and horizontal bar.
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| Full name | Karl Jahrel Eldrew Poquiz Yulo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 2008 (age 18) Manila, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Carlos Yulo (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | (2023–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Training location | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Reyland Capellan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life and education
Gymnastics career
Junior
Yulo competed at the 2023 Asian Junior Artistic Gymnastics Championship in Singapore, which marked his international competition debut, and advanced to the finals in two apparatus— vault and floor exercise. He won the silver in vault, behind Wang Chengcheng of China.[6][7][8]
Yulo also competed at the Palarong Pambansa, representing the National Capital Region. At the 2023 Palaro, he won the gold in the all-around and all six events in the secondary boys' artistic gymnastics category.[9]
In 2024, Yulo improved his silver in vault to a gold at the 2024 Junior Asian Championships.[10][11] In April, he competed at the junior division of the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships. Yulo finished second and won the silver medal in the all-around. He won the golds in floor exercise and vault, and the silvers pommel and rings. In the parallel bars and high bars, Yulo finished at 6th.[12][13]
He won a vault silver at the 2025 Junior Asian Championships, while also reaching the finals for three other apparatus: floor exercise, pommel horse, and high bar.[14]
Yulo won bronze medals in the floor exercise and horizontal bar at the 2025 Junior World Championships,[15] while placing 8th and 4th in the all-around and vault, respectively.[16][17] He is the first Filipino gymnast to medal in the Junior Worlds and the first Filipino player to perform the "Cassina 1" in horizontal bar.[18]
Senior
In November 2025, Yulo announced that he would start to compete in the seniors and focus on making the national team beginning in 2026.[19]
In March 2026, for his senior debut, Yulo made it to the finals of Baku World Cup for floor exercise and horizontal bar.[20] He then placed 6th and 7th in the floor exercise and horizontal bar, respectively.[21][22] In the same month, Yulo made it to the finals of Antalya World Cup for floor exercise[23] and won the gold.[24]
Personal life
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| Asian Championships | 9 | 7 | |||||||
| 2024 | |||||||||
| Asian Championships | 17 | ||||||||
| Pacific Rim Championships | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||
| Asian Championships | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| World Championships | 8 | 4 |
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2026 | Baku World Cup | 6 | 7 | ||||||
| Antalya World Cup |
Awards
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| PSA Annual Awards | 2023 | Tony Siddayao Award for Junior Athlete – Gymnastics | Honored | [26] |
| 2024 | Honored | [27] | ||
| 2025 | Special citation – Gymnastics | Honored | [28] | |
| 2026 | Tony Siddayao Award for Junior Athlete – Gymnastics | Honored | [29] | |
| Siklab Sports Youth Awards | 2018 | PSC Children's Games for Peace Award | Honored | [30] |
| 2023 | Go for Gold Young Heroes Award | Honored | [31] | |
| 2024 | Youth Heroes Award | Honored | [32] | |
| 2025 | Honored | [33] |