Portrait of the hero who won 2 gold medals at the 2024 Olympics, Carlos Yulo of the Philippines
Báo Dân trí•05/08/2024
(Dan Tri) - After winning 2 gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Carlos Yulo (Philippines) is a phenomenon in world sports. In real life, he is a literature bachelor, graduated in Japan.
In 2016, Carlos Yulo accepted an invitation from the Japan Olympic Association. He traveled from his hometown of Manila (Philippines) to Japan to receive training under a sports scholarship program. In Japan, Carlos Yulo not only trained and competed, but also pursued his studies at Teikyo University in Itabashi, Tokyo. In 2022, Carlos Yulo graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from this University.
Carlos Yulo (Philippines) won 2 gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Photo: Getty).
The new Philippine Olympic champion has two opposite majors. One is a gentle, romantic and profound job of writing and researching literature, the other requires constant jumping and tumbling, which is the job of a gymnast. Carlos Yulo is 24 years old this year, at this age, the Filipino talent has become a millionaire in USD. All the most glorious and sweet things have only come to him in the past few days. Carlos Yulo has just received 20 million pesos (about 8.7 billion VND) from the Philippine Sports Talent Development Fund, another 35 million pesos (more than 15.2 billion VND) from a major brand in his home country. Not only that, this athlete received another 6 million pesos (more than 2.6 billion VND) from the Philippine House of Representatives, and another 5 million pesos (nearly 2.2 billion VND) from another business. In total, Carlos Yulo has so far received VND28.7 billion in cash and an additional apartment from the Philippine Olympic Committee. The amount of bonuses and gifts for Carlos Yulo is likely to continue. All of this comes after Carlos Yulo won two historic gold medals for Philippine gymnastics at the 2024 Paris Olympics, one in the floor exercise and one in the vault. The Philippines has never won a gold medal in gymnastics at the Olympics. That is the strength of world sports powers such as the US, China, and Japan. Previously, with the addition of Russia, Southeast Asian sports delegations had a hard time competing for medals in gymnastics, let alone gold medals.
On the field, Carlos Yulo is full of power with his acrobatic moves in gymnastics, but in real life he is a Bachelor of Arts (Photo: Reuters).
Up to this point, Carlos Yulo is the only athlete from the Philippines to win a gold medal, and also the only athlete from Southeast Asia to have won a gold medal. Southeast Asian fans are already very familiar with him through the SEA Games. Specifically, the Filipino gymnastics star has won 9 gold medals through the Southeast Asian Games, including 2 gold medals in the Philippines in 2019, when he was only 19 years old. After that, Carlos Yulo won 5 more gold medals at the 2022 SEA Games in Vietnam, and 2 more gold medals at the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia. Of the 9 SEA Games gold medals mentioned above, Carlos Yulo has 2 gold medals in the floor exercise event and one gold medal in the vault event, the events in which he recently won a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Carlos Yulo's success did not come naturally, but came from the athlete's efforts over many years after a long period of persistently maintaining his form. In addition to his resounding success at the Olympics, Carlos Yulo has prepared for his life after his athletic career (in gymnastics, 24 is no longer considered young, as gymnasts often finish their peak competition before the age of 30), with the job of a writer or literary critic. Carlos Yulo may go to Australia to plan a lifelong relationship with his girlfriend Chloe Anjeleigh San Jose, a student and content creator in Melbourne (Australia). The two have been in a "long-distance relationship" since 2020.
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