Filipino artistic gymnast

Carlos Yulo

Carlos Edriel Poquiz Yulo is a Filipino artistic gymnast. He is the 2024 Olympic gold medalist at the floor exercise and vault events. He 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. With multiple medals on the international stage, Yulo is the second person to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines and the first Southeast Asian athlete to win multiple gold medals at the Olympic Games.

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2000

February 16

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2000 Born

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1270 The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse.
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1646 Battle of Torrington, Devon: The last major battle of the First English Civil War.

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The world in 2000

When Carlos arrived

april 19 Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
april 3 United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
april 30 Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
august 11 An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.

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Adolfo Azcuna 1939– Filipino lawyer and judge Ahman Green 1977– American football player Carl Icahn 1936– American businessman and investor Ernst Haeckel 1834– German biologist, physician, and philosopher (died 1919) Gaspard II de Coligny 1519–1572 French admiral (born 1519) Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer 1922– German soldier and pilot (died 1950) James Colosimo 1878–1920 Italian-American mob boss (died 1920) Jean-Charles Pichegru 1761–1804 French general (born 1761) Jimmy Wakely 1914– American country music singer-songwriter and actor (died 1982)

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Femke Bol 2000– Dutch hurdler and sprinter Jackson Yee 2000– Chinese singer, dancer and actor Ja'Marr Chase 2000– American football player Joshua Bassett 2000– American actor and singer Kang Chan-hee 2000– South Korean singer and actor Mackenzie Foy 2000– American actress and model Ōnosato Daiki 2000– Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 75th yokozuna Sarah Kinsley 2000– American singer-songwriter Sophie Nélisse 2000– Canadian actress

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