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Lead Climbing At The 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup
Competition lead climbing at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held over six stages at six different locations, from 4 July to 27 October 2019. The top three in each competition received medals, and at the end of the season, the overall winners were awarded trophies. The overall winners were determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. Adam Ondra won the men's seasonal title, Chaehyun Seo won the women's seasonal title, and Japan won the national team title. Winners overview Overall ranking The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. There are six competitions in the season, but only the best five attempts are counted. The national ranking is the sum of the points of that country's three best male and female athletes. Results displayed in parentheses are not counted. Men The results of the ten most successful athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villars-sur-Ollon
Villars-sur-Ollon, commonly referred to as Villars, is a village in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, part of the municipality of Ollon. Description Geography and skiing network Villars overlooks the Rhône valley from an altitude of . The peak of Mont Blanc is clearly visible from parts of the village and from the village's more elevated ski area Bretaye (). That area is the center of the skiing network. It is accessible by the BVB railway (Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye), featuring a cogwheel train, and by a gondola lift to the 'Roc d'Orsay' (). There are around of skiing slopes in the skiing network of Villars with Gryon, Les Diablerets, and Glacier 3000. The slopes on Glacier 3000 offer year round skiing. Furthermore, the ticketing system of Villars is part of the Magic Pass skiing area that covers 30 resorts in the larger area. History and culture During the 12th and 13th centuries, a notable demographic upsurge motivated the monks from the Abbey of Saint-Maur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jain Kim
Kim Ja-in (Hangul: , born 11 September 1988), more widely known in the West as Jain Kim, is a professional climber. She is mainly active in lead climbing and bouldering competitions. She has won the Lead Climbing World Cup three times (2010, 2013, 2014), the Lead Climbing World Championship once (2014), and the Rock Master once (2010, Lead discipline). Moreover, she has won the Asian Championships 14 times in 15 years, namely 11 times in lead climbing and 3 times in bouldering (see below for details). Jain Kim also successfully climbs outdoors. In 2014, she redpointed her first routes graded beyond 8b+; namely Bibita Biologica (8c) and Reini's Vibes (8c/8c+), both in Arco, Italy. Biography Born into a family of mountain-dwellers and climbers, Jain Kim started climbing at the age of 12. In July 2004, at the age of 15, she started competing in the Lead Climbing World Cup and since 2006 she has also participated in the Bouldering World Cup. She won the Lead Climbing Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Krampl
Mia Krampl (born 21 July 2000) is a Slovenian sport climber. In 2019, she finished second in lead at the IFSC Climbing World Championships and qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games by finishing third at the IFSC Combined Qualifier in Toulouse. Krampl also has a pair of podium finishes at the IFSC World Youth Championships, as well as two gold and one bronze medal at the European Youth Championships. Krampl started climbing at the age of six, as her brother was a competitive climber. Competition highlights IFSC Olympic qualifying * IFSC Combined Qualifier Toulouse 2019 **Women combined: 3rd (qualified) IFSC Climbing World Championships * 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships (Hachioji) ** Women lead: 2nd *2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships (Moscow) **Women combined: 2nd IFSC Climbing World Cup * Bouldering 2019 ** Munich: 3rd IFSC Climbing European Championships *2019 IFSC Climbing European Championships (Edinburgh) **Women lead: 2nd IFSC Climbing Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Mori (climber)
is a Japanese professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing and the disciplines of competition lead climbing and competition bouldering. At the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships, she became the youngest Japanese athlete to finish in a podium place in the competition, third in lead. She has won Japan Cup titles in both bouldering and lead disciplines and has multiple IFSC Climbing World Cup podium finishes, including three gold medals in World Cup events in the 2022 season. At the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships, Mori won the gold medal in lead, becoming the first Japanese athlete to win a World Championships lead title. Climbing career In 2016, Mori won Lead Japan Cup, becoming the youngest winner of the competition at age 12. She has repeated as the national lead champion in 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022. Mori also won the Boulder Japan Cup in 2021 and finished second place in 2018. Mori made her senior international competition climbing debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiyo Noguchi
is a Japanese professional rock climber, sport climber and boulderer. She participates in both bouldering and lead climbing competitions. She is known for winning the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Bouldering four times. In her home country, she won Bouldering Japan Cup nine times consecutively from 2005 to 2014, which no other Japanese athlete has been able to match. She retired from competition climbing after competing and winning a bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Biography Noguchi grew up on a cattle farm in the Ibaraki Prefecture. From a young age she would climb on buildings, trees and sometimes even on the cows. In 2000, when she was 11 years old, she tried a real climbing wall for the first time, during a holiday trip to Guam. Back at home she immediately joined a local climbing gym. Her father later built her a climbing wall in an old cattle barn on the farm. In 2007, she started competing in the Bouldering World Cups, reaching the podium three times. In 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucka Rakovec
Lucka is a town in the Thuringian landkreis of Altenburger Land. History The settlement of the area around Lucka occurred in the early Stone Age (5000-2500 b.c.). Lucka was first mentioned in writing in 1320 as "opidum Luckowe". The area was also the site of a battle in 1307 between the Habsburgs and the Wettins. Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Lucka was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg. International relations Lucka is twinned with: * Unterschleißheim, Bavaria *Weselberg, Rhineland-Palatinate Town Division Lucka is divided into three parts: the town itself, Breitenhain and Prößdorf. Personalities *Otto Engert — a Communist politician (b. in Prößdorf) *Erika Zuchold Erika Zuchold (''née'' Barth; 19 March 1947 – 22 August 2015) was an East German gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid-1960s to early 1970s. She and Karin Janz were the two most significant (in terms of m ... - World Champion and Olympic Medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsuki Tanii
is a common Japanese given name. While it is a unisex name, it is more commonly used by women. It can also be used as a surname. Possible writings Natsuki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: ;as a given name *夏稀, "summer, rare" *夏生, "summer, life" *夏紀, "summer, chronicle" *夏樹, "summer, wood" *夏姫, "summer, princess" *夏希, "summer, hope" *菜月, "greens, moon" *菜月, " Rapeseed flower, moon" *那月, "rich/beautiful, moon" *夏妃, "summer, queen" *夏季, "summer, seasons" *懐季, "reminiscence, yearn, seasons" *懐希, "reminiscence, yearn, hope" *ナツキ, katakana for "Natsuki" *なつき, hiragana for "Natsuki" ;as a surname *夏木, "summer, tree" *夏樹, "summer, wood" People Given name *Natsuki Ikezawa (池澤 夏樹, born 1945), Japanese poet, novelist, essayist, and translator *Natsuki Katō (加藤 夏希, born 1985), Japanese actress * Natsuki Hanae (花江 夏樹, born 1991), Japanese voice actor and singer *N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Bailey (climber)
Sean Bailey (born May 20, 1996) is an American professional climber. He represents the United States at IFSC Climbing World Cup in lead, and has two podium finishes at Boulder World Cups, including a win at Salt Lake City in May 2021 and three in lead, including two gold medals, at Villars and Chamonix in July 2021. Early life and youth competitions Bailey was born in Seattle and began climbing at age 5 with parents, who were both climbers. He began competing with the youth team at the Vertical World climbing gym and won the USA Climbing Sport Climbing Series Youth National Championship at age 17. Senior competitions At age 17, Bailey won the American Bouldering Series, the senior national bouldering competition in the United States. He also won the 2018 USA Climbing Sport and Speed Nationals and the 2019 USA Climbing Bouldering Nationals. Bailey has five IFSC World Cup podium finishes, first place in boulders at Salt Lake City in 2021 and in lead at Villars and Chamonix in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Megos
Alexander Megos (born 12 August 1993) is a Germany, German rock climber. He was the first climber to Glossary of climbing terms#on-sight, on-sight (climb on the first try without prior practice or advice) a route graded . He has completed multiple routes and Bouldering, boulder problems that are notoriously difficult, including two routes (''Perfecto Mundo'' and ''Bibliographie''), six routes (''First Round, First Minute'', ''Fight Club,'' ''King Capella,'' ''Ratstaman Vibrations,'' and ''The Full Journey''), and some boulders with a confirmed rating. Climbing career Megos started climbing at the age of six. With his father, he climbed multi-pitch routes up to 300 m at the age of ten. In 2006, Megos began training in the mountainous region of his native Bavaria, known as Franconian Switzerland, and later at the German Alpine Club's national climbing center in Erlangen-Nuremberg. There, he was mentored by Patrick Matros and Ludwig Korb, who continue to train and coach Megos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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