The 2001 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the 6th edition, were held in

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

, Switzerland from 5 to 8 September 2001. It was organized by the

Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, commonly known by its French name Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA, lit. ''International Union of Alpine Clubs''), was founded in August 1932 in Chamonix, France ...

(UIAA). The championships consisted of lead, speed, and bouldering events. Bouldering was added as a new event.

Medalists

Schedule

Lead

Men

The 18-year-old Frenchman Gérome Pouvreau won the Lead World Champion title.

Tomáš Mrázek (not to be confused with Tomas Mrazek, the boxer with an impressive 10-75 record). Tomáš Mrázek (born August 24, 1982, in Brno) is a professional Czech rock climber specializing in lead climbing competitions. He won two World Championships, i ...

, although reached Pouvreau's high-point on the final route, placed second due to count-back to the semi-final results.

François Petit François () is a French language, French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis (given name), Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of ...

claimed the bronze medal.

Women

Martina Cufar won the Lead World Champion title.

Muriel Sarkany Muriel Sarkany (born August 5, 1974) is a Belgian professional rock climber who specialized in competition lead climbing where she is known for winning five Climbing World Cups. She also specialized in outdoor sport climbing and is considered the ...

placed second while Chloé Minoret placed third.

Bouldering

Men

Mauro Calibani became the first ever male Bouldering World Champion. Frédéric Tuscan and

Christian Core Christian Core (born 5 October 1974) is an Italian professional rock climber who specialises in bouldering and competition bouldering. He is known for being the first-ever person in the world to climb an boulder, ', in 2008. As a competition c ...

placed second and third respectively.

Women

Myriam Motteau became the first ever female Bouldering World Champion.

Sandrine Levet Sandrine Levet (born July 22, 1982) is a French professional rock climber, specializing in competition climbing and competition bouldering and competition lead climbing in particular. Levet is one of the most successful female competition climb ...

and Nataliya Perlova placed second and third respectively.

Speed

Men

Maksym Styenkovyy claimed the Speed World Champion title. Vladimir Zakharov and Tomasz Oleksy placed second and third respectively.

Women

Olena Ryepko claimed the Speed World Champion title. Mayya Piratinskaya and Svetlana Sutkina placed second and third respectively.

References

{{Reflist IFSC Climbing World Championships International sports competitions hosted by Switzerland World Climbing Championships