Dmitri Sarafutdinov (russian: link=no, Дмитрий Шарафутдинов; born 16 September 1986 in Korkino), also known as Dmitrii Sharafutdinov, is a professional Russian

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and competition climber who specializes in competition bouldering. He has won three

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, in 2007, 2011 and 2012 and one Bouldering World Cup in 2013.

Climbing career

Dmitri started climbing when he was six years old and trained in a small climbing gym in Korkino.

Competition climbing

In 2002 he started competing in the youth

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and competition lead climbing disciplines. In 2002 he won the bronze medal in speed Youth A at the World Youth Championship in

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, France and in 2004 he won the bronze medal in lead Junior at the World Youth Championship in

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. In 2003 he began competing in the senior categories, in lead, speed, and bouldering disciplines, and in 2004 he won the Russian Climbing Championship in bouldering. From 2007 he focused on bouldering where he achieved his greatest success. On 24 April 2007 Dmitri took his first podium in the Bouldering World Cup placing second in

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, and on 23 June he gained his first victory at

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, Italy. He ended the season in second place behind

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. In the same year he won his first gold medal at the

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, Spain. In 2011 he achieved five podiums and the final second place in the Bouldering World Cup and his second gold medal at the World Championships in

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, Italy. In 2012 he won his third World Championships, in Paris. In 2013 he won his first Bouldering World Cup title, with two wins, one second and two podium finishes out of eight events.

Rock climbing

In July 2012 he climbed his hardest

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route, the -graded route, ''Ali-Hulk extension'', in

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, Spain. The route consists of a boulder route and a sport climbing route that are linked together.

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Climbing World Championships

Climbing European Championships

Number of medals in the World Cup

Bouldering

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarafutdinov, Dmitri 1986 births Living people Russian rock climbers People from Korkino Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Oblast IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists Boulder climbers Russian competition climbers