Veddriq Leonardo (born 11 March 1997) is an Indonesian speed climber. For about a year he held the world record in his discipline, which he set en route to winning the men's speed climbing event at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup in

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. He was first introduced to sport climbing in his first year of high school. In 2014, he participated in his first national championship in

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, Riau Islands where he was in top eight. In 2016, he won his first medal (bronze) in junior national championship in

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. His first international event was 2018 Moscow World Cup where he placed third.

Achievements

World Games

''Men's speed''

Asian Games

''Men's speed relay''

Asian Championships

''Men's speed'' ''Men's speed relay''

IFSC Climbing World Cup

The IFSC Climbing World Cup is a series of climbing competitions held annually and organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The athletes compete in three disciplines: lead, bouldering and speed. The number of competitions and venues vary from year to year. The first World Cup was held in 1989, and included only lead climbing events. Speed climbing was introduced in 1998 and bouldering in 1999. ''Men's speed''

World records

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leonardo, Veddriq 1997 births Living people People from Pontianak Sportspeople from West Kalimantan Indonesian rock climbers Sports world record holders Sport climbers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in sport climbing Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games 21st-century Indonesian athletes World Games gold medalists Competitors at the 2022 World Games IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists Speed climbers