Kai Lightner

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Kai Lightner (born August 21, 1999 ) is a sport climber from the USA . He is successful on the rock as well as in competitions.

Career

Kai Lightner began climbing in Fayetteville in 2006 at the age of six . Just a year later he got into competitive climbing. Lightner has won the national championship nine times and has also won the Pan American Championship three times. In September 2014 he won the Youth World Championship in New Caledonia , something American climbers have not succeeded in doing since 1965. He was also able to draw attention to himself on the rock through his achievements. In 2013, Lightner climbed his first 8b + route. Two years later he managed his first climbing route in eleventh grade with Era Vella. In January 2016, he reached 6th place in the American bouldering championship.

successes

Competitions

  • 6th place Bouldering Open National Championship (Madison, WI)
  • 3rd place Open, 2015 Canadian Lead National Championship, (Victoria, BC)
  • 1st place Open, 2015 SCS National Championship, (Watertown, MA)
  • 1st place Youth A, 2015 ABS National Championship, (Madison, WI)
  • 3rd place Youth A, SCS 2015 Youth National Championship, (Kennesaw, GA)
  • 2nd place Youth B, 2014 Pan American Championship (Bouldering), (Mexico City, Mexico)
  • 1st place Youth B, 2014 Pan American Championship (Sports), (Mexico City, Mexico)
  • 1st place Youth B, 2014 IFSC Youth World Championship, (Noumea, NC)
  • 1st place Youth B, SCS 2014 Youth National Championship, (Atlanta, GA)
  • 1st place Youth B, ABS 2014 Youth National Championship, (Colorado Springs, CO)
  • 1st place Youth B, SCS 2013 Youth National Championship, (Atlanta, GA)
  • 1st place Youth C, SCS 2012 Youth National Championship, (Atlanta, GA)
  • 1st place Youth C, ABS 13 Youth National Championship, (Colorado Springs, CO)
  • 1st place Youth C, SCS 2011 Youth National Championship, (Atlanta, GA)
  • 2nd place Youth C, ABS 12 Youth National Championship, 2011 (Boulder, CO)
  • 1st place Youth D, Pan American Youth Championship - Sport, 2010 (Ibarra, Ecuador)
  • 1st place Youth D, Pan American Youth Championship - Bouldering, 2010 (Ibarra, Ecuador)
  • 1st place Youth D, SCS 2010 Youth National Championship- Sport, (Atlanta, GA)
  • 2nd place Youth D, ABS 11 Youth National Championship, 2010 (Alexandria, VA)

rock

  • Era Vella ( 9a ), Margalef Spain (April 2015)
  • Lucifer (8c +), The Red River Gorge America (April 2014)
  • Divine Fury (8c), Maple Canyon America (August 2014)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kai Lightner biography , accessed September 5, 2015
  2. ↑ Competition results Bouldering Open National Championship ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 2, 2016  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usaclimbing.org
  3. ↑ Kai Lightner competition results , accessed on September 5, 2015
  4. ↑ Kai Lightner climbs Lucifer , accessed September 5, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Lightner, Kai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sport climber
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1999