Reza Alipour

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Reza Alipourshenazandifar (رضا علیپور شنازندی فرد, born April 29, 1994 in Tehran , Iran ) is an Iranian sport climber who specializes in speed climbing . He currently holds the world record in the Olympic 15 meters, which is why he is considered the fastest person in the world vertically . He is also nicknamed Persian Chetah (Persian Cheetah).

Career

Reza began to take part in international speed climbing competitions in 2011, and in the following year he took second place in the Asian Youth Championship. In 2013 he managed to become vice Asian champion, and he also took first place in his second World Cup participation . In 2017 he was able to achieve many significant victories and gained international fame. In addition to winning the overall World Cup, he set a new world record of 5.48 seconds in the 15-meter distance at the World Cup in Nanjing on April 29, breaking his own record. In July of the same year he won gold in speed climbing at the World Games 2017 in Wroclaw and was elected Athlete of the Year, winning just under 90,790 to 90,036 votes against the Ukrainian powerlifting fighter Larysa Soloviova . He was also the first Iranian athlete to ever win a gold medal at the World Games. In 2018 he took first place at the World Cup .

Successes (selection)

  • 2011: sixth place at the Asian Youth Championships (Juniors)
  • 2012: Vice-Youth Asian Champion (Juniors)
  • 2013: Second place at the Asian Continental Championships, first place at the World Cup in Haiyang , China
  • 2014: Bronze at the World Championships in Gijon , Spain
  • 2015: World Cup victory in Wujiang , China, second place at the Asian Continental Championships
  • 2016: first place at the World Cup in Nanjing , China, vice world champion
  • 2017: Overall World Cup winner with two wins, first place at the World Games in Wroclaw , Poland , at the Asian Continental Championships and the China Open, setting up a new world record in speed climbing (15 meters)
  • 2018: World Cup victory in Moscow , Russia , World Champion in Innsbruck , Austria

Web links

Commons : Reza Alipourshenazandifar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wall climbing is an Olympic sport and 'Persian Cheetah' is the fastest at it. cbc, May 2, 2017, accessed November 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Athlete of the year 2017. the world games, accessed on November 11, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Profile of Reza Alipourshenazandifar on the IFSC website. IFSC, accessed November 11, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Alipour, Reza
ALTERNATIVE NAMES رضا علیپور شنازندی فرد; Alipourshenazandifar, Reza
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian sport climber
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Tehran , Iran