Salavat Kipayevich Rachmetov

Salawat Kipajewitsch Rachmetow ( Russian Салава́т Кипа́евич Рахме́тов , also transcribed: Salavat Rakhmetov , born December 17, 1967 in Alma-Ata ) is a Russian sport climber and boulderer . He became world champion , rock master and overall world cup winner in bouldering .

Career

Rachmetov was introduced to climbing by his older brother Kairat from 1984 onwards. From the beginning he started in all three competition disciplines , whereby he was first particularly successful in speed climbing, which was popular in Eastern Europe at the time . As early as 1986, after he had won the Duel Championship of the Soviet Union and the Kazakh Championship, he was accepted into the Soviet national team. At the start of international competitions he turned to difficult climbing and quickly established himself at the top of the world, including in 1991 World Cup winner in Innsbruck ahead of Yūji Hirayama and François Legrand and third at the European Championships in Frankfurt in 1992. When bouldering competitions were held on an international level from 1998 onwards, he increasingly said goodbye to difficult climbing. He then achieved his greatest successes in bouldering: in 1998 he became the overall World Cup winner, and in 2001 he won the traditional Rockmaster in Arco . He achieved his greatest success at the 2005 World Cup in Munich , when he was able to completely leave the competition behind.

Rachmetov took part in international competitions more often than any other climber, including seven European and nine world championships. The last time he started was in the summer of 2009 at the World Championships in Beijing .

Significant successes

Bouldering

• World Champion 2005 in Munich

World Cup :

• Overall victory in 1998
• 2nd place overall ranking 2000 and 2003
• Daily victories:
  • Grenoble (FRA) 1998
  • Valloire (FRA) 1998
  • Chamonix (FRA) 2000
  • Rovereto (ITA) 2000
  • Fiera di Primiero (ITA) 2003
  • Rovereto (ITA) 2003

Rockmaster :

• 2001 victory
• 3rd place in 2002 and 2004

European Championship:

• 3rd place in 2002

Lead

• Victory at the World Cup in Innsbruck in 1991
• 3rd place at the European Championships in Frankfurt 1992
• 3rd place at the Rockmaster 1997

Web links

• Competition results from Salawat Rachmetow at the ICC
• Interview with Salawat Rachmetov on mountain.ru (English)

literature

• Heinz Zak : Rock Stars - The world's best free climbers . Bergverlag Rother , Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7633-7040-4 ; P. 147