Sergei Sinitsyn
Sergei Sinitsyn ( Russian Сергей Синицын , also transcribed Sergey Sinitsyn ; born June 4, 1983 in Sverdlovsk ) is one of the most successful speed climbers in the world. The Russian, who started climbing in 1991 at the age of eight, first competed in international competitions in 2001 and won his first World Cup in his hometown in 2002 , and in the same year he also became vice European champion. From 2004 to 2009 he was consistently in first or second place in the overall World Cup ranking. Sinizyn also starts in the Difficulty discipline .
Significant successes
- Youth World Champion 2002 in Canteleu (France)
- Overall World Cup winner 2004, 2007 and 2009
- 2nd place overall World Cup ranking 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2011
- Nine daily victories and twelve second places in Speed World Cups between 2002 and 2011
- Vice European Champion 2006 in Yekaterinburg and 2002 in Chamonix
- Rockmaster 2006 and third place in 2009
- 2nd place World Games 2005 in Duisburg
- 3rd place World Championship 2005 in Munich
Web links
- Interview with Sergei Sinizyn ( Memento from August 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 62 kB) on the IFSC website
- Competition results from Sergei Sinizyn on digitalrock.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sinitsyn, Sergei |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Синицын, Сергей (Russian transcription); Sinitsyn, Sergey (English transcription) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian sport climber |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4th 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sverdlovsk |