2017 in sport climbing

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This article lists the main competition climbing events and their results for 2017.

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World Cup

World Championships

DateLocationCompetitionDisciplineMenWomen
August 30 – September 10 Flag of Austria.svg Innsbruck [1] World Youth ChampionshipJunior Lead Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiyuki Ogata Flag of the United States.svg Claire Buhrfeind
Youth A Lead Flag of Japan.svg Shuta Tanaka Flag of the United States.svg Ashima Shiraishi
Youth B Lead Flag of the United States.svg Colin Duffy Flag of Japan.svg Ai Mori
Junior Speed Flag of Ecuador.svg Carlos Granja Flag of Russia.svg Daria Kan
Youth A Speed Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Rukin Flag of Poland.svg Aleksandra Kalucka
Youth B Speed Flag of Italy.svg Jacopo Stefani Flag of Russia.svg Polina Kulagina
Junior Bouldering Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiyuki Ogata Flag of the United States.svg Claire Buhrfeind
Youth A Bouldering Flag of Italy.svg Filip Schenk Flag of the United States.svg Ashima Shiraishi
Youth B Bouldering Flag of Japan.svg Rei Kawamata Flag of Japan.svg Futaba Ito
Junior Combined Flag of Japan.svg Meichi Narasaki Flag of Austria.svg Laura Stöckler
Youth A Combined Flag of France.svg Sam Avezou Flag of Austria.svg Sandra Lettner
Youth B Combined Flag of Russia.svg Semen Ovchinnikov Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Tanii

Continental Championships

DateLocationCompetitionDisciplineMenWomen
June 30 – July 1 Flag of Italy.svg Campitello di Fassa [2] European Championships Lead Flag of France.svg Romain Desgranges Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anak Verhoeven
Speed Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Dzienski Flag of Russia.svg Iuliia Kaplina
August 18–19 Flag of Germany.svg Munich [3] European ChampionshipsBouldering Flag of Germany.svg Jan Hojer Flag of Serbia.svg Staša Gejo
Combined Flag of Germany.svg Jan Hojer Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret
September 18–21 Flag of Iran.svg Tehran [4] Asian ChampionshipsBouldering Flag of Japan.svg Kokoro Fujii Flag of Japan.svg Akiyo Noguchi
Lead Flag of Japan.svg Kokoro Fujii Flag of Japan.svg Aya Onoe
Speed Flag of Iran.svg Reza Alipourshena Flag of Indonesia.svg Puji Lestari

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References

  1. "IFSC Youth World Championships – Innsbruck (AUT) – 2017". www.ifsc-climbing.org.
  2. "European Championship (L, S) – Campitello di Fassa (ITA) 2017". www.ifsc-climbing.org.
  3. "European Championship (B) – Munich (GER) 2017". www.ifsc-climbing.org.
  4. "Asian Continental Championships – Tehran (IRI) 2017". www.ifsc-climbing.org.