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This article lists the main ice climbing events and their results for 2019, including the UIAA Ice Climbing World Youth Championships, the UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships, the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup, [1] and the Ice Climbing European Cup.
| Date | Location | Discipline | Men's winner | Women's winner |
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| December 15 – 16, 2018 |  | Combined | | |
| February 28 – March 2, 2019 |  | U16 Lead |  | |
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| U19 Lead | |  | ||
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| U22 Lead |  | | ||
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| March 8 – 10, 2019 | | Lead | |  |
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| Date | Location | Discipline | Men's winner | Women's winner |
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| January 11 – 13 | | Lead | | |
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| January 18 – 20 |  | Lead | | |
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| January 24 – 26 | | Lead | | |
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| February 1 – 3 |  | Lead | | |
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| February 8 – 10 |  | Lead | | |
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| February 22 – 24 | | Lead | | |
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| Overall season winners | Lead | | | |
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| Date | Location | Discipline | Men's winner | Women's winner |
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| November 24, 2018 | | Lead | | |
| December 1, 2018 |  | Lead | | |
| December 8, 2018 |  | Lead | | |
| March 3, 2019 | | Lead | | |
| Overall season winners [10] [11] | Lead | | | |
The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, commonly known by its French name Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme was founded in August 1932 in Chamonix, France when 20 mountaineering associations met for an alpine congress. Count Charles Egmond d’Arcis, from Switzerland, was chosen as the first president and it was decided by the founding members that the UIAA would be an international federation which would be in charge of the "study and solution of all problems regarding mountaineering". The UIAA Safety Label was created in 1960 and was internationally approved in 1965 and currently (2015) has a global presence on five continents with 86 member associations in 62 countries representing over 3 million people.
Ice climbing is the activity of ascending inclined ice formations. Usually, ice climbing refers to roped and protected climbing of features such as icefalls, frozen waterfalls, and cliffs and rock slabs covered with ice refrozen from flows of water. For the purposes of climbing, ice can be broadly divided into two spheres, alpine ice and water ice. Alpine ice is found in a mountain environment, usually requires an approach to reach, and is often climbed in an attempt to summit a mountain. Water ice is usually found on a cliff or other outcropping beneath water flows. Alpine ice is frozen precipitation whereas water ice is a frozen liquid flow of water. Most alpine ice is generally one component of a longer route and often less technical, having more in common with standard glacier travel, while water ice is selected largely for its technical challenge. Technical grade is, however, independent of ice type and both types of ice vary greatly in consistency according to weather conditions. Ice can be soft, hard, brittle or tough. Mixed climbing is ascent involving both ice climbing and rock climbing.
Ramón Julián Puigblanque is a professional Spanish rock climber specializing in lead climbing competitions. He won two World Championships, in 2007 and 2011, three European Championships, in 2004 2010 and 2015, and one Lead Climbing World Cup in 2010. From 2001 to 2016, he participated in 16 seasons of the World Cup, winning 21 World Cup stages. He has also climbed many routes of 9a (5.14d) and harder.
Tomáš Mrázek is a professional Czech rock climber specializing in lead climbing competitions. He won two World Championships, in 2003 and 2005, and one Lead World Cup, in 2004.
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the international governing body for the sport of competitive climbing, which consists of the disciplines lead climbing, speed climbing, and bouldering. It was founded in Frankfurt on 27 January 2007 by 48 member federations, and is a continuation of the International Council for Competition Climbing, which had been in existence from 1997 to 2007 and was a part of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA).
The IFSC Climbing World Championships are the biennial world championships for competition climbing organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). This event determines the male and female world champions in the three disciplines of sport climbing: lead climbing, bouldering, and speed climbing. Since 2012, a Combined ranking is also determined, for climbers competing in all disciplines, and additional medals are awarded based on that ranking.
Anna Stöhr is a professional climber. She is a champion in bouldering climbing competitions. She won four Bouldering World Cups, in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and two World Championships, in 2007 and 2011. Notably, she dominated the 2013 Bouldering World Cup series, by winning seven events out of eight, losing one just by one attempt to Juliane Wurm.
Dmitri Sarafutdinov, also known as Dmitrii Sharafutdinov, is a professional Russian rock climber specializing in bouldering climbing competitions. He has won three World Championships, in 2007, 2011 and 2012 and one Bouldering World Cup in 2013.
The IFSC Climbing European Championships are the biennial European championships for competition climbing organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The first competition was held in Frankfurt in 1992.
The IFSC Climbing World Cup is a series of climbing competitions held annually and organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The athletes compete in three disciplines: lead, bouldering and speed. The number of competitions and venues vary from year to year. The first World Cup was held in 1989, and included only lead climbing events. Speed climbing was introduced in 1998 and bouldering in 1999. For 18 seasons, from 1989 to 2006, World Cups were held under the auspices of UIAA and called UIAA Climbing World Cups. Since 2007, they are held under the auspices of IFSC.
Janja Garnbret is a Slovenian rock climber and sport climber who has won multiple lead climbing and bouldering events.
Nihal Sarkar is an Indian ice climber who was the only Indian to participate in the 2016 UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup, held in South Korea. He made his competition debut during the Asian Championships in Cheongsong, South Korea.
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The Ice Climbing World Youth Championships is an annual international competition of ice climbing. The competition, organized by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, consists of two events: lead and speed climbing.
The Ice Climbing World Championship is a bi-annual international competition of ice climbing.
Mohammad Reza Safdarian Korouyeh is an Iranian Rock climber and Ice climber. Safdarian has won the first Gold medal in Iran′s ice climbing history in the Ice Climbing World Tour at Rabenestin, Italy, and a Bronze medal in 2018 UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour. and a Bronze medal in 2019 UIAA Ice Climbing World Combined championships. and a Bronze medal in 2018 UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup Overall Ranking Lead. The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation named him as the "The History Boy". He has participated in 27 World Cups, World Championships and Asian Championships since 2013.
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This article lists the main ice climbing events and their results for 2018.
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