2023 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships

2023 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships
2023 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships
	PostFinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland
Venue	PostFinance Arena
Location	Bern, Switzerland
Date	7 – 10 August 2023
Website	https://bern2023.org/
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Last updated June 30, 2024

The 2023 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships was the 8th edition of its kind. It was held at the PostFinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland from 7 to 10 September 2023, alongside the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships. It included a total of 17 lead events for the respective athlete's impairment classification.

Medal table

* Host nation (Switzerland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	4	0	0	4
2	Japan	3	3	2	8
3	Norway	2	0	0	2
4	Austria	1	2	1	4
5	Spain	1	1	3	5
6	Great Britain	1	1	2	4
7	India	1	0	1	2
7	Romania	1	0	1	2
9	Belgium	1	0	0	1
	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Israel	1	0	0	1
12	United States	0	5	4	9
13	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
14	Australia	0	1	0	1
	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
17	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland*	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		17	17	17	51

Medal summary

The medals were awarded as follows:^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's B1	Sho Aita	Francisco Javier Aguilar Amoedo	Răzvan Nedu
Men's B2	Fumiya Hamanoue	Richard Slocock	Guillermo Pelegrín Gómez
Men's B3	Cosmin Florin Candoi	Kazuhiro Minowada	Lux Losey Sail
Men's AL1	Angelino Zeller	Markus Pösendorfer	Tanner Cislaw
Men's AL2	Thierry Delarue	Ethan Zilz	Albert Guardia Ferrer
Men's AU2	Isak Ripman	Kevin Bartke	Brian Zarzuela
Men's AU3	Mor Michael Sapir	Nobuhiro Yusaraoka	Dominic Geisseler
Men's RP1	Aloïs Pottier	Elliott Nguyen	Takuya Okada
Men's RP2	Mor Michael Sapir	Benjamin Mayforth	Bastien Thomas
Men's RP3	Iván Muñoz Escolar	Benjamin Mayforth	Manikandan Kumar
Women's B1	in B2
Women's B2	Abigail Robinson	Seneida Biendarra	Edith Scheinecker
Women's B3	Sunita Dhondappanavar	Mika Maeoka	Yumi Ejiri
Women's AL1	in RP1
Women's AL2	Lucie Jarrige	Sarah Larcombe	Rachel Maia
Women's AU2	Solenne Piret	Lucia Capovilla	Maureen Beck
Women's AU3	in RP3
Women's RP1	Pavitra Vandenhoven	Melissa Ruiz	Marta Peche Salinero
Women's RP2	Dina Eivik	Jasmin Plank	Anna Devries
Women's RP3	Marina Dias	Christiane Luttikhuizen	Martha Evans

Men's results

Men's B1
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Sho Aita	Top	1	37+	3	2.12	42+
2	Francisco Javier Aguilar Amoedo	Top	1	39	1	1.5	35
3	Razvan Nedu	42	3	39	1	2.12	31+
4	Jesse Dufton	39	4	29	4	4.0	21+
5	Roland Paillex	28	5	22	5	5.24	–
6	Alexandru Benchea	28	5	21+	6	5.74	–
7	Bill Casson	13+	7	14	7	7.0	–

Men's B2
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Fumiya Hamanoue	41	1	Top	1	1.0	36
2	Richard Slocock	29	2	41+	4	3.46	23+
3	Guillermo Pelegrín Gómez	29	2	42	3	3.0	35+
4	Raul Simon Franco	27	5	42+	2	3.16	24
5	Simone Salvagnin	29	2	39	5	3.87	–
6	Kevin Chao	14	6	13	7	6.48	–
6	Christoph Pohlmann	–	–	13+	6	6.48	–

Men's B3
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Cosmin Florin Candoi	Top	1	Top	1	1.22	Top
2	Kazuhiro Minowada	39	3	Top	1	2.12	Top
3	Lux Losey Sail	39+	2	50	3	2.45	42+
4	Daniel-bebe-vasilică Andrei	33+	4	41	5	4.47	38+
5	Chaz Misuraca	31+	5	42+	4	4.47	28+
6	Motohiro Ejiri	27+	6	35	7	6.48	–
6	Sebastian Schmitz	26+	7	39+	6	6.48	–
8	Connor Gearey	19	8	19+	8	8.0	–

Men's AL1
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Angelino Zeller	33+	1	49	1	1.22	51+
2	Markus Pösendorfer	33+	1	43	2	1.73	39+
3	Tanner Cislaw	25+	3	30+	3	3.0	28
4	Daniel Kontsch	20+	4	25+	4	4.0	28
5	Ryota Hirai	14+	5	14+	7	5.92	–
6	Sulivan Thuer	14	6	15+	6	6.0	–
7	Naohisa Hatakeyama	9+	7	22+	5	6.12	–
8	Carlos Quiles	9+	7	11+	8	7.98	–
9	Jorge Macias	8	9	11+	8	8.75	–

Men's AL2
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Thierry Delarue	43	1	29+	1	1.0	Top
2	Ethan Zilz	39	3	24	7	4.95	51+
3	Albert Guardia Ferrer	41+	2	27+	2	2.45	51
4	Urko Carmona Barandiaran	33+	5	25+	5	5.24	49+
5	Frederik Leys	39	3	27+	2	3.24	36+
6	Shuhei Yuki	33	7	27+	2	4.74	36+
7	Julien Gasc	33+	5	23	9	7.04	–
8	Corey Ramos	32	9	25	6	7.75	–
9	Gavin Nix	32	9	23+	8	8.94	–
10	Sebastian Menze	33	7	19	12	9.68	–
11	Martin Heald	31+	12	19+	11	11.49	–
12	David Kammerer	32	9	18	14	11.83	–
13	Nicholas Perreth	17+	15	20+	10	12.25	–
14	Martin Villiger	28+	13	19	12	12.99	–
15	Stuart Sneddon	28+	13	17+	15	14.23	–
16	Luciano Frazão Da Silva	15+	17	15+	16	16.73	–
17	Jonathan Shields	16+	16	8+	18	16.97	–
18	Christoph Zundel	15+	17	11+	17	17.25	–

Men's AU2
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Isak Ripman	36	3	Top	1	2.45	37+
2	Kevin Bartke	40	1	Top	1	1.41	36+
3	Brian Zarzuela	37+	2	Top	1	2.0	31+
4	Sebastian Musson	21	4	38+	4	4.24	22
5	James Rudge	13+	6	25+	5	5.48	–
6	Marco Galli	21	4	19	7	5.61	–
7	Matthew Lynch	13	7	19+	6	6.71	–
8	Peter Tramm	13	7	15+	8	7.75	–

Men's AU3
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Mor Michael Sapir	22+	3	21+	1	2.0	43
2	Nobuhiro Yasuraoka	33	1	21	2	1.41	42+
3	Geisseler Dominic	22+	3	19+	3	3.46	29
4	Ignacio Martinez	28+	2	17+	4	3.16	23
5	Erwan Lievin	22+	3	17+	4	4.47	–
6	Maxime Meyer	21+	6	17+	4	5.48	–
7	Eric Liu Lin	20+	7	13+	7	7.25	–
8	Benen Parlmer	17+	8	13+	7	7.98	–
9	Shamus Boulianne	17+	8	11+	9	8.75	–
10	Matthew Styles-west	16+	10	11	10	10.0	–
11	Leonardo Vilha De Oliveira Sofka	15+	11	10	11	11.0	–
12	Biman Biswas	1+	12	6+	12	12.0	–

Men's RP1
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Aloïs Pottier	Top	1	43+	1	1.0	50
2	Elliott Nguyen	33	2	25+	2	2.45	28
3	Takuya Okada	28	6	25+	2	4.42	23+
4	Sebastian Depke	23+	12	25+	2	6.0	23
5	Sunny Yang	30	3	24	5	3.87	16
6	Alexander Dornbusch	29	4	18+	6	4.9	12+
7	Tim Schaffrinna	28+	5	16+	8	6.52	–
8	Mario Persing	19+	15	17+	7	10.42	–
9	Gian Matteo Ramini	26	9	15+	11	10.45	–
10	Takehiko Otani	28	6	9+	18	10.97	–
11	Luke Jamieson	24+	11	15+	11	11.25	–
12	Laurence Morgan	26+	8	12+	16	11.31	–
13	NikoCan Galbusera	19+	15	16+	8	11.48	–
14	Sebastian Horn	26	9	14	14	11.53	–
15	Connor King	21+	13	14+	13	13.0	–
16	Eloi Vila Cullerés	7+	19	16	10	13.78	–
17	Bruno Aerni	20	14	13	15	14.49	–
18	Alex Downes	10	18	11	17	17.49	–
19	Marcel Richter	14+	17	5+	20	18.44	–
20	Brian Liebenow	6	20	9+	18	19.24	–

Men's RP2
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Iván Muñoz Escolar	37+	1	Top	1	1.0	43
2	Benjamin Mayforth	29	4	49+	3	3.46	38
3	Manikandan Kumar	21+	6	50+	2	3.46	35+
4	Philipp Hrozek	29+	2	45	4	3.16	22+
5	Brayden Butler	29+	2	44	5	3.54	–
6	Anther Frigola Gómez	28+	5	39+	6	5.7	–
7	Kenneth Ellacott	19+	7	28+	8	7.48	–
8	Matej Arh	17+	9	39+	6	7.86	–
9	Nils Helsper	18	8	25	9	8.49	–
10	Florian Singer	17+	9	22+	10	9.75	–
11	Hermann Mönch	14	11	19	11	11.0	–
12	Michael Tarulli	4+	12	8+	12	12.0	–

Men's RP3
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Tadashi Takano	42+	1	28+	1	1.0	49+
2	Jamie Barendrecht	33+	2	25+	3	2.45	45+
3	Andrej Haršány	33	3	27+	2	2.45	45
4	Matthias Bärtschi	32	5	19+	4	4.47	34+
5	Luke Smith	32+	4	19	5	4.69	–
6	Liviu - Nicolae Matei	22+	7	19	5	6.42	–
7	Bastien Thomas	27+	6	18+	7	6.48	–
8	Danial Amiri	22+	7	5+	9	8.22	–
9	Andreas Suhner	15+	9	9+	8	8.49	–

Women's results

Women's B1
Rank	Qualification
	Route 1		Route 2		Points
	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
in B2

Women's B2
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Abigail Robinson	Top	1	Top	1	1.87	Top
2	Seneida Biendarra	Top	1	41+	3	3.24	29+
3	Edith Scheinecker	Top	1	40+	4	3.74	28
4	Linda Le Bon	Top	1	42+	2	2.65	25
5	Ivon Lawerenz	Top	1	35+	5	4.18	–
6	Melissa Cesarone	Top	1	27	7	4.95	–
7	Hiromi Aoki	35	9	30+	6	7.35	–
8	Nadia Bredice	42+	7	25+	8	7.75	–
9	Emeline Lakrout	42+	7	24+	9	8.44	–
10	Adriana Tofan	33	11	24+	9	10.45	–
11	Laila Grillo	33	11	23+	11	11.25	–
12	Raveena Alli	34	10	21	13	11.4	–
13	Tanja Glusic	29	13	22+	12	12.49	–

Women's B3
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Sunita Dhondappanavar	42+	2	35	2	2.0	29+
2	Mika Maeoka	Top	1	43	1	1.0	29
3	Yumi Ejiri	42	3	32+	3	3.0	28+
4	Amy Mullins	39	4	25+	4	4.0	–
5	Mandi Curtis	35	5	25	5	5.0	–

Women's AL1
Rank	Qualification
	Route 1		Route 2		Points
	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
in RP1

Women's AL2
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Lucie Jarrige	Top	1	53+	1	1.0	Top
2	Sarah Larcombe	41	2	41+	2	2.0	27+
3	Rachel Maia	39+	3	30+	3	3.46	25
4	Joanna Newton	28	4	30+	3	4.0	23+
5	Mary Tankersley	22	6	30+	3	4.9	–
6	Tânia Chaves	23+	5	29+	6	5.48	–
7	Lucía Martínez Alarma	17+	7	25+	7	7.75	–
7	Kara Parker	17+	7	25+	7	7.75	–
9	Masako Watanabe	13+	9	25+	7	8.72	–
10	Jessie Bayiartakis	13+	9	24+	10	9.75	–

Women's AU2
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Solenne Piret	34+	1	50+	1	1.0	Top
2	Lucia Capovilla	27+	3	36+	2	2.45	26+ (2m12s)
3	Maureen Beck	33+	2	23+	3	2.45	26+ (2m21s)
4	Eleanor Rubin	13	6	17	4	5.1	20+
5	Naama Straussman	13+	5	15+	5	5.48	–
6	Corinna Wimmer	17+	4	13	9	6.48	–
7	Isabella Walsh	13	6	13+	8	7.21	–
8	Monica Raavig	12+	8	15+	5	7.35	–
8	Amruta Wyssmann	12+	8	15+	5	7.35	–
10	Carolin Heberle	12+	8	13	9	9.72	–
11	Isabel Benvenuti	11+	11	13	9	10.75	–
12	María Cabezas Ramos	10+	12	13	9	11.46	–
13	Giovanna Dubuc	10+	12	12+	13	12.75	–

Women's AU3
Rank	Qualification
	Route 1		Route 2		Points
	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
in RP3

Women's RP1
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Pavitra Vandenhoven	30+	4	25+	1	2.45	35+
2	Melissa Ruiz	40	1	25	3	1.73	28
3	Marta Peche Salinero	37	2	22+	4	2.83	23
4	Eva Mol	33	3	25+	1	2.12	14+
5	Andrea Sánchez Aparicio	29	5	15+	5	5.48	–
6	Angela Fallegger	26+	6	15+	5	6.0	–
7	Júlia Castelló Farré	24	7	15	8	8.15	–
8	Carlie Cook	19+	12	15+	5	8.49	–
9	Hannah Zook	23+	8	15	8	8.72	–
10	Olivia Conforti	23	9	15	8	9.25	–
11	Lucy Keyworth	21	10	14+	12	10.95	–
12	Doris Rohner	19	13	15	8	11.11	–
13	Araminta Mclennan	20+	11	10	13	11.96	–
14	Asumi Kato	4	14	9	14	14.0	–

Women's RP2
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Dina Eivik	22+	2	30+	2	2.0	29+
2	Jasmin Plank	22	3	41+	1	1.73	28+
3	Anna Devries	13	4	24+	3	3.46	25
4	Sarah Longhi	23+	1	21+	4	2.12	23+
5	Beatriz Gandara Carnero	6	6	21+	4	5.41	–
6	Nicole Diehl	12	5	19	6	5.48	–
7	Emily Seelenfreund	6	6	14+	7	6.75	–

Women's RP3
Rank	Name	Qualification					Final
		Route 1		Route 2		Points
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points
1	Marina Dias	39	3	50+	1	1.73	42+
2	Christiane Luttikhuizen	Top	1	47+	4	2.0	42+ (3m52s)
3	Martha Evans	41+	2	50	2	2.0	42+ (4m45s)
4	Rosalie Schaupert	38	5	49+	3	3.87	42+
5	Nat Vorel	38+	4	44	5	4.47	–
6	Anita Aggarwal	29	6	40+	6	6.0	–
7	Paula De La Calle Pizarro	22	8	39+	7	7.94	–
8	Laura Nesciobelli	22	8	35+	8	8.49	–
9	Ria Grindel	27	7	15+	11	8.77	–
10	Manca Smrekar	22	8	27	9	9.0	–
11	Lindsay Purcell	21	11	17+	10	10.49	–

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[2] Burnside, Peter (2023-07-27). "World Championships Bern 2023". British Mountaineering Council . Retrieved 2024-06-28.

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