Aries Susanti Rahayu

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Aries Susanti Rahayu
Personal information
Born (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 29)
Grobogan, Central Java, Indonesia
Climbing career
Type of climber Competition speed climbing
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
World Cup (Season)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Speed
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Speed
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Speed
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Jakarta–PalembangSpeed relay
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 TehranSpeed relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 TehranSpeed
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 KurayoshiSpeed

Aries Susanti Rahayu (born 21 March 1995) is a competition climber athlete from Indonesia who specializes in competition speed climbing competitions. She has been nicknamed "Spiderwoman". [1] She was the world record holder for women in speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup. [2] Also, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds. [3]

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Biography

As a child, she used to climb trees at home and parks. [4] In 2007, she was introduced to sport climbing by her teacher when she was still a junior high school student. [5]

In 2017, she competed in the Climbing World Cup for the first time and got her first medal (silver) at the World Cup in Xiamen. In the 2017 Asian Championships in Tehran, she was third in speed.

In 2018, she got her first gold medal at the Climbing World Cup in Chongqing. Then, she got one bronze in Tai'an and two more gold medals at the World Cups in Wujiang and Xiamen, all in China. At the end of the 2018 season, she was second in the overall ranking in the speed discipline. In the same year, at the Asian Championships in Kurayoshi, she was third after she false-started in the semifinal. [6]

In 2019, she became the women's world record holder in competition speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup. [2] As well, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds. [3]

Also in 2019, she was on the Forbes Asia's 30 Under 30 list. [7] [8]

Aries is a Muslim and wears hijab while she competes. [9]

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryResultRef.
Golden Award SIWO PWI 2019Best Female AthleteWon [10]
2020Favorite Female AthleteWon [11]
Indonesian Sport Awards 2018 Favorite Female AthleteNominated [12]
Forbes 2019 30 Under 30 Asia (Entertainment and Sports)Placed [13]

Achievements

Asian Games

Women's speed

YearVenueOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2018 Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia Flag of Indonesia.svg Puji Lestari7.612 - 7.980Gold medal icon.svgGold [14]

Women's speed relay

YearVenuePartnerOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2018 Jakabaring Sport City,
Palembang, Indonesia
Flag of Indonesia.svg Fitriyani
Flag of Indonesia.svg Puji Lestari
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rajiah Sallsabillah
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Lijuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Niu Di
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pan Xuhua
25.452–fallGold medal icon.svgGold [15]

Asian Championships

Women's speed

YearVenueOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2017Mega Pars Complex, Tehran, Iran Flag of Indonesia.svg Santi Wellyanti9.100–10.070Bronze medal icon.svgBronze [16]
2018 Kurayoshi, Japan Flag of Indonesia.svg Nurul Iqamah7.816–9.717Bronze medal icon.svgBronze [17]

Women's speed relay

YearVenuePartnerOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2017 Mega Pars Complex,
Tehran, Iran
Flag of Indonesia.svg Puji Lestari
Flag of Indonesia.svg Santi Wellyanti
Flag of Indonesia.svg Fitriyani
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rajiah Sallsabillah
Flag of Indonesia.svg Dhorifatus Syafi'iyah
27.97–fallGold medal icon.svgGold

[18]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Women's speed

YearVenueOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2017 Xiamen, China Flag of France.svg Anouck Jaubert 10.150–7.780Silver medal icon.svgSilver [19]
2018 Chongqing, China Flag of Russia.svg Elena Timofeeva7.510–9.010Gold medal icon.svgGold [20]
2018 Tai'an, China Flag of Poland.svg Anna Brozek8.860–9.170Bronze medal icon.svgBronze [21]
2018 Wujiang, China Flag of France.svg Anouck Jaubert7.740–8.010Gold medal icon.svgGold [22]
2018Xiamen, China Flag of Russia.svg Iuliia Kaplina 7.532–fallGold medal icon.svgGold [23]
2019 Wujiang, China Flag of Poland.svg Aleksandra Rudzinska 7.607–7.313Silver medal icon.svgSilver [24]
2019Xiamen, China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Song Yiling 6.995–9.032Gold medal icon.svgGold [25]

World records

Women's World Record History
DateTime (s)LocationCompetition
October 19, 20196.99 [26] Xiamen, China World Cup

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline201720182019
Speed1323

[27]

Asian Championships

Discipline20172018
Speed33

[28]

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed

SeasonGoldSilverBronzeTotal
201711
2018314
2019112
Total4217

[28]

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