Sean McColl is a professional rock climber from North Vancouver,Canada. In competition climbing,he competes in the competition lead climbing,competition speed climbing,and competition bouldering disciplines,and has won major competitions in all three. He is also notable for his outdoor sport climbing and bouldering ascents.
Shauna Coxsey is an English professional rock climber. She is the most successful competition climber in the UK,having won the IFSC Bouldering World Cup Season in both 2016 and 2017. She retired from competition climbing after competing in the 2020 Olympics.
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.
Alexey Vyacheslavovich Rubtsov is a Russian professional rock climber who specializes in competition bouldering. He has won the IFSC Climbing World Championships in the bouldering discipline in 2009. He won the 9th edition of the Melloblocco competition in 2012. At the 2020 IFSC Climbing European Championships he won the combined event,ensuring him a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Dmitri Sarafutdinov,also known as Dmitrii Sharafutdinov,is a professional Russian rock climber and competition climber who specializes in competition bouldering. He has won three World Championships,in 2007,2011 and 2012 and one Bouldering World Cup in 2013.
Mina Markovič is a professional rock climber who specialized in competition climbing,from which she is now retired. She competed in the World Cup and World Championships in competition lead climbing,competition bouldering,and competition speed climbing,obtaining her best results in lead. She also climbs on outdoor sport climbing routes where she has redpointed to 9a (5.14d).
The IFSC Climbing World Cup is a series of competition climbing events held during the year at various locations around the world,organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). At each event,the athletes compete in three disciplines:lead,bouldering,and speed. The number of events varies from year to year,and the winners for each discipline are decided by the points accumulated in the year.
The bouldering events at the 2015 IFSC Climbing World Cup took place in various countries between May and August of that year. The winners were awarded trophies,the best three finishers received medals,and prize money was awarded to the top six finishers at each stop. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points,which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. Akiyo Noguchi won the overall women's World Cup and Jongwon Chon won the overall men's World Cup.
The 2016 season of the IFSC Climbing World Cup was the 18th season of the competition. Bouldering competitions were held at the seven stops of the IFSC Climbing World Cup. The bouldering season began on April 15 at the World Cup in Meiringen,and concluded on 12 June at the World Cup in Munich. At each stop a qualifying was held on the first day of the competition,and the semi-final and final rounds were conducted on the second day of the competition. The winners were awarded trophies,the best three finishers received medals,and prize money was awarded to the top six finishers at each stop.
Janja Garnbret is a Slovenian professional rock climber who specializes in sport climbing and competition climbing,and who has won multiple competition lead climbing and competition bouldering events. In 2021,she became the first-ever female Olympic gold medalist in climbing and is widely regarded as one of the greatest competition climbers of all time. She is also the world's first-ever female climber to onsight an 8c (5.14b) graded sport climbing route. As of 2023,Garnbret had won the most IFSC gold medals of any competition climber in history.
The 2018 season of the IFSC Climbing World Cup was the 20th season of the competition. Bouldering competitions were held at seven stops of the IFSC Climbing World Cup. The bouldering season began on April 13 at the World Cup in Meiringen,and concluded on 18 August with the World Cup in Munich. At each stop a qualifying was held on the first day of the competition,and the semi-final and final rounds are conducted on the second day of the competition. The winners were awarded trophies,and the best three finishers received medals. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points,which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. Jernej Kruder won the seasonal title in the men's competition and Miho Nonaka won the women's. Japan won the national team competition.
The 2017 season of the IFSC Climbing World Cup was the 19th season of the competition. Bouldering competitions were being held at seven stops of the IFSC Climbing World Cup. The bouldering season began on April 7 at the World Cup in Meiringen,and concluded on 19 August at the World Cup in Munich. At each stop a qualifying was held on the first day,and the semi-final and final rounds were conducted on the second day of the competition. The winners were awarded trophies,and the best three finishers received medals. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points,which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. Shauna Coxsey won the women's World Cup and Jongwon Chon won the men's World Cup.
The 2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships,the 15th edition,were held in Innsbruck,Austria from 6 to 16 September 2018. The championships consisted of lead,speed,bouldering,paraclimbing,and combined events.
The 2017 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 15 locations. Bouldering competitions were held in 7 locations,lead in 8 locations,and speed in 7 locations. The season began on 7 April in Meiringen,Switzerland and concluded on 12 November in Kranj,Slovenia.
The 2018 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 14 locations. There were 22 events:7 bouldering,7 lead,and 8 speed events. The season began on 13 April in Meiringen,Switzerland,and concluded on 28 October in Xiamen,China.
The 2016 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 16 locations. Bouldering,lead and speed competitions were held in 7 locations. The season began on 15 April in Meiringen,Switzerland and concluded on 27 November in Kranj,Slovenia.
The 2015 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 13 locations. Bouldering competitions were held in 5 locations,lead in 7 locations,and speed in 5 locations. The season began on 17 May in Central Saanich,Canada and concluded on 15 November in Kranj,Slovenia.
The 2014 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 16 locations. Bouldering competitions were held in 8 locations,lead in 8 locations,and speed in 7 locations. The season began on 26 April in Chongqing,China and concluded on 16 November in Kranj,Slovenia.
The 2019 season of the IFSC Climbing World Cup was the 21st season of the competition. Bouldering competitions were held at six stops of the IFSC Climbing World Cup. The bouldering season began on April 5 at the World Cup in Meiringen,and concluded on June 8 with the World Cup in Vail. At each stop a qualifying was held on the first day of the competition,and the semi-final and final rounds were conducted on the second day of the competition. The winners were awarded trophies,and the best three finishers received medals. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points,which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.
Seo Chae-hyun,also known as Chaehyun Seo,is a South Korean professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. She won the overall 2019 World Cup title in competition lead climbing in her senior debut season.
