Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi

Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi

Personal information
Nickname	Rita
Nationality	Indonesian
Born	(2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 24) Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia
Home town	Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia
Education	Ganesha University of Education
Years active	2018–present
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Climbing career
Type of climber	Competition speed climbing
Sport
Coached by	Hendra Basir
Medal record Women's competition climbing Representing   Indonesia World Games 2025 Chengdu Speed single 4 World Championships 2023 Bern Speed Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Speed 2022 Hangzhou Speed relay Asian Championships 2022 Seoul Speed

Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi (born 24 January 2001) is an Indonesian competition climber specializing in competition speed climbing. ^[1] In November 2023, Desak was named to the BBC's 100 Women list. ^[2]

Competition climbing career

Desak finished tenth overall in speed at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup and has two World Cup podium finishes overall. ^[3] She finished as runner-up at 2022 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships in Seoul, South Korea. ^[4] She won the gold medal in the women's speed event at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships in August 2023. ^[5]

At the 2024 Olympics, Desak won her heat against Piper Kelly in the elimination round of qualifications with the time of 6.38. She ended up in sixth place after losing 0.003 seconds to Deng Lijuan of China in the quarterfinals setting a personal best with a time of 6.369.

Personal life

Desak began attending Ganesha University of Education in 2019. ^[6]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2023	PostFinance Arena, Bern, Switzerland	Emma Hunt	6.49–6.67	Gold	[7]

Asian Games

Women's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2022	Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China	Deng Lijuan	6.364–6.435	Gold

Women's speed relay

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2022	Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China	Nurul Iqamah Alivany Ver Khadijah Rajiah Sallsabillah	Deng Lijuan Niu Di Zhang Shaoqin Wang Shengqin	23.506–20.925	Silver

Asian Championships

Women's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Nurul Iqamah	9.22–9.00	Silver	[8]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Women's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2022	Villars, Switzerland	Anna Brozek	7.06–7.39	Bronze	[9]
2022	Chamonix, France	Rajiah Sallsabillah	6.82–6.90	Bronze	[10]
2023	Seoul, South Korea	Aleksandra Kałucka	6.60–6.71	Bronze	[11]
2023	Jakarta, Indonesia	Aleksandra Mirosław	6.52–6.43	Silver	[12]
2023	Salt Lake City, United States	Aleksandra Mirosław	6.82–6.43	Silver	[13]
2025	Kraków, Poland	Emma Hunt	6.27–7.56	Gold	[14]

NEOM Beach Games

Women's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2023	Gayal Beach, Neom, Saudi Arabia	Rajiah Sallsabillah	6.88–6.726	Silver	[15]

References

1. Handyan, Bayu (18 June 2023). "Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi, Asa Baru Panjat Tebing Indonesia". RRI . Retrieved 11 August 2023.
2. "BBC 100 Women 2023: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. November 23, 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
3. "IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CUP 2022 RESULTS". IFSC. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
4. "Indonesia kuasai medali speed putri Kejuaraan Asia Panjat Tebing 2022". Antara . 14 October 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
5. "Four tickets punched to Paris 2024 at IFSC Climbing World Champs". International Olympic Committee. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
6. "Desak Rita, Mahasiswa Undiksha Raih Medali Perak Ajang Panjat Tebing di Amerika Serikat". Ganesha University of Education . 26 May 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
7. "IFSC – CLIMBING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (B,L,S, B&L) – BERN 2023 – GENERAL RESULT SPEED WOMEN". IFSC . Retrieved 10 August 2023.
8. "IFSC ASIA - CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (B, L, S, B&L) - REPUBLIC OF KOREA 2022". IFSC Climbing. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
9. "IFSC World Cup Villars 2022". IFSC. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
10. "IFSC World Cup Chamonix 2022". IFSC. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
11. "IFSC World Cup Seoul 2023". IFSC. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
12. "IFSC World Cup Jakarta 2023". IFSC. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
13. "IFSC World Cup Salt Lake City 2023". IFSC. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
14. "IFSC World Cup Krakow 2025". IFSC. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
15. "IFSC MASTERS NEOM 2023". IFSC. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

External links

• Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi at IFSC
• Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi at Olympics.com
• Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi at the International World Games Association