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| Born | April 15, 1997 Eichgraben, Austria [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) (2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) (2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Georg Parma (born 15 April 1997) is an Austrian competition climber. He competes in competition lead climbing, competition bouldering and competition speed climbing competitions. He currently lives in Graz where he prepares for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Georg Parma started climbing at the age of 5. [1]
In 2012 he won the European Youth Championships in Singapore (lead climbing, Youth B) [2] and placed third in the World Youth Championships held in Gémozac. [3] 2014 he repeated those results (lead climbing, this time Youth A) at the European Youth Championships in Edinburgh [4] and at the World youth Championships in Nouméa, [5] in lead Youth A. In 2014 and 2015 he won the European Youth Cup in lead climbing. [6] [7]
Since 2014 (at the age of 17) he has participated in Climbing World Cup competitions.
He won the Austrian National Championships in lead climbing 2015 [8] and in bouldering in 2018. [9]
| Youth B | Youth A | Juniors | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Load | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Boulder | - | - | - | 15 |
| Youth B | Youth A | Juniors | ||
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| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Lead | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Boulder | - | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| Youth B | Youth A | Juniors | ||||
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| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Lead | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Boulder | - | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 |
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