Ivan Beerkus

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Ivan Beerkus
Born (1994-05-11) 11 May 1994 (age 30)
Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s) Blogger, scaling skyscrapers
Known forScaling skyscrapers

Ivan Beerkus (born Ivan Artemovich Kuznetsov on May 11, 1994, in Moscow) is a Russian rooftopper and blogger.

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Ivan Beerkus ascended the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Main Building of Moscow State University, Shun Hing Square in Shenzhen, China, Mercury City Tower in Moscow, Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, the CTF Financial Centre building in Guangzhou, China, Goldin Finance 117 in Tianjin, China, and the second-tallest building in the world, Merdeka 118 in Malaysia. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Biography

In 2013, he clinched victory in the Best of Russia photo contest under the category "People. Events. Life.". [6]

Rooftopping

In 2016, he and Angela Nikolau climbed Goldin Finance 117 in Tianjin and the construction crane at the top of the tower. [7] [8]

In 2022, Beerkus and Angela Nikolau scaled the rooftop of the Malaysian skyscraper Merdeka 118, the second-tallest building in the world. This event received extensive coverage from media worldwide, and videos on Instagram reached 8.6 million views. [9] [10] [11] [12]

In 2024, the film Skywalkers: A Love Story, featuring Beerkus and Nikolau, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Later, Netflix acquired the rights to the film. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

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