Julian David (climber)

Julian David

David at the Halberg Awards in 2024
Personal information
Born	(2005-01-30) 30 January 2005 (age 20) [1] La Rochelle, France
Home town	Tauranga, New Zealand
Years active	2022—present
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Climbing career
Type of climber	Competition speed climbing
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Coached by	Rob Moore

Julian David (born 30 January 2005) is a competition speed climber from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

David was born in La Rochelle, France, and moved to New Zealand at three years old. He started speed climbing in 2019. ^{[2] [1]}

Career

In August 2023, David won the 2023 Youth World Championships in Seoul, South Korea, becoming New Zealand's first ever gold medal winner at the world championships. ^{[3] [4]}

In November 2023, David won the 2023 Oceania Qualifier in Melbourne, Australia, and qualified to represent New Zealand at the 2024 Summer Olympics. ^{[5] [6] [7]} In February 2024, he won the Halberg Awards Emerging Talent Award. ^[8]

During the Olympics, David advanced to the quarterfinals of the men's speed event, before being eliminated by Sam Watson. ^{[9] [10]}

Major results

Olympic Games

Discipline	2024
Speed	8

World championships

Discipline	2023
Speed	62

World Cup

Discipline	2022	2023	2024
Speed	101	69	33

References

1. "David Julian". olympics.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
2. "Tauranga teenage speed climber Julian David sets sight on the 2024 Olympics". The New Zealand Herald . 14 December 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
3. "Julian David Wins Youth World Championship Gold". alpineclub.org. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
4. "David Wins First Ever Youth Worlds Medal for New Zealand". ifsc-climbing.org. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
5. Wong, Samantha (4 August 2024). "Sport climbing preview: New format for Paris Olympics means twice as many medals". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
6. "Oceania Sport Climbing Olympic Qualifier: New Zealand duo Tetzlaff and David win Speed titles to obtain Paris 2024 quotas – full results". olympics.com. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
7. "Paris 2024: Julian David and Sarah Tetzlaff become first New Zealand climbers to qualify for Olympic Games". The New Zealand Herald . 26 November 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
8. "Future New Zealand's Olympian Julian David Presented With Halberg Award". ifsc-climbing.org. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
9. Reid, Felicity (7 August 2024). "NZ speed climber to meet world record holder at Olympics - much to his surprise". RNZ.co.nz . Retrieved 7 August 2024.
10. "American teen Sam Watson wins speed climbing bronze with new world record". nbcconnecticut.com. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

External links

• Julian David at IFSC
• Julian David at Olympics.com
• Julian David at the New Zealand Olympic Committee

Awards
Preceded by Gustav Legnavsky	Halberg Awards – Emerging Talent Award 2023	Succeeded by Tyler Bindon