Kiromal Katibin

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Kiromal Katibin
Personal information
NationalityIndonesian
Born (2000-08-21) 21 August 2000 (age 23)
Batang, Central Java, Indonesia
Climbing career
Type of climber Competition speed climbing
Known forPrevious speed climbing world record holder (5.009 seconds, July 2022)
Medal record
Men's competition climbing
Representing Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
World Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Speed
World Cup (Season)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Speed
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Speed
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Speed relay
Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 BogorSpeed
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 BogorSpeed relay
Asian Youth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 ChongqingSpeed juniors

Kiromal Katibin (born 21 August 2000) is an Indonesian competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing. He was the world record holder in speed climbing, with a time of 5.009 seconds recorded at 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Chamonix, France in July 2022, until it was broken by his compatriot Veddriq Leonardo in April 2023. He finished second overall in the men's speed category during the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup series. Katibin also has four career IFSC Climbing World Cup medals, all in speed.

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Early life

In 2007, Katibin saw sport climbing for the first time in a Batang city square during the Provincial Sports Week. [1]

Since 2009, Katibin has been training with his brother. [2] He was motivated to pursue sport climbing because he enjoyed meeting many friends, but he started winning national-level championships. His first medal was in the lead climbing competition at the 2011 National Championships. He also won the speed climbing gold medal at the 2016 National Championships and the speed climbing gold medal at the 2017 National Championships. [3]

Career

Katibin collected his first senior international medal, winning silver at the 2019 Asian Championships in Bogor, Indonesia. [4]

On 28 May 2021, Katibin set a record for the fastest-ever ascent in competition speed climbing with a record of 5.25 seconds in the qualifying round of a IFSC World Cup event in Salt Lake City, United States. The record had been held by Reza Alipour who climbed in 5.48 seconds in 2017. He finished the competition with a silver medal, losing the same day in the final race to his compatriot Veddriq Leonardo, who set a new world record of 5.20 seconds. [5] In July 2021, Katibin won a bronze at the Villars World Cup. [6] He finished the 2021 World Cup series in second place overall.

On 6 May 2022, Katibin regained the world record from Leonardo with a 5.17-second run in the qualifying round of the World Cup event in Seoul, South Korea. [7] On 27 May, he lowered his own world record with 5.10 seconds in the qualifying round of the World Cup event in Salt Lake City. [8] On 30 June, he broke the record for the fourth time in the IFSC World Cup Villars qualifiers with 5.097 seconds and improved his record again later that day with a 5.04-second run. [9] On 8 July, Katibin set the world record for the seventh time in 14 months with a time of 5.009 seconds at the Chamonix World Cup qualifying round. [10]

In July 2022, Katibin won the silver medal at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, losing to Leonardo in the final. [11]

In April 2023, Katibin lost the world record to Leonardo, who recorded runs of 4.984 and 4.9000 seconds at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul. [12]

Achievements

World Games

Men's speed

YearVenueOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2022 Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States Flag of Indonesia.svg Veddriq Leonardo fall–7.230Silver medal icon.svgSilver [13]

Asian Games

Men's speed relay

YearVenuePartnerOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre,
Shaoxing, China		 Flag of Indonesia.svg Veddriq Leonardo
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rahmad Adi Mulyono
Flag of Indonesia.svg Aspar		 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xinshang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Peng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Liang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Long Jinbao		FS–WSilver medal icon.svgSilver [14]

Asian Championships

Men's speed

YearVenueOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2019 Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia Flag of Indonesia.svg Veddriq Leonardo 5.547–5.460Silver medal icon.svgSilver [15]

Men's speed relay

YearVenuePartnerOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2019 Pakansari Stadium,
Bogor, Indonesia 		Flag of Indonesia.svg Veddriq Leonardo
Flag of Indonesia.svg Zaenal Aripin		 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sabri
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rahmad Adi Mulyono
Flag of Indonesia.svg Fatchur Roji		fall–23.492Silver medal icon.svg Silver

[16]

Asian Youth Championships

Speed juniors

YearVenueOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2018 Chongqing, China Flag of Iran.svg Milad Alipour Shenazandifar6.05–6.42Gold medal icon.svgGold [17]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Men's speed

YearVenueOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2021 Salt Lake City, United States Flag of Indonesia.svg Veddriq Leonardo fall–5.208Silver medal icon.svgSilver [18]
2021 Villars, Switzerland Flag of Russia.svg Vladislav Deulin 5.30–5.38Bronze medal icon.svgBronze [19]
2022 Seoul, South Korea Flag of Indonesia.svg Veddriq Leonardofall–6.965Silver medal icon.svgSilver [20]
2022 Salt Lake City (I), United States Flag of the United States.svg Noah Bratschi 5.643–fallGold medal icon.svgGold [21]
2022 Jakarta, Indonesia Flag of Indonesia.svg Aspar 5.75–5.39Silver medal icon.svgSilver
2023 Jakarta, Indonesia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Peng6.34–fallBronze medal icon.svgBronze
2023 Salt Lake City, United States Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Watson4.98–5.98Bronze medal icon.svgBronze

World records

Men's World Record History
DateTime (s)LocationCompetition
July 8, 20225.009 [22] Chamonix, France World Cup
June 30, 20225.04 [23] Villars, Switzerland World Cup
June 30, 20225.09 [24] Villars, Switzerland World Cup
May 27, 20225.10 [25] [26] Salt Lake City, United States World Cup
May 6, 20225.17 [27] Seoul, South Korea World Cup
May 28, 20215.25 [28] Salt Lake City, United States World Cup

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline20212022
Speed22

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed

SeasonGoldSilverBronzeTotal
2021112
2022123
202322
Total1337

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