Matthew Phillips (climber)

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Matthew Phillips
Climbing World Championships 2018 Paraclimbing AU-2 (BT0A7529).jpg
Matt on his Final's climb at IFSC Climbing World Championships 2018 in Innsbruck
Personal information
NicknameMatt
Born (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 23)
Farnborough, Hampshire, England
OccupationClimbing instructor
Website www.matthewphillips.me.uk
Climbing career
Type of climber Sport climbing, bouldering
Highest grade 7a  (5.11d), V5  (6C/6C+)
Known for
  • Member of GB Paraclimbing Team 2016-Present
Major ascentsReefer Madness, 6c Clear Creek (Colorado), USA
World finalsWorld Champion 2018, 2019, 2021 AU2 Category
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Innsbruck Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Briançon Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 MoscowParaclimbing
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Briançon Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 Sheffield Paraclimbing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 Edinburgh Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 Sheffield Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 Campitello di Fassa Paraclimbing
Paraclimbing Masters
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Imst Paraclimbing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 Imst Paraclimbing
British Paraclimbing Series
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 Paraclimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 Paraclimbing
British Paraclimbing Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Paraclimbing
British Parabouldering Championship
Blokfest Para Festival
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Paraclimbing
Paraclimb Scotland
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019ParaClimbing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019ParaSpeed
Updated on 10 September 2019

Matthew Phillips is a British paraclimber. He competes on the Great Britain Paraclimbing Team, where he was the youngest member, [1] and is the current World Champion in the AU2 [2] (Upper Arm Amputation) category. [3] He is coached by GB Team's Head Coach Robin O'Leary. [4]

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Biography

Phillips was born missing his right lower arm from the elbow down. He started out as a national swimmer, but switched to climbing when he was around 13. [5] He attended Salesian College in Farnborough. [6] He started climbing seriously in 2014. [7] In 2016 he was featured in the Channel 4's Paralympics trailer 'We're the Superhumans'. [7] in 2018 he won the Young Sports Personality of the Year in the Sport Guildford Awards. [8]

He left school in 2019 and spent time in Boulder, Colorado climbing with his coach Robin O'Leary and a number of US climbers. Whilst out there he was joined by film maker David Petts of Volo Digital to film footage for the film 'One of Kind [9] ' which is available on Epic TV YouTube channel. Phillips returned to the United Kingdom where he now works as a Climbing Instructor at Surrey Summit, alongside competing. [10]

Filmography

Competitions

Phillips has competed in a number of national and international competitions. In 2016 he won the Paraclimbing Cup in June in Italy, [6] and in September in Sheffield. [18] In 2017 he finished second at the Cup in Edinburgh and first at the Cup in Sheffield. [19] In 2018 he won both the Cup in Briançon [20] and the World Championships in Innsbruck. [21]

In the ParaClimb Scotland 2019 Competition Phillips took gold in what is thought to have been the first Para-Speed Climbing event, on an international approved speed wall, in the United Kingdom with a time of 25.36s. Although his personal best came on the first qualifying route at 23.11s. [22]

In 2019 he successfully defended his world title by winning a gold medal at the World Paraclimbing Championships in Briançon in France. [23] He became Three times World Paraclimbing Champion in 2021 when he won Gold in Moscow [24]

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