Rock Master

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Rock Master is an international competition climbing event that is held every year in Arco, Italy. The event takes place in two rounds: the first is an on-sight session and the second is called "after work". The final classification is given by the sum of the two events. On Friday the athletes are given a chance to survey the work route, and the actual climbing takes place on Saturday and Sunday. At the competition, two prestigious awards, known as the "Oscars of climbing", are presented: the Salewa Rock Award, and the La Sportiva Competition Award. [1]

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History

In 1985 it was disputed for the first time Sportroccia to Bardonecchia. The following year the event was tied to a stop at the side of the Colodri of Arc. Right on the wall of the Colodri in 1987, played in the first Rock Master. The following year, the race left the rock and from that moment is played only on artificial in a large open space at the base of Colodri. Since 1999, in addition to lead climbing, bouldering and speed climbing competitions were also held.

Since 2006, during the event, a jury give out the "Arco Rock Legends", two awards that are considered the Oscars of climbing: [1]

Format

The competition is usually held the first weekend of September, with a few exceptions:

In 2012 the speed test was valid also as the fourth leg of the World Cup speed climbing 2012. [3]

Winners

Lead

YearMaleFemale
1987 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Glowacz Flag of the United States.svg Lynn Hill
1988 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Glowacz
Flag of France.svg Patrick Edlinger
Flag of the United States.svg Lynn Hill
1989 Flag of France.svg Didier Raboutou Flag of the United States.svg Lynn Hill
1990 Flag of France.svg François Legrand Flag of the United States.svg Lynn Hill
1991 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Hirayama Flag of France.svg Isabelle Patissier
1992 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Glowacz Flag of the United States.svg Lynn Hill
1993 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Elie Chevieux Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Susi Good
1994 Flag of France.svg François Legrand Flag of the United States.svg Robyn Erbesfield
1995 Flag of France.svg François Lombard Flag of France.svg Laurence Guyon
1996 Flag of France.svg François Lombard Flag of the United States.svg Katie Brown
1997 Flag of France.svg François Legrand Flag of the United States.svg Katie Brown
1998 Flag of France.svg François Legrand Flag of France.svg Liv Sansoz
1999 Flag of Russia.svg Eugeny Ovtchinnikov Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Muriel Sarkany
2000 Flag of Russia.svg Eugeny Ovtchinnikov Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Muriel Sarkany
2001 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Bindhammer
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Mrázek
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Hirayama
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Muriel Sarkany
Flag of Slovenia.svg Martina Cufar
2002 Flag of France.svg Alexandre Chabot Flag of France.svg Sandrine Levet
2003 Flag of France.svg Alexandre Chabot Flag of Austria.svg Angela Eiter
2004 Flag of France.svg Alexandre Chabot Flag of Austria.svg Angela Eiter
2005 Flag of Spain.svg Ramón Julián Puigblanque Flag of Austria.svg Angela Eiter
2006 Flag of Spain.svg Ramón Julián Puigblanque Flag of France.svg Sandrine Levet
2007 Flag of Spain.svg Ramón Julián Puigblanque Flag of Austria.svg Angela Eiter
2008 Flag of Spain.svg Patxi Usobiaga Flag of Austria.svg Johanna Ernst
2009 Flag of Spain.svg Ramón Julián Puigblanque Flag of Austria.svg Angela Eiter
2010 Flag of Spain.svg Ramón Julián Puigblanque Flag of South Korea.svg Jain Kim
2011--
2012 Flag of Spain.svg Ramón Julián Puigblanque Flag of Austria.svg Angela Eiter
2013 Flag of Spain.svg Ramón Julián Puigblanque Flag of Slovenia.svg Mina Markovič

Bouldering

YearMaleFemale
1999 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Andrada Flag of Russia.svg Elena Choumilova
2000 Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Oleksy Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Novikova
2001 Flag of Russia.svg Salavat Rakhmetov Flag of France.svg Corinne Théroux
2002 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Calibani Flag of Russia.svg Ol'ga Jakovleva
2003 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Calibani Flag of Russia.svg Olga Bibik
2004 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Matthias Müller Flag of France.svg Mélanie Son
2005 Flag of Austria.svg Kilian Fischhuber Flag of France.svg Mélanie Son
2006 Flag of Finland.svg Nalle Hukkataival Flag of Austria.svg Anna Stöhr
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gareth Parry Flag of Austria.svg Anna Stöhr
2008 Flag of Austria.svg Kilian Fischhuber Flag of Austria.svg Katharina Saurwein
2009 Flag of Austria.svg Kilian Fischhuber Flag of France.svg Alizée Dufraisse
2010 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cédric Lachat  [ de ] Flag of Austria.svg Anna Stöhr
2011--
2012 Flag of Russia.svg Dmitrij Šarafutdinov Flag of the United States.svg Alex Puccio
2013 Flag of Russia.svg Rustam Gelmanov Flag of the United States.svg Alex Puccio

Speed

YearMaleFemale
1999 Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladimir Zakharov
2000 Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Gadeev
2001 Flag of Russia.svg Iakov Soubotine
2002 Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Oleksy
2003 Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Gadeev
2004 Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Oleksy
2005 Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Oleksy
2006 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sinitsyn
2007 Flag of Russia.svg Evgenij Vajcechovskij
2008 Flag of Venezuela.svg Manuel Escobar Flag of Ukraine.svg Olena Ryepko
2009 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Libor Hroza Flag of Poland.svg Edyta Ropek
2010 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Libor Hroza Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cuilian He
2011--
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Gontero Flag of Russia.svg Alina Gaydamakina
2013 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Libor Hroza Flag of Russia.svg Alina Gaydamakina
2014 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Libor Hroza Flag of France.svg Anouck Jaubert

Duel

YearMaleFemale
2011 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra Flag of Russia.svg Yana Chereshneva
2012 Flag of Austria.svg Jakob Schubert Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Fakhritdinova
2013 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sean McColl Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Fakhritdinova
2014 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sean McColl Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Fakhritdinova
2015 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra Flag of France.svg Hélène Janicot

Arco Rock Legends [1]

YearSalewa Rock AwardLa Sportiva Competition Award
2006 Flag of Spain.svg Josune Bereziartu Flag of Austria.svg Angela Eiter
2007 Flag of Spain.svg Patxi Usobiaga Flag of Austria.svg David Lama
2008 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra Flag of Slovenia.svg Maja Vidmar
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Sharma Flag of Austria.svg Kilian Fischhuber
2010 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra Flag of Japan.svg Akiyo Noguchi
2011 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra Flag of Spain.svg Ramón Julián Puigblanque
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Sasha DiGiulian Flag of Austria.svg Anna Stöhr
2013 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra Flag of Slovenia.svg Mina Markovič
2014 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Muriel Sarkany Flag of Spain.svg Urko Carmona Barandiaran
2015 Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Megos Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra
2016 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Andrada Flag of Slovenia.svg Mina Markovič
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Margo Hayes Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret

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