Veddriq Leonardo

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Veddriq Leonardo
Personal information
Born (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 (age 26)
Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Climbing career
Type of climber Competition speed climbing
Medal record
Men's competition climbing
Representing Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
World Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Speed
World Cup (Season)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Speed
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Speed
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Speed
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Speed relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Speed relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Speed
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 BogorSpeed
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 BogorSpeed relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 SeoulSpeed

Veddriq Leonardo (born 11 March 1997) is an Indonesian competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing. He currently holds the world record for the discipline at 4.902 seconds, accomplished in the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul. [1] He previously held the speed climbing world record around 2021 for about a year, [2] which he set en route to winning the men's speed climbing event at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City.

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He was first introduced to competition climbing in his first year of high school. In 2014, he participated in his first national championship in Tanjung Balai Karimun, Riau Islands where he was in the top eight. In 2016, he won his first medal (bronze) in the junior national championship in Bangka Belitung. His first international event was 2018 Moscow World Cup where he placed third. [3]

Achievements

World Games

Men's speed

YearVenueOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2022 Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States Flag of Indonesia.svg Kiromal Katibin 7.230–fallGold medal icon.svgGold [4]

Asian Games

Men's speed

YearVenueOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Peng4.955–5.119Bronze medal icon.svgBronze [5]

Men's speed relay

YearVenuePartnerOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2018 Jakabaring Sport City,
Palembang, Indonesia
Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Hinayah
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rindi Sufriyanto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Abudzar Yulianto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Fajri Alfian
Flag of Indonesia.svg Aspar Jaelolo
Flag of Indonesia.svg Sabri
Flag of Indonesia.svg Septo Wibowo Siburian
18.686–fallGold medal icon.svgGold [6]
2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre,
Shaoxing, China
Flag of Indonesia.svg Kiromal Katibin
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 [7]

Asian Championships

Men's speed

YearVenueOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2019 Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia Flag of Indonesia.svg Kiromal Katibin 5.460–5.547Gold medal icon.svgGold [8]
2022 Seoul, South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Seung-beom6.04–5.91Silver medal icon.svgSilver [9]

Men's speed relay

YearVenuePartnerOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2019 Pakansari Stadium,
Bogor, Indonesia
Flag of Indonesia.svg Kiromal Katibin
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

[10]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Men's speed

YearVenueOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2018 Moscow, Russia Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Hinayahwc–fsBronze medal icon.svgBronze [11]
2021 Salt Lake City, United States Flag of Indonesia.svg Kiromal Katibin 5.208–fallGold medal icon.svgGold [12]
2021 Villars, Switzerland Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Timofeev5.329–7.35Gold medal icon.svgGold [13]
2022 Seoul, South Korea Flag of Indonesia.svg Kiromal Katibin6.965–fallGold medal icon.svgGold [14]
2022 Salt Lake City (I), United States Flag of Italy.svg Ludovico Fossali 5.595–fallBronze medal icon.svgBronze [15]
2022 Salt Lake City (II), United States Flag of Austria.svg Tobias Plangger6.330–fallGold medal icon.svgGold [16]
2023 Seoul, South Korea Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Long Jinbao5.01–5.12Gold medal icon.svgGold [17]
2023 Salt Lake City, United States Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Peng4.95–6.99Gold medal icon.svgGold [18]

NEOM Beach Games

Men's speed

YearVenueOpponentTime (s)ResultRef
2023Gayal Beach, Neom, Saudi Arabia Flag of Ukraine.svg Yaroslav Tkach 5.077–5.347Gold medal icon.svgGold [19] [20]

World records

Men's World Record History
DateTime (s)LocationCompetition
April 28, 20234.90 [21] Seoul, South Korea World Cup
April 28, 20234.984 [22] Seoul, South Korea World Cup
May 28, 20215.20 [23] Salt Lake City, United States World Cup

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline202120222023
Speed111

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed

SeasonGoldSilverBronzeTotal
201811
202122
2022213
202322
Total628

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