Veddriq Leonardo

Veddriq Leonardo

Leonardo in 2024
Personal information
Born	(1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 (age 28) Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Education	Tanjungpura University
Climbing career
Type of climber	Competition speed climbing
Medal record Men's competition climbing Representing   Indonesia Olympic Games 2024 Paris Speed World Games 2022 Birmingham Speed World Cup (Season) 2021 Speed 2022 Speed 2023 Speed Asian Games 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Speed relay 2022 Hangzhou Speed relay 2022 Hangzhou Speed Asian Championships 2019 Bogor Speed 2019 Bogor Speed relay 2022 Seoul Speed

Veddriq Leonardo (born 11 March 1997) is an Indonesian competition speed climber. He has held the world record for the discipline for about a year twice, first after setting it ^[1] en route to winning the men's speed climbing event at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City, and again at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul. ^[2] He is the current Olympic champion, having won speed climbing in 2024, thus becoming the first Indonesian non-badminton Olympic gold medalist. ^{[3] [4]}

He was first introduced to competition speed climbing in his first year of high school. In 2014, he participated in his first national championship in Tanjung Balai Karimun, where he was finished 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. ^[5]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2024	Le Bourget, Paris, France	Wu Peng	4.75–4.77	Gold	[6] [7]

World Games

Men's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2022	Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States	Kiromal Katibin	7.230–fall	Gold	[8]

Asian Games

Men's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2022	Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China	Wu Peng	4.955–5.119	Bronze	[9]

Men's speed relay

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2018	Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia	Muhammad Hinayah Rindi Sufriyanto Abudzar Yulianto	Muhammad Fajri Alfian Aspar Jaelolo Sabri Septo Wibowo Siburian	18.686–fall	Gold	[10]
2022	Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China	Kiromal Katibin Rahmad Adi Mulyono Aspar Jaelolo	Wang Xinshang Wu Peng Zhang Liang Long Jinbao	FS–W	Silver	[11]

Asian Championships

Men's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2019	Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia	Kiromal Katibin	5.460–5.547	Gold	[12]
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Lee Seung-beom	6.04–5.91	Silver	[13]

Men's speed relay

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2019	Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia	Kiromal Katibin Zaenal Aripin	Sabri Rahmad Adi Mulyono Fatchur Roji	fall–23.492	Silver	[14]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Men's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2018	Moscow, Russia	Muhammad Hinayah	wc–fs	Bronze	[15]
2021	Salt Lake City, United States	Kiromal Katibin	5.208–fall	Gold	[16]
2021	Villars, Switzerland	Dmitri Timofeev	5.329–7.35	Gold	[17]
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Kiromal Katibin	6.965–fall	Gold	[18]
2022	Salt Lake City (I), United States	Ludovico Fossali	5.595–fall	Bronze	[19]
2022	Salt Lake City (II), United States	Tobias Plangger	6.330–fall	Gold	[20]
2023	Seoul, South Korea	Long Jinbao	5.01–5.12	Gold	[21]
2023	Salt Lake City, United States	Wu Peng	4.95–6.99	Gold	[22]

Other international competitions

Men's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2019	The Belt and Road International, Qinghai, China	Ou Zhiyong	5.60–?	Gold	[23]
2023	Neom Beach Games, Neom, Saudi Arabia	Yaroslav Tkach	5.077–5.347	Gold	[24] [25]
2024	IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain	Rahmad Adi Mulyono	5.06–5.14	Gold	[26]

Men's 4 speed

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Time (s)	Opponents time (s)	Result	Ref
2024	IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain	Long Jianguo	5.11	4.98	Bronze	[27]
		Amir Maimuratov		4.90
Zach Hammer	9.55

Men's speed relay

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2024	IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain	Kiromal Katibin	Long Jinbao Long Jianguo	10.235–fall	Gold	[28]

World records

See also: Speed climbing § World and Olympic records

Men's World Record History

Date	Time (s)	Location	Competition
April 28, 2023	4.90 [29]	Seoul, South Korea	World Cup
April 28, 2023	4.984 [30]	Seoul, South Korea	World Cup
May 28, 2021	5.20 [31]	Salt Lake City, United States	World Cup

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline	2021	2022	2023
Speed	1	1	1

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed

Season	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2018			1	1
2021	2			2
2022	2		1	3
2023	2			2
Total	6		2	8

Awards and nominations

Awards	Year	Category	Nominee/work	Result	Ref.
Santini JebreeetMedia Awards	2024	Favorite Male Athlete	Veddriq Leonardo	Nominated	[32]
The World Games	2024	Athlete of the Year		Won	[33]

References

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2. "Speed Records". IFSC-climbing.org. International Federation of Sport Climbing . Retrieved 28 April 2023.
3. "Indonesia's Leonardo upsets American Watson to win speed gold". The Straits Times . 8 August 2024. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 8 August 2024. His win gave speed-climbing powerhouse Indonesia their first Olympic gold in a sport other than badminton
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12. "Indonesia Rebut 5 Medali Pada Kejuaraan Panjat Tebing Asia 2019". Bola (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
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20. "Bikin Bangga Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo Juara Dunia Panjat Tebing Seri Speed Climbing IFSC 2022". Kompas TV (in Indonesian). 2 July 2022.
21. "Veddriq raih emas dan pertajam rekor dunia panjat tebing di Korea" (in Indonesian). Antara. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
22. Herdana, Muammar Yahya (22 May 2023). "Kalahkan Atlet China, Veddriq Leonardo Bawa Indonesia Juara di Kejuaraan Dunia Panjat Tebing Salt Lake City 2023" (in Indonesian). Okezone. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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24. "IFSC MASTERS NEOM 2023". IFSC. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
25. "SALLSABILLAH, LEONARDO TAKE SPEED GOLDS IN CLOSING EVENT OF NEOM BEACH GAMES". IFSC Climbing. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
26. de Villiers, Ockert (21 October 2024). "IFSC Madrid 4 Speed 2024: Olympic champion Veddriq Leonardo and Zhang Shaoqin triumph on second day of racing". Olympics . Retrieved 12 May 2025.
27. "IFSC Madrid 4 Speed". International Federation of Sport Climbing . Retrieved 23 May 2025.
28. Raya, Mercy (21 October 2024). "Veddriq Dkk Tambah 3 Emas di IFSC 4 Speed Madrid" (in Indonesian). detik.
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30. International Federation of Sport Climbing [@ifsclimbing] (28 April 2023). "A sub-5 at the IFSC World Cup in Seoul for Leonardo Veddriq" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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32. Nabila, Arin (27 September 2024). "Daftar Pemenang JebreeetMedia Awards 2024, Rizky Ridho Jadi Atlet Pria Terfavorit" (in Indonesian). Skor.id. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
33. "The Winners - The World Games Athletes of the Year 2024". 31 January 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-31.

External links

• Veddriq Leonardo at IFSC
• Veddriq Leonardo at Olympics.com
• Veddriq Leonardo at the International World Games Association
• Veddriq Leonardo on Instagram