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The Ice Climbing World Championship is a biennial international competition ice climbing event organized and regulated by the UIAA. It is the ice climbing equivalent of the IFSC Climbing World Championships in rock climbing. [1]
The Ice Climbing World Championship is a biennial international competition ice climbing event organized and regulated by the UIAA. It is the ice climbing equivalent of the IFSC Climbing World Championships in rock climbing. [1]
| # | Year | Venue | Date | Disciplines | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | L | S | C | |||||
| 1 | 2002 |  Arzl im Pitztal, Austria | 11–12 January | 4 | X | X | [2] | |
| 2 | 2003 |  Kirov, Russia | 8–10 March | 4 | X | X | [3] | |
| 3 | 2004 |  Saas-Fee, Switzerland | 22–24 January | 4 | X | X | [4] | |
| 4 | 2005 | Saas-Fee, Switzerland | 20–22 January | 4 | X | X | [5] | |
| 5 | 2007 | Saas-Fee, Switzerland | 1–3 February | 4 | X | |||
 Bușteni, Romania | 8–9 February | X | ||||||
| 6 | 2009 | Saas-Fee, Switzerland | 22–24 January | 4 | X | X | [6] | |
| 7 | 2011 | Bușteni, Romania | 5–6 February | 4 | X | [7] | ||
| Kirov, Russia | 6–8 March | X | [8] | |||||
| 8 | 2013 |  Cheongsong, South Korea | 12–13 January | 4 | X | |||
| Kirov, Russia | 8–10 March | X | ||||||
| 9 | 2015 |  Rabenstein, Italy | 30 Jan – 1 Feb | 4 | X | |||
| Kirov, Russia | 6–8 March | X | ||||||
| 10 | 2017 |  Champagny-en-Vanoise, France | 4–5 February | 4 | X | X | ||
| 11 | 2018 | Moscow, Russia | 15–16 December | 2 | X | [9] [10] | ||
| 12 | 2019 | Kirov, Russia | 8–10 March | 4 | X | X | [11] [12] [13] [14] | |
| 13 | 2022 | Saas-Fee, Switzerland | 26–29 January | 6 | X | X | X | [15] |
| 14 | 2024 |  Edmonton, Canada | 16–18 February | 4 | X | X | ||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Nikolai Kuzovlev | Nikita Glazyrin |  Mohammad Reza Safdarian |
| 2022 | Mohammad Reza Safdarian |  Andreas Gantner | Vadim Malshchukov |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Maria Tolokonina | Valeria Bogdan | Maryam Filippova |
| 2022 | Iuliia Filateva | Vivien Labarile | Irina Dubovtseva |
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The IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships are the annual World Youth Championships for competition climbing organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The first competition was held in Basel, Switzerland in 1992. Bouldering was introduced at the 2015 championships.
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The IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships are the biennial world championships for competition climbing for people with disabilities organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). This event determines the male and female world champions in various categories.
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