2003 UIAA Climbing World Championships

The 2003 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the 7th edition, were held in Chamonix, France from 9 to 13 July 2003. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead, speed, and bouldering events.[1][2]

2003 UIAA Climbing World Championships
Location Chamonix, France
Date9 – 13 July 2003
Competitors241 from 34 nations
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Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Lead Tomas Mrazek
  Czech Republic
Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza
  Spain
David Caude
  France
Men's Bouldering Christian Core
  Italy
Jerome Meyer
  France
Tomasz Oleksy
  Poland
Men's Speed Maksym Styenkovyy
  Ukraine
Tomasz Oleksy
  Poland
Alexander Peshekhonov
  Russia
Women's Lead Muriel Sarkany
  Belgium
Emilie Pouget
  France
Sandrine Levet
  France
Women's Bouldering Sandrine Levet
  France
Nataliya Perlova
  Ukraine
Fanny Rogeaux
  France
Women's Speed Olena Ryepko
  Ukraine
Tatiana Ruyga
  Russia
Valentina Yurina
  Russia

Lead edit

Men edit

Tomáš Mrázek clinched gold medal after climbing 2 meters higher than the rest of the field. Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza won silver medal by edging out David Caude who took bronze. Alexandre Chabot placed 5th.[3]

Rank Name Nation 1/4 Final 1/2 Final Final Result[4][3]
R1 R2
  Tomáš Mrázek   Czech Republic Top 22.50- 23.55- 9500
  Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza   Spain Top 20.64- 21.29+ 7600
  David Caude   France Top 24.24+ 21.29 6175
4 Christian Bindhammer   Germany Top 20.64 15.40- 5225
5 Alexandre Chabot   France Top 25.00- 14.48- 4845
6 Sylvain Millet   France Top 23.76- 12.31- 4465
7 Ramón Julián Puigblanqué   Spain Top 22.87- 10.81 4085
8 Evgeny Ovchinnikov   Russia Top 20.64 10.81 3800

Women edit

Muriel Sarkany took the win by climbing 2 meter higher than her closest competition. Six climbers struggled on the same hold: touching, holding, or moving off it. In the end, Emilie Pouget claimed silver medal, ahead of her teammate Sandrine Levet who claimed bronze.[3]

Rank Name Nation 1/4 Final 1/2 Final Final Result[5][3]
  Muriel Sarkany   Belgium Top Top 24.60- 8400
  Emilie Pouget   France Top 18.15- 22.27+ 6720
  Sandrine Levet   France Top Top 22.27 5460
4 Jenny Lavarda   Italy Top 18.15 22.27- 4620
5 Alexandra Eyer   Switzerland Top 18.15- 22.27- 4284
6 Caroline Ciavaldini   France Top 16.94 22.27- 3948
7 Angela Eiter   Austria Top 16.94- 22.27- 3612
8 Barbara Bacher   Austria Top 17.42+ 20.12 3360
9 Emily Harrington   United States Top 16.94- 17.72- 3108
10 Olga Shalagina   Ukraine Top 16.94- 7.26- 2856

Bouldering edit

Bouldering scores were decided by number of tops, number of attempts to tops, number of zones, and number of attempts to zones in decreasing order of importance.

Men edit

Christian Core sent four boulder problems in the final round and won gold medal after edging out Jérôme Meyer by one less attempt. Tomasz Oleksy placed 3rd.[6]

Rank Name Nation Qualification Final Result[7][6]
Top TA Zone ZA Rank Top TA Zone ZA
  Christian Core   Italy 1 1 6 9 11 4 7 5 7 7900
  Jérôme Meyer   France 2 2 6 14 6 4 8 6 7 6320
  Tomasz Oleksy   Poland 3 3 6 7 4 3 3 5 8 5135
4 Mauro Calibani   Italy 4 9 5 10 3 3 4 5 7 4345
5 Kilian Fischhuber   Austria 2 5 4 8 10 3 4 4 5 4029
6 Serik Kazbekov   Ukraine 4 8 6 8 2 3 5 4 6 3713
7 Salavat Rakhmetov   Russia 4 6 6 8 1 3 6 6 11 3397
8 Akito Matsushima   Japan 3 4 5 8 5 3 7 4 8 3160
9 Stephane Julien   France 2 4 4 10 9 2 2 4 8 2923
10 Andrew Earl   Great Britain 2 2 3 4 7 2 3 4 9 2686
11 Alexander Meikl   Austria 1 1 4 9 12 2 8 4 14 2449
12 Georgos Progulakis   Italy 2 4 6 11 8 0 0 2 8 2212

Women edit

Sandrine Levet topped 5 boulder problems in the final round, securing a gold medal. Nataliya Perlova sent 3 problems and placed second, while Fanny Rogeaux sent 2 problems in two attempts claiming third place.[6]

Rank Name Nation Qualification Final Result[8][6]
Top TA Zone ZA Rank Top TA Zone ZA
  Sandrine Levet   France 6 6 6 6 1 5 14 6 13 7600
  Nataliya Perlova   Ukraine 5 8 6 8 12 3 6 4 4 6080
  Fanny Rogeaux   France 6 7 6 6 3 2 2 3 3 4940
4 Olga Bibik   Russia 5 6 6 6 10 2 3 5 6 4180
5 Juliette Danion   France 5 7 6 6 11 2 4 5 16 3876
6 Vera Kotasova-Kostruhova   Czech Republic 6 9 6 7 4 1 1 3 3 3572
7 Venera Chereshneva   Russia 6 6 6 6 1 1 1 3 4 3268
8 Olga Shalagina   Ukraine 6 9 6 7 4 1 2 4 7 3040
9 Myriam Motteau   France 6 9 6 8 7 1 2 3 5 2812
10 Yulia Abramchuk   Russia 6 9 6 7 4 1 2 2 4 2584
11 Stella Marchisio   Italy 5 5 6 6 9 1 3 2 7 2356
12 Corinne Theroux   France 6 10 6 9 8 1 6 4 11 2128

Speed edit

Men edit

Maksym Styenkovvy took the win. Tomasz Oleksy placed second and Alexander Peshekhonov placed third.

Rank Name Nation Qual. 1/2-Final small Final Final Result[9]
  Maksym Styenkovyy   Ukraine 28.81 25.97 21.55 21.31 5500
  Tomasz Oleksy   Poland 32.15 25.96 24.31 25.71 4400
  Alexander Peshekhonov   Russia 32.74 26.96 22.11 3575
4 Oleksandr Salimov   Ukraine 35.20 28.74 27.43 3025
5 Alexei Gadeev   Russia 31.05 29.66 2805
6 Dmytro Konovalov   Ukraine 34.53 26.72 2585
7 Sergei Sinitcyn   Russia 28.29 31.74 2365
8 Iakov Soubbotine   Russia 26.64 27.01 2200
9 Yevgen Kryvosheytsev   Ukraine 29.01 27.19 2035
10 Csaba Komondi   Hungary 32.53 30.03 1870
11 Alexandre Chaoulsky   Russia 28.46 30.87 1705
12 Ivan Shyshkovskyy   Ukraine 40.25 34.18 1540
13 Salah Boulbahaiem   Belgium 48.95 42.32 1430
14 Mathieu Dutray   France 34.80 elim. 1320
14 Nicolas Januel   France 33.84 elim. 1320
14 Andrzej Mecherzynski-Wiktor   Poland 33.45 elim. 1320
17 C. M. Praveen   India 49.98 1008
18 Kyrylo Shevchenko   Ukraine elim. 896

Women edit

Olena Ryepko took the win. Tatiana Ruyga placed second and Yurina Valentina third.

Rank Name Nation Qual. small Final Final Result[10]
  Olena Ryepko   Ukraine 43.57 37.15 35.76 3300
  Tatiana Ruyga   Russia 44.38 37.86 37.68 2640
  Valentina Yurina   Russia 43.72 42.25 2145
4 Olga Zakharova   Ukraine 43.09 38.86 1815
5 Mayya Piratinskaya   Russia 45.38 1683
6 Olga Bezhko   Ukraine 53.68 1551
7 Edyta Ropek   Poland 48.96 1419
8 Olena Ostapenko   Ukraine 51.14 1320
9 Svetlana Sutkina   Russia 53.83 1776
10 Agung Ethi Hendrawati   Indonesia 57.45 1632
11 Sabine Knabl   Austria 59.22 1488
12 Nataliya Perlova   Ukraine 60.54 1344
13 M. N. Vathsala   India 86.02 1248
14 Bangalore Subbarao Archana   India elim. 1152
14 Anna Stenkovaya   Russia elim. 1152

References edit

  1. ^ "Results". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
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  5. ^ "Result: W O M E N lead". www.digitalrock.de. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  6. ^ a b c d "Christian Core and Sandrine Levet are Bouldering World Champions!". PlanetMountain.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  7. ^ "Result: M E N bouldering". www.digitalrock.de. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  8. ^ "Result: W O M E N bouldering". www.digitalrock.de. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  9. ^ "Result: M E N speed". www.digitalrock.de. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
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