Mansour Aghaei (Persian: منصور آقایی, born August 4, 1987, in Tabriz, Iran) is an Iranian professional rock climber, specializing in competition climbing, particularly competition lead climbing and competition bouldering. He is currently in charge of the Iran national competition climbing team.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He has also been teaching physical education at the University of Tabriz since 2012. In 2002, Aghaei came second in the Asian Youth Championships in Malaysia.[7][8][9]

Mansour Aghaei
Personal information
Born (1987-08-04) August 4, 1987 (age 36)
Tabriz, Iran
Education
Occupation(s)Teacher and climbing coach
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Medal record
Asian Youth Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Lead
National Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Lead
Gold medal – first place 2000 Lead
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Lead
Tabriz International Climbing Competitions
Gold medal – first place 2004 Lead
Baku International Climbing Competitions
Gold medal – first place 2012 Lead
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Bouldering
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Speed
East Azerbaijan Province Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Lead
Silver medal – second place 1997 Lead
Gold medal – first place 1998 Lead
Gold medal – first place 1999 Lead
Silver medal – second place 2000 Lead
Gold medal – first place 2001 Lead
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lead
Silver medal – second place 2003 Lead
Gold medal – first place 2004 Lead
Gold medal – first place 2005 Lead
Updated on January 4, 2019.

Biography edit

Aghaei started climbing at the age of six and has been climbing for 25 years; his brother is a climber and shared his passion with him and helped him pass various climbing courses.[citation needed] At the age of nine, he won a gold medal in the Tabriz province championships,[10] and in 2002 at the age of fifteen he came in second in the Asian Youth Championships in Malaysia[7][8][9] He was honored and awarded by the president of Iran as one of the best champions in Iran and best athlete of the province.[11]

He was ranked second in the National Biology Olympiad of Iran in 2004. He continued his academic education in Physical Education (09.2006–01.2009), Exercise Physiology (09.2009–07.2011),[12][13] and Metabolism & Exercise Biochemistry (09.2015–07.2018) at the University of Tabriz. He graduated B.Sc. and M.Sc. as a top student and got the best paper award in the first Eurasian Sport Science Congress, which was held at the University of Tabriz in 2018 (Effects of one month rock climbing training with or without blood flow restriction on vascular endothelial growth factor and growth hormone in elite climbers).[14][15][16][17]

Positions edit

The following are positions Aghaei has held:

  • 2012: Tabriz Mountaineering and Sport climbing–Educational Consultant
  • 2013: Tabriz Mountaineering and Sport climbing–Educational Consultant
  • 2014: Tabriz Mountaineering and Sport climbing–Educational Consultant
  • 2015: Tabriz Mountaineering and Sport climbing–Educational Consultant
  • 2016: Tabriz Mountaineering and Sport climbing–Educational Consultant
  • 2017: Tabriz Mountaineering and Sport climbing–Educational Consultant
  • 2018: Tabriz Mountaineering and Sport climbing–Educational Consultant
  • 2018: Tabriz Mountaineering and Sport Climbing—Sport Climbing Committee–Route Setting Director[18]
  • 2018: Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation–Fitness Trainer of National Climbing Team[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Coaching edit

Coaching certificates edit

  • IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering Federation – Sport Climbing Coach Grade 3[19]
  • IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering Federation – Sport Climbing Coach Grade 2[20]
  • IRI Ping Pong Federation – Ping Pong Coach Grade 3
  • Fitness Coach Grade 3

Coaching experience[1][2][3][4][5][6] edit

Team/Gym From To
Tabriz University 2006 present
Municipal Club 2012 2015
Ganjaviyan 2008 2012
Shahr club 2018 present
Marand Climbing Gym 2015 2017
MSFI Sport Climbing National Team Coach 2018 present

Route Setting edit

Route Setting certificates edit

  • IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering Federation – Sport Climbing Route Setter Level 3[21]

National Team memberships edit

  • Junior National Team
  • National Team
    • 2004 – China, Asian Championships

Rankings edit

Asian Youth Championships[7][8] edit

Discipline 2002
Lead 2
Speed 4

National Championships[10] edit

Discipline 1999 2000 2001
Lead 2 1 3

Tabriz International Climbing Competitions edit

Discipline 2004
Lead 1

Baku International Climbing Competitions edit

Discipline 2012
Lead 1
Bouldering 3
Speed 3

East Azerbaijan Province Championships edit

Discipline 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Lead 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Success of members of Physical Education and Sport Sciences Faculty in Jakarta 2018 Asian games". University of Tabriz, Physical Education and Sport Sciences Faculty. 2018-09-09. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  2. ^ a b c "Participation of five professors and Ph.D. students of Tabriz University in Jakarta 2018 Asian games". University of Tabriz, Physical Education and Sport Sciences Faculty. 2018-09-12. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  3. ^ a b c "Federation authorities visiting national team camp". I. R. Iran Mountaineering & Sport Climbing Federation. 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  4. ^ a b c "Report of fifth national climbing team for Jakarta Asian games, world and Asian championships". I. R. Iran Mountaineering & Sport Climbing Federation. 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  5. ^ a b c "National climbing team camp in Hamadan". Young Journalists Club. 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  6. ^ a b c "International Federation of Sport Climbing, Calendar 2002". ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  7. ^ a b c "Mohammad Jafari won Asian climbing gold medal - ISNA". Iranian Students News Agency. 2002-12-22. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  8. ^ a b c "Champion students". University of Tabriz, Physical Education and Sport Sciences Faculty. 2016-04-28. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  9. ^ a b "Iran Mountain Zone News Archive - 2002". mountainzone.ir. 2002. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  10. ^ a b "Nation's top climbers got announced". Iranian Students News Agency. 2000-08-19. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  11. ^ "Honoring ceremony of province athletes". Iranian Students News Agency. 2003-06-21. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  12. ^ "University of Tabriz, Physical Education and Sport Sciences Faculty, thesis list" (PDF). University of Tabriz, Physical Education and Sport Sciences Faculty. 2014-12-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  13. ^ "Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)". ganj-beta.irandoc.ac.ir. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  14. ^ "First Eurasian sports science congress begins in Tabriz". Islamic Republic News Agency. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  15. ^ "Eurasian Sport Science Congress article results" (PDF). 2018-10-05. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  16. ^ "Doctor Aghaei's essay gets selected as best paper". souodiranian.ir. 2018-10-15. Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  17. ^ "Effects of blood restriction exercises on muscular system". souodiranian.ir. 2018-03-07. Archived from the original on 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  18. ^ "6th climbing championships results, Sardrud". sardroudmount.ir. 2014-05-05. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  19. ^ "Grade 3 sport climbing coaching course accepted list". ghajer.com (in Persian). 2011-06-21. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  20. ^ "retraining results of grade 2 coaches". varkesh.com. 2016-09-07. Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  21. ^ "IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, August 2018 certificates" (PDF). I. R. Iran Mountaineering & Sport Climbing Federation. August 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  22. ^ "Members of national climbing team got announced - ISNA". Iranian Students News Agency. 2002-12-03. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  23. ^ "National climbing team tomorrow gets dispatched to Asian championships". Iranian Students News Agency. 2002-12-17. Retrieved 2019-01-04.