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Reza Alipour

Reza Alipour Shenazandifard (Persian: رضا علیپور شنازندی‌فرد, born 29 April 1994) is an Iranian competition speed climber from Qazvin. He is nicknamed the "Persian Cheetah".[1]

Reza Alipour
Alipour in 2018
Personal information
Native nameرضا علیپور شنازندی‌فرد
Full nameReza Alipour Shenazandifard
Nickname(s)The Greatest
Asiatic cheetah
Nationality Iran
Born (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 (age 29)
Qazvin, Iran
OccupationFirefighter
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportCompetition climbing
EventSpeed
Medal record
Men's competition climbing
Representing  Iran
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championship 1 1 1
World Games 1 – –
World Cup 6 2 6
Asian Games 2 – –
Asian Championships 1 2 –
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wroclaw Speed
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Innsbruck Speed
Silver medal – second place 2016 Paris Speed
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Gijón Speed
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Speed
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Speed
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tehran Speed
Silver medal – second place 2013 Tehran Speed
Silver medal – second place 2015 Ningbo Speed

In 2013 at the World Cup in Haiyang, China, he broke the world record and registered 06.24 seconds to win the first gold medal in speed climbing in Iranian history.

Then in 2014, in Spain, he registered 05.97 seconds and broke his own Iranian record in speed climbing. The International Federation of Sport Climbing IFSC titled him an Asiatic cheetah. Upon setting the new world record of 5.48 seconds at the IFSC World Cup Nanjing, he was named the Usain Bolt of speed climbing.[2]

On April 30, 2017, in Nanjing, China, Alipour set a new world record; scaling a 15-meter wall in 5.48 seconds, snatching the gold medal, and shattering the previous record of 5.60 seconds held by Ukraine's Danyil Boldyrev.[3]

He has been crowned the 2017 International World Games Association (IWGA) Athlete of the Year. Alipour received 90,790 votes in the contest, with second place going to Ukrainian powerlifter Larysa Soloviova, who scored 90,036.[4]

He also finished in first place at the 18th Asian Games in Palembang in Men's Speed Climbing competition, Zhong Qixin from China won the silver medal, and bronze medal went to Indonesian climber Aspar Jaelolo.[5] Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour seat top at the latest 2018 World Ranking published by International Federation of Sport Climbing IFSC and collecting 324.68 points and Bassa Mawem of France and Dmitrii Timofeev of Russia stand next with 318.59 and 316.01 points respectively[6]

His cousin, Mehdi, also competes as a speed climber.[7][8]

World Cup podiums edit

[9]

Season Location Discipline Place
2013 Haiyang, China Speed 1st
Wujiang, China Speed 2nd
2014 Chamonix, France Speed 3rd
2015 Haiyang, China Speed 3rd
Wujiang, China Speed 1st
2016 Nanjing, China Speed 1st
Chamonix, France Speed 3rd
2017 Nanjing, China Speed 1st
Villars, Switzerland Speed 1st
Arco, Italy Speed 2nd
2018 Moscow, Russia Speed 1st
Arco, Italy Speed 3rd
Wujiang, China Speed 3rd
Xiamen, China Speed 3rd
Men's World Record History
Date Time (s) Person Location Competition
April 12, 2024 4.798[10]   Samuel Watson Wujiang, China World Cup
April 12, 2024 4.859[11]   Samuel Watson Wujiang, China World Cup
April 28, 2023 4.90[12]   Veddriq Leonardo Seoul, South Korea World Cup
April 28, 2023 4.984[13]   Veddriq Leonardo Seoul, South Korea World Cup
July 8, 2022 5.009[14]   Kiromal Katibin Chamonix, France World Cup
June 30, 2022 5.04[15]   Kiromal Katibin Villars, Switzerland World Cup
June 30, 2022 5.09[16]   Kiromal Katibin Villars, Switzerland World Cup
May 27, 2022 5.10[17][18]   Kiromal Katibin Salt Lake City, US World Cup
May 6, 2022 5.17[19]   Kiromal Katibin Seoul, South Korea World Cup
May 28, 2021 5.20[20]   Veddriq Leonardo Salt Lake City, US World Cup
May 28, 2021 5.25[21]   Kiromal Katibin Salt Lake City, US World Cup
April 30, 2017 5.48[22]   Reza Alipour Nanjing, China World Cup
September 12, 2014 5.60[23]   Danyil Boldyrev Gijon, Spain World Championships
August 31, 2014 5.73[24]   Libor Hroza [cs] Arco, Italy World Cup
August 30, 2014 5.76[25]   Libor Hroza [cs] Arco, Italy World Cup
October 13, 2012 5.88[26]   Evgenii Vaitcekhovskii [cs] Xining, China World Cup
August 27, 2011 6.26[27]   Zhong Qixin [de] Arco, Italy World Championships

References edit

  1. ^ CBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC). "Wall climbing is an Olympic sport and 'Persian Cheetah' is the fastest at it". Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  2. ^ "Iranian wall climber fastest in world: CBC News". 2 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  3. ^ "More Records Broken in China!".
  4. ^ "Athlete of the Year 2017!". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  5. ^ "Reza Alipour Wins Iran's 10th Gold Medal". Tasnim News. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  6. ^ "Alipour tops IFSC World Ranking in 2018". Mehr news agency. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  7. ^ "سریعترین مرد عمودی آسیا و جهان: کاپ جام جهانی را می‌خواهم" (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. ^ "عملکرد علیپورها در جام جهانی سوئیس". Iran-e Varzeshi (in Persian). Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  9. ^ "IFSC Climbing".
  10. ^ "IFSC World Cup Wujiang 2024". Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  11. ^ "IFSC World Cup Wujiang 2024". Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  12. ^ "IFSC Speed Climbing World Records". Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  13. ^ International Federation of Sport Climbing [@ifsclimbing] (April 28, 2023). "A sub-5 at the IFSC World Cup in Seoul for Leonardo Veddriq" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "L'Indonésien Kiromal Katibin bat encore le record du monde d'escalade de vitesse et frôle la barre des 5 secondes". L'Équipe (in French). July 8, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  15. ^ @ifsclimbing (June 30, 2022). "On 27 May 2021, the men's Speed world record was 5.48 seconds. Then Kiromal Katibin 🇮🇩 landed on planet Earth. @fpti_official" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ @ifsclimbing (June 30, 2022). "AND ANOTHA ONE!! Kiromal Katibin 🇮🇩 tears down another barrier and set a new men's Speed world Record with 5.09 seconds!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "Climbing Speed World Records Men".
  18. ^ "IFSC Salt Lake City 2022-05-27 Men's Speed Event Page".
  19. ^ "IFSC Seoul 2022-05-06 Men's Speed Event Page".
  20. ^ "Speed Records".
  21. ^ International Federation of Sport Climbing (2021-05-28), Kiromal Katibin DESTROYS the men's Speed world record!, archived from the original on 2021-12-15, retrieved 2021-05-29
  22. ^ International Federation of Sport Climbing (2017-05-15), IFSC Climbing World Cup Nanjing 2017 - New Speed World Records, archived from the original on 2021-12-15, retrieved 2018-07-06
  23. ^ Jan Kříž (2014-09-13), NEW World speed climbing record - 5.60 seconds! WCH Gijon 2014, archived from the original on 2021-12-15, retrieved 2017-05-22
  24. ^ International Federation of Sport Climbing (2014-09-01), IFSC Climbing World Cup Arco 2014 - Speed - Hroza Breaks World Record, archived from the original on 2021-12-15, retrieved 2017-05-22
  25. ^ Edyta Ropek (2014-08-30), Speed Climbing World Record by Libor Hroza, Arco, 30.08.2014 qualification round, archived from the original on 2021-12-15, retrieved 2018-02-15
  26. ^ International Federation of Sport Climbing (2012-10-18), Men's Speed Climbing World Record 5.88 - IFSC Climbing World Cup Xining 2012 - Speed, archived from the original on 2021-12-15, retrieved 2017-05-22
  27. ^ Jan Kříž (2011-07-29), World record in speed climbing 2011 (6.26 seconds) HD, archived from the original on 2021-12-15, retrieved 2018-02-15

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