Ai Mori (森 秋彩, Mori Ai, born September 17, 2003) is a Japanese professional rock climber, sport climber and boulderer. She participates in both bouldering, lead and combined climbing competitions. She is known for being the youngest Japanese person ever to finish on the podium at the sport climbing world championships.[2][3][4][5]
 Mori in 2019 | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Born | September 17, 2003 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | ||||||||
| Occupation | Professional sport climber | ||||||||
| Height | 154 cm (5 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||
| Climbing career | |||||||||
| Type of climber | Lead climbing, Bouldering | ||||||||
| Known for | Winning the bronze medal in lead climbing at 2019 World Championship | ||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on August 20, 2019 | |||||||||
Climbing career
In 2018, 14 years old, she won the Japanese Lead Climbing Championship and placed second at the Bouldering Japan Cup in Tokyo.[6][7]
Mori made her debut at the international senior level in 2019. She managed to win two bronze medals in lead and bouldering World Cups.[8][9][10][11] Later that year, in the World Championships, she placed third in the lead category.[5] Being 15 years old at the time, this made her the youngest Japanese climber to stand on a world championship podium. Akiyo Noguchi previously held that record with her 2005 bronze medal in lead climbing, which she won while being 16 years old.[12][3]
In 2021, she won Gold in Bouldering Japan Cup by topping all four problems in the finals defeating the likes of Miho Nonaka and Futaba Ito.[13][14] She also won the Lead Japan Cup.[15]
Rankings
| [16] | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Lead | 6 |
| Bouldering | 20 |
| Speed | - |
| Combined | 10 |
| Discipline[2] | Youth | Senior | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Youth B |
2018 Youth B |
2019 | |
| Lead | 1 | - | 3 |
| Bouldering | 7 | 20 | 31 |
| Speed | 43 | 44 | 60 |
| Combined | 2 | - | 6 |
| [2] | 2017 Youth B |
2018 Youth B |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 1 | 2 |
| Bouldering | 3 | 4 |
| Speed | 5 | 20 |
| [17] | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bouldering | - | - | 11 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Speed | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - |
| Combined | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | - |
World Cup podiums
Lead
| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
Bouldering
| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
- ^ "Ai Mori's profile on 8a.nu". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c d IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "Mori's profile and rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ a b "Teenage climber Ai Mori earns bronze in women's lead competition at world championships". Japan Times. 16 August 2019. Archived from the original on Aug 20, 2019.
- ^ "Sport climbing: 15-year-old Ai Mori wins bronze at world championships". Kyodo News. Aug 20, 2019. Archived from the original on Aug 20, 2019. Retrieved Aug 20, 2019.
- ^ a b "IFSC Climbing World Championships - Hachioji 2019 - LEAD Finals". Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Fourteen-year-old Ai Mori wins lead climbing national championship". Japan Times. 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on Aug 21, 2019.
- ^ "Climbers Fuji, Noguchi make history at Bouldering Japan Cup". Kyodo News. Archived from the original on Aug 21, 2019.
- ^ "Janja Garnbret Wins Fourth Straight Boulder World Cup". Gripped Magazine. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on Aug 21, 2019.
- ^ "IFSC Lead World Cup Villars 2019 - Report". UKClimbing. Archived from the original on Aug 21, 2019.
- ^ "IFSC Climbing World Cup Villars 2019 - Lead Finals". Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "IFSC Climbing World Cup Wujiang 2019 - Bouldering Finals". Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "１５歳・森秋彩、銅 野口啓代超え日本勢最年少表彰台で東京五輪望み「気持ちは前向き」" (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. 16 August 2019. Archived from the original on Aug 21, 2019.
- ^ "リザルト速報".
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0xhk4Gtp_k&t=389s
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0tAk5K4Q-0&t=3735s
- ^ IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ "Mori's JMSCA profile and rankings". August 20, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
