Georg Parma (born 15 April 1997) is an Austrian competition climber. He competes in competition lead climbing, competition bouldering and competition speed climbing competitions. He currently lives in Graz where he prepares for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Georg Parma
Personal information
Born (1997-04-15) April 15, 1997 (age 27)
Eichgraben, Austria[1]
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in) (2018)
Weight67 kg (148 lb) (2018)
Websitewww.georgparma.org
Climbing career
Type of climber
Medal record
World Youth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Singapore Lead
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nouméa Lead
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Gémozac Lead
Gold medal – first place 2014 Edinburgh Lead
Gold medal – first place 2016 Mitterdorf Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Mitterdorf Lead
European Youth Cup
Third place 2012 Lead
Winner 2014 Lead
Winner 2015 Lead
Second place 2016 Boulder
Third place 2016 Lead
Updated on 12 May 2016

Biography

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Georg Parma started climbing at the age of 5.[1]

In 2012 he won the European Youth Championships in Singapore (lead climbing, Youth B)[2] and placed third in the World Youth Championships held in Gémozac.[3] 2014 he repeated those results (lead climbing, this time Youth A) at the European Youth Championships in Edinburgh[4] and at the World youth Championships in Nouméa,[5] in lead Youth A. In 2014 and 2015 he won the European Youth Cup in lead climbing.[6][7]

Since 2014 (at the age of 17) he has participated in Climbing World Cup competitions.

He won the Austrian National Championships in lead climbing 2015[8] and in bouldering in 2018.[9]

Ranking

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World Youth Championships

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Youth B Youth A Juniors
2012 2013 2014 2015
Load 3 7 3 10
Boulder - - - 15

European Youth Championships

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Youth B Youth A Juniors
2012 2013 2014 2015
Lead 1 5 1 6
Boulder - 10 4 18

European Youth Cup

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Youth B Youth A Juniors
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Lead 11 3 8 1 1 3
Boulder - 4 15 13 9 1

References

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  1. ^ a b "Homepage of Georg Parma". georgparma.org. 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "European Youth Championship - Gémozac (FRA) 2012, results male youth B lead". ifsc-climbing.org. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. ^ "IFSC World Youth Championship - Singapore (SIN) - 2012, result male youth B lead". ifsc-climbing.org. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  4. ^ "European Youth Championship - Edinburgh 2014, results male youth A lead". ifsc-climbing.org. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  5. ^ "IFSC World Youth Championship - Noumea, New Caledonia (FRA) - 2014, Official IFSC Post-Event Press Release" (PDF). ifsc-climbing.org. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  6. ^ "European Youth Cup 2015: total results, male juniors lead". ifsc-climbing.org. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  7. ^ "European Youth Cup 2014: total results, male youth A lead". ifsc-climbing.org. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Results of Austrian Lead Climbing Championships 2015" (PDF). austriaclimbing.com. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Results of Austrian Bouldering Championships 2018" (PDF). austriaclimbing.com. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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