Reza Alipour

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Reza Alipour
Personal information
Native nameرضا علیپور شنازندی فرد
Full nameReza Alipour Shenazandifard
Nickname(s)Asiatic cheetah
Nationality Iran
Born (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 (age 27)
Qazvin, Iran
OccupationFirefighter
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportSport Climbing
Event(s)Speed
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championship 1 1 1
World Games 1 – –
World Cup 6 2 6
Asian Games 1 – –
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 Speed
Bronze medal – third place Speed
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Speed
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place Speed
Silver medal – second place Speed
Silver medal – second place Speed

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

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 seats 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[]

[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

References[]

  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".

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