Yoshiyuki Ogata

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Yoshiyuki Ogata
Climbing World Championships 2018 Boulder Semi Ogata (BT0A9004).jpg
Ogata in 2018
Personal information
NationalityJapan
Born (1998-02-04) February 4, 1998 (age 24)
Kurume, Japan
OccupationProfessional sport climber and boulderer
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Climbing career
Type of climberBouldering
Known forWinner of multiple World Cup medals
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cup 2 1 2
World Cup (Season)
Third place 2019 Bouldering
Winner 2021 Bouldering
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bouldering
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bouldering
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lead
Silver medal – second place 2019 Combined
Asian Cup (Season)
Winner 2017 Lead

Yoshiyuki Ogata (緒方 良行 Ogata Yoshiyuki, born February 4, 1998) is a Japanese professional sport climber and boulderer. He has won multiple medals in bouldering at IFSC Climbing World Cup events,[1] including gold medals at Vail in 2019[2] and at Innsbruck in 2021.[3] Ogata also won the category for the 2021 season[4] and finishing third overall in 2019.[1]

Early life and youth competitions[]

Born in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture,[5] Ogata began bouldering at age 10 after he saw the sport on television.[6] At age 17, he won the lead competition at the 2015 Japan Youth National Championships,[7] as well as the bouldering competitions at the IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships[8] and the IFSC Climbing Asian Youth Championships[9] in the Male Youth A (age 15-17) category. He won another bouldering gold medal as well as a combined silver medal at the World Youth Championships in 2017 in the Male Junior (age 17 to 19) category.[10]

Senior competitions[]

Ogata began competing in senior competitions at age 16,[6] entering the Chongqing and Laval World Cups in 2014.[1] At age 18, he won the gold medal in men's bouldering event at the 2016 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships, and collected a silver in bouldering and bronze in lead the following year.[1] Ogata won gold at the men's bouldering event at the 2017 World Games, where he qualified as the 2016 Asian champion.[11] He made his first World Cup podium finish with a bronze medal at the Vail World Cup in 2017,.[12] Ogata won his first World Cup event in bouldering at Vail in 2019[2] and won his second at Innsbruck in 2021.[3] At the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships, Ogata advanced to the men's final in lead, finishing 7th overall.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "YOSHIYUKI OGATA". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "History is Made in Vail: A Dark Horse and a Season Sweep". Rock & Ice. June 11, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Browne, Ken (June 26, 2021). "Janja Garnbret and Team Japan storm to victory at Innsbruck Sport Climbing World Cup". olympics.com. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CUP 2021: BOULDER MEN". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "緒方 良行" (in Japanese). Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Friday Feat: One-Pinky Pull-Up". GymClimber. May 7, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "クライミング・日本ユース選手権2015" (in Japanese). Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  8. ^ Murdoch, Shane (August 31, 2015). "Arco 2015, Day Four: Bouldering Results and Canadians Ready for Lead Comp". Gripped. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "IFSC クライミング・アジアユース選手権 プトラジャヤ 2015" (in Japanese). Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  10. ^ "IFSC Youth World Championships 2017 Report". Gripped. August 7, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  11. ^ "The best climbing photos of the Wroclaw World Games 2017". Planet Mountain. July 26, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  12. ^ "Indoor Weekly: Watch Vail World Cup 2017 Highlights". Gripped. June 6, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  13. ^ Houston, Michael (September 21, 2021). "Schubert and Seo win lead golds on final day of IFSC Climbing World Championships". inside the games. Retrieved September 27, 2021.

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