Yoshiyuki Ogata
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Nationality | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kurume, Japan | February 4, 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Professional sport climber and boulderer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type of climber | Bouldering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Known for | Winner of multiple World Cup medals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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[]
- ^ a b c d "YOSHIYUKI OGATA". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
- ^ a b "History is Made in Vail: A Dark Horse and a Season Sweep". Rock & Ice. June 11, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CUP 2021: BOULDER MEN". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ "緒方 良行" (in Japanese). Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "Friday Feat: One-Pinky Pull-Up". GymClimber. May 7, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Murdoch, Shane (August 31, 2015). "Arco 2015, Day Four: Bouldering Results and Canadians Ready for Lead Comp". Gripped. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "IFSC Youth World Championships 2017 Report". Gripped. August 7, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ "The best climbing photos of the Wroclaw World Games 2017". Planet Mountain. July 26, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ "Indoor Weekly: Watch Vail World Cup 2017 Highlights". Gripped. June 6, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- JMSCA profile (in Japanese)
- Living people
- 1998 births
- Japanese rock climbers
- Sportspeople from Fukuoka Prefecture
- People from Kurume
- Japanese sportsmen
- Competitors at the 2017 World Games
- Climbing biography stubs
- Japanese sportspeople stubs