Veddriq Leonardo

Veddriq Leonardo (born 11 March 1997) is an Indonesian competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing. He has held the world record for the discipline for about a year twice, first after setting it[1] en route to winning the men's speed climbing event at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City, and again at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul.[2]

Veddriq Leonardo
Personal information
Born (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997
Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Climbing career
Type of climberCompetition speed climbing
Medal record
Men's competition climbing
Representing  Indonesia
World Games
2022 Birmingham Speed
World Cup (Season)
2021Speed
2022Speed
2023Speed
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–PalembangSpeed relay
2022 HangzhouSpeed relay
2022 HangzhouSpeed
Asian Championships
2019 BogorSpeed
2019 BogorSpeed relay
2022 SeoulSpeed

He was first introduced to competition climbing in his first year of high school. In 2014, he participated in his first national championship in Tanjung Balai Karimun, Riau Islands where he was in the top eight. In 2016, he won his first medal (bronze) in the junior national championship in Bangka Belitung. His first international event was 2018 Moscow World Cup where he placed third.[3]

Achievements

World Games

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2022 Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States Kiromal Katibin 7.230–fall Gold [4]

Asian Games

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China Wu Peng 4.955–5.119 Bronze [5]

Men's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2018 Jakabaring Sport City,
Palembang, Indonesia
Muhammad Hinayah
Rindi Sufriyanto
Abudzar Yulianto
Muhammad Fajri Alfian
Aspar Jaelolo
Sabri
Septo Wibowo Siburian
18.686–fall Gold [6]
2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre,
Shaoxing, China
Kiromal Katibin
Rahmad Adi Mulyono
Aspar
Wang Xinshang
Wu Peng
Zhang Liang
Long Jinbao
FS–W Silver [7]

Asian Championships

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2019 Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 5.460–5.547 Gold [8]
2022 Seoul, South Korea Lee Seung-beom 6.04–5.91 Silver [9]

Men's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2019 Pakansari Stadium,
Bogor, Indonesia
Kiromal Katibin
Zaenal Aripin
Sabri
Rahmad Adi Mulyono
Fatchur Roji
fall–23.492 Silver

[10]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2018 Moscow, Russia Muhammad Hinayah wc–fs Bronze [11]
2021 Salt Lake City, United States Kiromal Katibin 5.208–fall Gold [12]
2021 Villars, Switzerland Dmitri Timofeev 5.329–7.35 Gold [13]
2022 Seoul, South Korea Kiromal Katibin 6.965–fall Gold [14]
2022 Salt Lake City (I), United States Ludovico Fossali 5.595–fall Bronze [15]
2022 Salt Lake City (II), United States Tobias Plangger 6.330–fall Gold [16]
2023 Seoul, South Korea Long Jinbao 5.01–5.12 Gold [17]
2023 Salt Lake City, United States Wu Peng 4.95–6.99 Gold [18]

NEOM Beach Games

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2023 Gayal Beach, Neom, Saudi Arabia Yaroslav Tkach 5.077–5.347 Gold [19][20]

World records

Men's World Record History
Date Time (s) Location Competition
April 28, 2023 4.90 [21] Seoul, South Korea World Cup
April 28, 2023 4.984 [22] Seoul, South Korea World Cup
May 28, 2021 5.20[23] Salt Lake City, United States World Cup

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline 2021 2022 2023
Speed 1 1 1

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
201811
202122
2022213
202322
Total628

References

  1. "Get to know Indonesia's rock star climbers Veddriq Leonardo and Kiromal Katibin". Olympics.com.
  2. "Speed Records". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  3. FPTI (2018-07-29). "Tekad Bulat Veddriq Leonardo". FPTI - Federasi Panjat Tebing Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  4. "Veddriq Leonardo Sumbang Emas Kedua Indonesia di The World Games 2022". Sindonews (in Indonesian). 15 July 2022.
  5. "Veddriq Leonardo Raih Perunggu Asian Games Usai Ukir Rekor" (in Indonesian). Kumparan. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. "Ini Komentar Veddriq Usai Tim Speed Relay Meraih Medali Emas Panjat Tebing". Pontianak Tribunnews (in Indonesian). 21 July 2022.
  7. Aidilla, Tahta (4 October 2023). "Sama Dengan Tim Putri, Speed Relay Putra juga Raih Perak Asian Games" (in Indonesian). Republika. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  8. "Indonesia Rebut 5 Medali Pada Kejuaraan Panjat Tebing Asia 2019". Bola (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  9. "Kejuaraan Asia Panjat Tebing 2022, Veddriq Leonardo Raih Perak, Aspar Jaelolo Perunggu". Tempo (in Indonesian). 15 October 2022.
  10. "Indonesia Sapu Bersih Speed Relay di Asian Championship 2019". fpti (in Indonesian). 21 July 2022.
  11. "Indonesia Rebut Perunggu di Rusia". Federasi Panjat Tebing Indonesia (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  12. "Dua Atlet Indonesia Pecahkan Rekor Dunia Panjat Tebing". Warta Magelang (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  13. "Atlet Panjat Tebing Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo Kembali Raih Medali Emas". Kumparan (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  14. "Indonesia Sapu Bersih Podium Nomor Speed Putra di Piala Dunia Panjat Tebing". Tempo (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  15. "Bangga! Indonesia Dominasi Podium Piala Dunia Panjat Tebing 2022". celebrities.id (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  16. "Bikin Bangga Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo Juara Dunia Panjat Tebing Seri Speed Climbing IFSC 2022". Kompas TV (in Indonesian). 2 July 2022.
  17. "Veddriq raih emas dan pertajam rekor dunia panjat tebing di Korea" (in Indonesian). Antara. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  18. Herdana, Muammar Yahya (22 May 2023). "Kalahkan Atlet China, Veddriq Leonardo Bawa Indonesia Juara di Kejuaraan Dunia Panjat Tebing Salt Lake City 2023" (in Indonesian). Okezone. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  19. "IFSC MASTERS NEOM 2023". IFSC. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  20. "SALLSABILLAH, LEONARDO TAKE SPEED GOLDS IN CLOSING EVENT OF NEOM BEACH GAMES". IFSC Climbing. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  21. "IFSC Speed Climbing World Records".
  22. International Federation of Sport Climbing [@ifsclimbing] (April 28, 2023). "A sub-5 at the IFSC World Cup in Seoul for Leonardo Veddriq" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  23. "Speed Records".
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