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1997 UIAA Climbing World Championships
Location Paris, France
Date31 January – 1 February 1997
Competitors153 from 26 nations
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The 1997 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the 4th edition, were held in Paris, France, from 31 January to 1 February 1997. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead and speed events.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Lead François Petit
 France 		Chris Sharma
 United States 		François Legrand
 France
Men's Speed Daniel Andrada
 Spain 		Yevgen Kryvosheytsev
 Ukraine 		Dmitry Bychkov
 Russia
Women's Lead Liv Sansoz
 France 		Muriel Sarkany
 Belgium 		Marietta Uhden
 Germany
Women's Speed Tatiana Ruyga
 Russia 		Irina Zaytseva
 Russia 		Olga Bibik
 Russia

Lead

In men's lead, François Petit claimed the title. The 15-year-old Chris Sharma took silver, while the defending champion François Legrand took bronze.

In women's lead, Liv Sansoz took the win. Muriel Sarkany took second place, while Marietta Uhden took third.

Men Women
Rank Name Nation Result Rank Name Nation Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) François Petit  France 8000 1st place, gold medalist(s) Liv Sansoz  France 6700
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chris Sharma  United States 6400 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Muriel Sarkany  Belgium 5360
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) François Legrand  France 5200 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marietta Uhden  Germany 4355
4 Jean-Baptiste Tribout  France 4400 4 Venera Chereshneva  Russia 3685
5 Elie Chevieux  Switzerland 4080 5 Stéphanie Bodet  France 3417
6 Yuji Hirayama  Japan 3760 6 Laurence Guyon  France 3149
7 Christian Core  Italy 3440 7 Cecile Avezou  France 2881
8 Arnaud Petit  France 3200 8 Luisa Iovane  Italy 2680
9 Daniel Andrada Jimenez  Spain 2960 9 Elena Choumilova  Russia 2479
10 Frederic Sarkany  Belgium 2720 10 Marie Guillet  France 2278

Speed

Daniel Andrada Jimenez and Tatiana Ruyga were the 1997 Speed World Champions.

Men Women
Rank Name Nation Rank Name Nation
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Andrada Jimenez  Spain 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tatiana Ruyga  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yevgen Kryvosheytsev  Ukraine 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irina Zaytseva  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dmitrii Bychkov  Russia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olga Bibik  Russia
4 Hans Florine  United States 4 Marie Dutray  France
5 Tomasz Oleksy  Poland 5 Kim Anthoni  Belgium
5 Alexandr Paukaev  Ukraine 5 Jitka Kuhngaberova  Czech Republic
5 Kairat Rakhmetov  Kazakhstan 5 Mayya Piratinskaya  Russia
8 Gareth Parry  Great Britain 5 Renata Piszczek  Poland
9 Andrey Vedenmeer  Ukraine 9 Zosia Podgorbounskikh  Russia
10 Salavat Rakhmetov  Russia 10 Olena Ryepko  Ukraine

References

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