.jpg) Alipour in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | رضا علیپور شنازندیفرد | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Reza Alipour Shenazandifard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Persian Cheetah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 (age 30) Qazvin, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2011–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Competition climbing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Speed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Reza Alipour Shenazandifard (Persian: رضا علیپور شنازندیفرد, born 29 April 1994) is an Iranian competition speed climber from Qazvin.
Career
In 2014, in Spain, he registered 5.97 seconds and broke his own Iranian record in speed climbing. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) titled him an Asiatic cheetah. On April 30, 2017, in Nanjing, China, as part of the 2017 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Alipour set a new world record; scaling a 15-meter wall in 5.48 seconds, snatching the gold medal, and beating the previous record of 5.60 seconds held by Ukraine's Danyil Boldyrev.
He was 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.
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. Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour seat 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
On the third day of the 2024 Olympic qualifiers held in Budapest, Alipour qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics by scoring 61 points in the two qualifiers of China and Hungary.
Alipour advanced to the knockout stage with a run time of 5.06 seconds as the fastest elimination heat loser of the men's speed climbing in the 2024 Olympic Games. Alipour finished in the fourth place after he lost to American Samuel Watson in the bronze medal match. Watson won bronze with a world record time of 4.74 seconds.
Personal life
Reza Alipour in , born 29 April 1994 in the family of Iranian Azerbaijanis in the city of Qazvin was born. His cousin, Mehdi, also competes as a speed climber.
Major results
Olympic Games
| Discipline | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Speed | 4 |
World championships
| Discipline | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
World Cup
| Discipline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | 13 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 39 |
| Combined | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |
Asian championships
| Discipline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 4 |
World Cup podiums
| 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
- "More Records Broken in China!".
- "Athlete of the Year 2017!". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- "Reza Alipour Wins Iran's 10th Gold Medal". Tasnim News. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
- "Alipour tops IFSC World Ranking in 2018". Mehr news agency. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- "Iranian climber books berth for Paris Olympics". Nournews. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- "Reza Alipour Books Berth in Climbing for Paris Olympics". Nournews. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- "Iranian climber books berth for Paris Olympics". Irna. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- "Reza Alipour qualifies for speed climbing final: 2024 Paris". Tehran Times. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- "Iran's Alipour into final at 2024 Paris Olympics". Tehran Times. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- "ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD BREAKING IN LE BOURGET". Tehran Times. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- "Iranian Climber Alipour Comes Fourth in Olympics". Tasnim. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- "سریعترین مرد عمودی آسیا و جهان: کاپ جام جهانی را میخواهم" (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "عملکرد علیپورها در جام جهانی سوئیس". Iran-e Varzeshi (in Persian). Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "IFSC Climbing".
External links
- Reza Alipour at IFSC
- Reza Alipour at Olympics.com
- Reza Alipour at the International World Games Association
- Reza Alipour on Instagram
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Qazvin
- Iranian rock climbers
- Speed climbers
- World Games gold medalists
- World Games medalists in sport climbing
- Sport climbers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Sport climbers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
- Asian Games medalists in sport climbing
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists
- IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists
- 21st-century Iranian sportsmen
- Iranian competition climbers
- World Games medalists for Iran
- Medalists at the 2017 World Games
- Sport climbers at the 2024 Summer Olympics