Reza Alipour Shenazandifard (Persian: رضا علیپور شنازندیفرد, born 29 April 1994) is an Iranian competition speed climber from Qazvin. He is nicknamed the "Persian Cheetah".[1]
.jpg) Alipour in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | رضا علیپور شنازندیفرد | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Reza Alipour Shenazandifard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Greatest Asiatic cheetah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 April 1994 Qazvin, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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In 2014, in Spain, he registered 5.97 seconds and broke his own Iranian record in speed climbing.[citation needed] The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) titled him an Asiatic cheetah.[citation needed] 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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] 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[5]
His cousin, Mehdi, also competes as a speed climber.[6][7]
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.[8][9][10]
Alipour advanced to the final 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.[11][12][13]
Alipour finished in the fourth place in sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He lost to his American rival Samuel Watson in the bronze medal match in Paris. Watson won bronze with a time of 4.74 seconds. Alipour finished fourth with 4.88 seconds.[14]
World Cup podiums
edit| Season | Location | Discipline | Place |
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| 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 |
| Date | Time (s) | Person | Location | Competition |
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| August 8, 2024 | 4.74[16] |  Samuel Watson
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Paris, France | Olympics |
| August 6, 2024 | 4.75[17] | Samuel Watson
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Paris, France | Olympics |
| April 12, 2024 | 4.798[18] | Samuel Watson
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Wujiang, China | World Cup |
| April 12, 2024 | 4.859[19] | Samuel Watson
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Wujiang, China | World Cup |
| April 28, 2023 | 4.90[20] |  Veddriq Leonardo
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Seoul, South Korea | World Cup |
| April 28, 2023 | 4.984[21] | Veddriq Leonardo
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Seoul, South Korea | World Cup |
| July 8, 2022 | 5.009[22] | Kiromal Katibin
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Chamonix, France | World Cup |
| June 30, 2022 | 5.04[23] | Kiromal Katibin
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Villars, Switzerland | World Cup |
| June 30, 2022 | 5.09[24] | Kiromal Katibin
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Villars, Switzerland | World Cup |
| May 27, 2022 | 5.10[25][26] | Kiromal Katibin
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Salt Lake City, US | World Cup |
| May 6, 2022 | 5.17[27] | Kiromal Katibin
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Seoul, South Korea | World Cup |
| May 28, 2021 | 5.20[28] | Veddriq Leonardo
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Salt Lake City, US | World Cup |
| May 28, 2021 | 5.25[29] | Kiromal Katibin
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Salt Lake City, US | World Cup |
| April 30, 2017 | 5.48[30] | Reza Alipour
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Nanjing, China | World Cup |
| September 12, 2014 | 5.60[31] |  Danyil Boldyrev
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Gijon, Spain | World Championships |
| August 31, 2014 | 5.73[32] |  Libor Hroza
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Arco, Italy | World Cup |
| August 30, 2014 | 5.76[33] | Libor Hroza
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Arco, Italy | World Cup |
| October 13, 2012 | 5.88[34] |  Evgenii Vaitcekhovskii
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Xining, China | World Cup |
| August 27, 2011 | 6.26[35] |  Zhong Qixin
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Arco, Italy | World Championships |
References
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "IFSC Climbing".
- ^ "Paris Olympics 2024". Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "Paris Olympics 2024". Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "IFSC World Cup Wujiang 2024". Retrieved 2024-04-12.
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- ^ "IFSC Speed Climbing World Records". Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "L'Indonésien Kiromal Katibin bat encore le record du monde d'escalade de vitesse et frôle la barre des 5 secondes". L'Équipe (in French). July 8, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ @ifsclimbing (June 30, 2022). "On 27 May 2021, the men's Speed world record was 5.48 seconds. Then Kiromal Katibin 🇮🇩 landed on planet Earth. @fpti_official" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @ifsclimbing (June 30, 2022). "AND ANOTHA ONE!! Kiromal Katibin 🇮🇩 tears down another barrier and set a new men's Speed world Record with 5.09 seconds!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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- ^ "IFSC Salt Lake City 2022-05-27 Men's Speed Event Page".
- ^ "IFSC Seoul 2022-05-06 Men's Speed Event Page".
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