Colin Duffy (born December 10, 2003) is an American professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. At age 17, he became the youngest climber to qualify to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.[1]
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| Born | December 10, 2003 Broomfield, Colorado, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Rock Climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Climbing career
editCompetition climbing
editDuffy started climbing at age five before joining Team ABC in Boulder, Colorado at age eight, where he trained under Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou and was teammates with future Olympic teammate Brooke Raboutou.[2]
As a youth competition climber, Duffy won the IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships twice in 2017 and 2018 and finished second in 2019.[3] Additionally, he was a 10-time USAC Youth National Champion.[4]
Duffy won his first IFSC Climbing World Cup medal at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup by finishing third in lead in the Villars, Switzerland leg.[5]
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he advanced to the final round of the sport climbing competition and finished in seventh place.[6]
Duffy won his first IFSC gold medal at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup, finishing first in the competition bouldering event at the Innsbruck leg. Two days later, Duffy won his second gold by finishing first in the men's competition lead climbing event. He is the first male athlete to win both bouldering and lead climbing in the same IFSC World Cup event.[7]
Sport climbing
editIn 2019, aged 15, Duffy redpointed two 5.14c (8c+) graded sport climbing routes at the Red River Gorge, Pure Imagination and Southern Smoke, and onsighting the 5.14a (8b+) graded sport route Omaha Beach, in a single day; two days later he redpointed the 5.14a (8b+) route God's Own Stone.[8] In November 2021, he climbed his first 5.14d (9a) graded sport route, Life of Villains. Duffy has also solved a V14 (8B+) grade bouldering problem.[3]
Duffy is sponsored by Black Diamond, Evolv, and Friction Labs.[9]
IFSC World Cup Rankings
edit| Discipline | 2022 | 2024 |
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| Lead | 6 | 15 |
| Bouldering | 8 | 12 |
| Combined | 5 |
References
edit- ^ Peters, Caroline (May 20, 2021). "17-year-old Boulder native to compete in Tokyo Olympics for USA Climbing". KOAA. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ Miller, Delaney (June 23, 2021). "Olympic Wildcard Colin Duffy May Be the Youngest Climbing Competitor—and the Spoiler". Climbing. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ a b "Colin Duffy". Black Diamond Equipment. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ "Colin Duffy, Evolv Team Athlete". Evolv® USA. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ Burgman, John (July 3, 2021). "Sean Bailey Wins Gold, Colin Duffy and Natalia Grossman Get Bronze at World Cup—On a Roll". Climbing. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ Dart, Tom (August 5, 2021). "Climbing is a hit at the Tokyo Olympics – but does it reward the best athletes?". The Guardian. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ Walker, Noah (June 26, 2022). "Janja Garnbret Returns and Colin Duffy Makes IFSC History at Innsbruck World Cup". Gripped. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ "Colin Duffy, 15, Crushes at RRG with First 5.14c". Gripped. November 15, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ "Team USA, Colin Duffy – USA Climbing". Retrieved 2024-03-09.
External links
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- Colin Duffy at the International Federation of Sport Climbing
- Colin Duffy at theCrag
- Colin Duffy at Team USA (archive July 11, 2022)
- Colin Duffy at Olympedia (archive)
- Colin Duffy at Olympics.com
