Veddriq Leonardo

Veddriq Leonardo (born 11 March 1997) is an Indonesian speed climber. For about a year he held the world record in his discipline,[1] which he set en route to winning the men's speed climbing event at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City.

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

He was first introduced to sport 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 top eight. In 2016, he won his first medal (bronze) in junior national championship in Bangka Belitung. His first international event was 2018 Moscow World Cup where he placed third.[2]

Achievements

World Games

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time Result Ref
2022 Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States Kiromal Katibin 7.230–fall Gold [3]

Asian Games

Men's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time 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 [4]

Asian Championships

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time Result Ref
2019 Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 5.460–5.547 Gold [5]
2022 Seoul, South Korea Lee Seung-beom 6.04–5.91 Silver

Men's speed relay

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

[6]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time Result Ref
2018 Moscow, Russia Muhammad Hinayah wc–fs Bronze [7]
2021 Salt Lake City, United States Kiromal Katibin 5.208–fall Gold [8]
2021 Villars, Switzerland Dmitri Timofeev 5.329–7.35 Gold [9]
2022 Seoul, South Korea Kiromal Katibin 6.965–fall Gold [10]
2022 Salt Lake City (I), United States Ludovico Fossali 5.595–fall Bronze [11]
2022 Salt Lake City (II), United States Tobias Plangger 6.330–fall Gold [12]

World records
See also: Speed climbing § World and Olympic records
Men's World Record History
Date Time (s) Location Competition
May 28, 2021 5.20[13] Salt Lake City, United States World Cup

Rankings

Climbing World Cup
Discipline 2021 2022
Speed 1 1

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed
Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
201811
202122
2022213
Total426

References
  1. "Get to know Indonesia's rock star climbers Veddriq Leonardo and Kiromal Katibin". Olympics.com.
  2. FPTI (2018-07-29). "Tekad Bulat Veddriq Leonardo". FPTI - Federasi Panjat Tebing Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  3. "Veddriq Leonardo Sumbang Emas Kedua Indonesia di The World Games 2022". Sindonews (in Indonesian). 15 July 2022.
  4. "Ini Komentar Veddriq Usai Tim Speed Relay Meraih Medali Emas Panjat Tebing". Pontianak Tribunnews (in Indonesian). 21 July 2022.
  5. "Indonesia Rebut 5 Medali Pada Kejuaraan Panjat Tebing Asia 2019". Bola (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  6. "Indonesia Sapu Bersih Speed Relay di Asian Championship 2019". fpti (in Indonesian). 21 July 2022.
  7. "Indonesia Rebut Perunggu di Rusia". Federasi Panjat Tebing Indonesia (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  8. "Dua Atlet Indonesia Pecahkan Rekor Dunia Panjat Tebing". Warta Magelang (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  9. "Atlet Panjat Tebing Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo Kembali Raih Medali Emas". Kumparan (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  10. "Indonesia Sapu Bersih Podium Nomor Speed Putra di Piala Dunia Panjat Tebing". Tempo (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  11. "Bangga! Indonesia Dominasi Podium Piala Dunia Panjat Tebing 2022". celebrities.id (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  12. "Bikin Bangga Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo Juara Dunia Panjat Tebing Seri Speed Climbing IFSC 2022". Kompas TV (in Indonesian). 2 July 2022.
  13. "Speed Records".
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