Reza Alipour

Reza Alipour
Alipour in 2018
Personal information
Native nameرضا علی‌پور شنازندی‌فرد
Full nameReza Alipour Shenazandifard
NicknamePersian Cheetah
Nationality Iran
Born (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 (age 30)
Qazvin, Iran
Years active2011–present
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportCompetition climbing
EventSpeed
Medal record
Men's competition climbing
Representing  Iran
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championship 1 1 1
World Games 1 0 0
World Cup 6 2 6
Asian Games 2 0 0
Asian Championships 1 2 1
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wroclaw Speed
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Innsbruck Speed
Silver medal – second place 2016 Paris Speed
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Gijón Speed
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Speed
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Speed
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tehran Speed
Silver medal – second place 2013 Tehran Speed
Silver medal – second place 2015 Ningbo Speed
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Tai'an Speed

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.[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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3] 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[4]

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.[5][6][7]

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.[8][9][10] 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.[11]

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.[12][13]

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

[14]

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

  1. ^ "More Records Broken in China!".
  2. ^ "Athlete of the Year 2017!". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  3. ^ "Reza Alipour Wins Iran's 10th Gold Medal". Tasnim News. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  4. ^ "Alipour tops IFSC World Ranking in 2018". Mehr news agency. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  5. ^ "Iranian climber books berth for Paris Olympics". Nournews. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Reza Alipour Books Berth in Climbing for Paris Olympics". Nournews. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Iranian climber books berth for Paris Olympics". Irna. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Reza Alipour qualifies for speed climbing final: 2024 Paris". Tehran Times. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Iran's Alipour into final at 2024 Paris Olympics". Tehran Times. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  10. ^ "ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD BREAKING IN LE BOURGET". Tehran Times. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Iranian Climber Alipour Comes Fourth in Olympics". Tasnim. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  12. ^ "سریعترین مرد عمودی آسیا و جهان: کاپ جام جهانی را می‌خواهم" (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  13. ^ "عملکرد علیپورها در جام جهانی سوئیس". Iran-e Varzeshi (in Persian). Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  14. ^ "IFSC Climbing".