Kilian Fischhuber

Kilian Fischhuber
Personal information
NationalityAustrian
Born (1983-08-01) 1 August 1983 (age 41)
Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria
OccupationProfessional rock climber
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Websitekilian-fischhuber.at
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Known forWinning the World Cup 5 times
Medal record
Men's sport climbing
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Munich Bouldering
Silver medal – second place 2012 Paris Bouldering
World Cup
Second place 2004 Bouldering
Winner 2004 Combined
Winner 2005 Bouldering
Second place 2005 Combined
Second place 2006 Bouldering
Third place 2006 Combined
Winner 2007 Bouldering
Third place 2007 Combined
Winner 2008 Bouldering
Winner 2009 Bouldering
Second place 2010 Bouldering
Winner 2011 Bouldering
Second place 2012 Bouldering
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Bouldering
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Bouldering
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bouldering
Updated on October 31, 2017

Kilian Fischhuber (born 1 August 1983) is a professional Austrian rock climber who specializes in bouldering, sport climbing and competition climbing, where competes in bouldering and lead climbing. From 2005 to 2011, he won five Bouldering World Cups. No other male climber was ever able to win it more than three times, or win it three times in a row. Due to his outstanding career, he was awarded the La Sportiva Competition Award in 2009, together with Chris Sharma.[1]

Climbing career

Competition climbing

Fischhuber discovered indoor sport climbing in 1995.

From 1997 to 1999 he participated in Lead climbing international youth competitions.

In 1999, when he was 16 years old, he entered the Austrian bouldering team and started competing in the Bouldering World Cup, winning his first bronze medal in 2003 and his first gold in 2004.

He won the Bouldering World Cup five times, in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011. No other climber was ever able to win it more than three times, and no other climber was able to win it three times in a row (Jérôme Meyer won it in 2001, 2003, 2006).

At the end of 2014 he announced his retirement from competitions.[2]

Rock climbing

Fischhuber has redpointed outdoor sport climbing routes up to grade 9a (5.14d), including making the ninth redpoint of Action Directe.

Rankings

See also: Best IFSC results

Climbing World Cup

[3] 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Lead 37 27 27 20 22 23 17
Bouldering 49 18 11 8 8 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 5 5
Combined 3 3 5 1 2 3 3 - - - - - - -

Climbing World Championships

[4] 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2012 2014
Lead 26 50
Bouldering 10 5 2 11 5 4 2 11

Climbing European Championships

[4] 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2013
Lead 19 - - - - -
Bouldering - 13 23 2 3 1

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Bouldering

Season[4] Gold Silver Bronze Total
2003 1 1
2004 2 1 3
2005 1 2 3
2006 2 2 2 6
2007 2 2 1 5
2008 2 4 6
2009 2 2 4
2010 2 3 5
2011 4 1 5
2012 2 1 1 4
2013 2 1 3
2014 1 1 2
Total 21 11 15 47
Kilian a Vienna nella seconda prova della Coppa del mondo boulder 2010

Rock climbing

Boulder problems

Fischhuber climbed boulder problems graded up to 8C (V15).[5][6]

Single-pitch routes

9a (5.14d):

8c+ (5.14c):

Multi-pitch routes

See also

References

  1. ^ rockmaster.com (ed.). "Chris Sharma e Kilian Fischhuber le leggende di Arco Rock Legends 2009". Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  2. ^ up-climbing.com, ed. (December 18, 2014). "Kilian Fischhuber, addio alle competizioni". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  3. ^ IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "Fischhuber's profile and rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  5. ^ Björn Pohl (February 11, 2015). ukclimbing.com (ed.). "From dirt grows the flowers, ~8C, by Kilian Fischhuber". Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  6. ^ Björn Pohl (February 13, 2015). ukclimbing.com (ed.). "Insanity of grandeur, ~8C, by Kilian Fischhuber". Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  7. ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (October 3, 2006). "Kilian Fischhuber sale Action Direct". Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  8. ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (September 2, 2008). "New routes in Austria's Zillertal by Fischhuber and Verhoeven". Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  9. ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (November 24, 2009). "Kilian Fischhuber ripete Des Kaisers neue Kleider 8b+". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2015.