Throughout the 2023 season the IFSC will bring some interesting facts and figures ahead of our events, in association with statistician Paul Higham. The next set of stats is for the upcoming World Cup event in Seoul, South Korea, from 28 to 30 April 2023 at the Jungnang Sport Climbing Stadium at Yongma Waterfall Park.
HIGHLIGHTS
IFSC World Cup Seoul 2023 will the 384th Senior World Cup event and the sixth World Cup competition in South Korea. The World Cup was first hosted in Chuncheon in 2010, then three consecutive editions in Mokpo between 2012 and 2014, and in Seoul last year.
The IFSC World Cup Seoul 2023 will be the 144th Boulder competition, and the 129th Speed competition.
NUMBERS
A total of 287 athletes are registered for the event:
There will be three men competing in both Boulder and Speed: Chan Cheung-chi Shoji of Hong Kong, China; Ardch Intrachupongse of Thailand; and Lin Chia Hsiang of Chinese Taipei. One woman will compete in both Boulder and Speed: South Korea’s Yun Dasom (KOR).
ATHLETES’ STATS
Boulder competitors:
DEBUTS
The following climbers will make their career debut on the IFSC World Cup circuit:
Women’s Boulder:
Men’s Boulder:
Women’s Speed:
Men’s Speed:
IFSC WORLD CUP PODIUMS IN SEOUL
Women’s Boulder podium:
IFSC World Cup Seoul 2022:
G – Natalia Grossman (USA), S – Oriane Bertone (FRA), B – Brooke Raboutou (USA)
Men’s Boulder podium:
IFSC World Cup Seoul 2022:
G – Kokoro Fujii (JPN), S – Tomoa Narasaki, (JPN) B – Yoshiyuki Ogata (JPN)
Women’s Speed podium:
IFSC World Cup Seoul 2022:
G – Aleksandra Miroslaw (POL), S – Emma Hunt (USA), B – Aleksandra Kalucka (POL)
Men’s Speed podium:
IFSC World Cup Seoul 2022:
G – Veddriq Leonardo (INA), S – Kiromal Katibin (INA), B – Mulyono Rahmad Adi (INA)
Sport Climbing stat master Paul Higham will be highlighting his top facts and figures throughout the 2023 season for the IFSC. Brit Higham, based in Chamonix, France, is a climbing superfan with a special talent for picking some stand-out stats for the IFSC event calendar.
Seo Chaehyun of South Korea competes at the IFS World Cup Seoul 2022
Photo: Dimitris Tosidis/IFSC
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