Alexey Rubtsov

Alexey Rubtsov (born 5 August 1988 in Moscow, Russia) is a professional rock climber. He has participated in the bouldering competitions and won the world climbing championships in bouldering in 2009. He won the 9th edition of the Melloblocco competition in 2012.

Alexey Rubtsov
Rubtsov in the World Cup bouldering competition in Vienna, Austria (2010)
Personal information
NationalityRussia
Born (1988-08-05) August 5, 1988
Moscow, Russia
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Climbing career
Type of climberBouldering
Updated on 9 April 2013.

He ranked third at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland.

Biography

In 2006 and 2007, Alexey Rubtsov started climbing in the Russian championships. In 2008, he entered two stages of the bouldering World Cup. In 2009, he participated in the bouldering World Championships again and won over Rustam Gelmanov and David Barrans.[1] Over the next two years, he participated in several stages of the bouldering World Cup, finishing third in Sheffield[2] and Munich in 2011.[3]

In May 2012, he participated in the 9th edition of Melloblocco, a block outside competition, which takes place in Val Masino in Italy. Against 2200 other participants, he tied for the win with Michele Caminati and Anthony Gullsten. Shauna Coxsey won the women's competition that year.[4]

Alexey Rubtsov opened and manages his own bouldering gym in the North of Moscow, called Tokio.[5]

gollark: You can just tack them on as an extra row.
gollark: Hah.
gollark: Split rows of digits into squares.
gollark: One satisfying 2D criterion:
gollark: All integers in base 0 start with 0.

References

  1. "General result male boulder: IFSC Climbing World Championship - Qinghai (CHN) 2009". www.ifsc-climbing.org. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  2. "General result M E N lead: IFSC Climbing Worldcup - Sheffield (GBR) 2011". www.ifsc-climbing.org. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  3. "General result M E N lead: IFSC Climbing Worldcup - Munich (GER) 2011". www.ifsc-climbing.org. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. "Melloblocco 2012 and the desire to be there". www.planetmountain.com. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. "Скалодром ТОКИО // Боулдеринг // Москва". Скалодром ТОКИО // Боулдеринг // Москва (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-04-11.


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