Reza Alipour

Reza Alipour Shenazandifard (Persian: رضا علیپور شنازندی فرد‎, born 29 َApril 1994) is an Iranian speed climber from Qazvin. He is titled the Asiatic cheetah (Genius)[1] and the "Vertical World's Fastest Man."

Reza Alipour
Alipour in May 2017
Personal information
Native nameرضا علیپور شنازندی فرد
Full nameReza Alipour Shenazandifard
Nickname(s)Asiatic cheetah
The world's fastest vertical man
NationalityIranian
Born (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994
Qazvin, Iran
OccupationFirefighter
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
CountryIran
SportSport Climbing
Event(s)Speed
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championship 1 1 1
World Games 1 – –
World Cup 6 2 6
Asian Games 1 – –
Asian Championships 1 2 –
World Games
2017 WroclawSpeed
World Championships
2018 InnsbruckSpeed
2016 ParisSpeed
2014 GijónSpeed
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–PalembangSpeed
Asian Championships
2017 TehranSpeed
2013 TehranSpeed
2015 NingboSpeed

In 2013 at the World Cup in Haiyang, China, he broke the world record and registered 06.24 seconds to win the first gold medal in speed climbing in Iranian history.

Then in 2014 in Spain, he registered 05.97 seconds and broke his own Iranian record in speed climbing. The International Federation of Sport Climbing IFSC entitled him an Asiatic cheetah. Upon setting the new world record of 5.48 seconds at the IFSC World Cup Nanjing, he was named the Usain Bolt of speed climbing.[2]

On April 30, 2017, in Nanjing, China, Alipour set a new world record; scaling a 15-meter wall in 5.48 seconds, snatching the gold medal, and shattering the previous record of 5.60 seconds held by Ukraine's Danyil Boldyrev.[3]

He has been 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.[4]

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.[5]Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour seats 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[6]

World Cup podiums

[7]

Season Location Discipline Place
2013Haiyang, ChinaSpeed1st
Wujiang, ChinaSpeed2nd
2014Chamonix, FranceSpeed3rd
2015Haiyang, ChinaSpeed3rd
Wujiang, ChinaSpeed1st
2016Nanjing, ChinaSpeed1st
Chamonix, FranceSpeed3rd
2017Nanjing, ChinaSpeed1st
Villars, SwitzerlandSpeed1st
Arco, ItalySpeed2nd
2018Moscow, RussiaSpeed1st
Arco, ItalySpeed3rd
Wujiang, ChinaSpeed3rd
Xiamen, ChinaSpeed3rd
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References
  1. CBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC). "Wall climbing is an Olympic sport and 'Asian Cheetah' is the fastest at it". Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  2. "Iranian wall climber fastest in world: CBC News". Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  3. "More Records Broken in China!".
  4. "Athlete of the Year 2017!". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  5. "Reza Alipour Wins Iran's 10th Gold Medal". Tasnim News. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  6. "Alipour tops IFSC World Ranking in 2018". Mehr news agency. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  7. http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php?option=com_ifsc&view=athlete&id=10635&cat=23


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