Veddriq Leonardo

Veddriq Leonardo (born 11 March 1997) is an Indonesian speed climber. He currently holds the world record for the discipline at 4.902 seconds, accomplished in the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul.[1] He previously held the speed climbing world record around 2021 for about a year,[2] which he set en route to winning the men's speed climbing event at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City.

Veddriq Leonardo
Personal information
Born (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997
Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Climbing career
Type of climberSpeed climbing
Medal record
Men's sport climbing
Representing  Indonesia
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Speed
World Cup (Season)
Gold medal – first place2021Speed
Gold medal – first place2022Speed
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta–PalembangSpeed relay
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 BogorSpeed
Silver medal – second place2019 BogorSpeed relay
Silver medal – second place2022 SeoulSpeed

He was first introduced to sport climbing in his first year of high school. In 2014, he participated in his first national championship in Tanjung Balai Karimun, Riau Islands where he was in top eight. In 2016, he won his first medal (bronze) in junior national championship in Bangka Belitung. His first international event was 2018 Moscow World Cup where he placed third.[3]

Achievements

World Games

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time Result Ref
2022 Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 7.230–fall 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [4]

Asian Games

Men's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time Result Ref
2018 Jakabaring Sport City,
Palembang, Indonesia		 Indonesia Muhammad Hinayah
Indonesia Rindi Sufriyanto
Indonesia Abudzar Yulianto		 Indonesia Muhammad Fajri Alfian
Indonesia Aspar Jaelolo
Indonesia Sabri
Indonesia Septo Wibowo Siburian		 18.686–fall 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [5]

Asian Championships

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time Result Ref
2019 Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 5.460–5.547 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [6]
2022 Seoul, South Korea South Korea Lee Seung-beom 6.04–5.91 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [7]

Men's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time Result Ref
2019 Pakansari Stadium,
Bogor, Indonesia		 Indonesia Kiromal Katibin
Indonesia Zaenal Aripin		 Indonesia Sabri
Indonesia Rahmad Adi Mulyono
Indonesia Fatchur Roji		 fall–23.492 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver

[8]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time Result Ref
2018 Moscow, Russia Indonesia Muhammad Hinayah wc–fs 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze [9]
2021 Salt Lake City, United States Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 5.208–fall 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [10]
2021 Villars, Switzerland Russia Dmitri Timofeev 5.329–7.35 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [11]
2022 Seoul, South Korea Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 6.965–fall 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [12]
2022 Salt Lake City (I), United States Italy Ludovico Fossali 5.595–fall 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze [13]
2022 Salt Lake City (II), United States Austria Tobias Plangger 6.330–fall 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [14]
2023 Seoul, South Korea China Long Jinbao 5.01–5.12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold

World records
See also: Speed climbing § World and Olympic records
Men's World Record History
Date Time (s) Location Competition
April 28, 2023 4.90 [15] Seoul, South Korea World Cup
April 28, 2023 4.984 [16] Seoul, South Korea World Cup
May 28, 2021 5.20[17] Salt Lake City, United States World Cup

Rankings

Climbing World Cup
Discipline 2021 2022
Speed 1 1

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed
Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
201811
202122
2022213
202311
Total527

References
  1. "Speed Records". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  2. "Get to know Indonesia's rock star climbers Veddriq Leonardo and Kiromal Katibin". Olympics.com.
  3. FPTI (2018-07-29). "Tekad Bulat Veddriq Leonardo". FPTI - Federasi Panjat Tebing Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  4. "Veddriq Leonardo Sumbang Emas Kedua Indonesia di The World Games 2022". Sindonews (in Indonesian). 15 July 2022.
  5. "Ini Komentar Veddriq Usai Tim Speed Relay Meraih Medali Emas Panjat Tebing". Pontianak Tribunnews (in Indonesian). 21 July 2022.
  6. "Indonesia Rebut 5 Medali Pada Kejuaraan Panjat Tebing Asia 2019". Bola (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  7. "Kejuaraan Asia Panjat Tebing 2022, Veddriq Leonardo Raih Perak, Aspar Jaelolo Perunggu". Tempo (in Indonesian). 15 October 2022.
  8. "Indonesia Sapu Bersih Speed Relay di Asian Championship 2019". fpti (in Indonesian). 21 July 2022.
  9. "Indonesia Rebut Perunggu di Rusia". Federasi Panjat Tebing Indonesia (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  10. "Dua Atlet Indonesia Pecahkan Rekor Dunia Panjat Tebing". Warta Magelang (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  11. "Atlet Panjat Tebing Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo Kembali Raih Medali Emas". Kumparan (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  12. "Indonesia Sapu Bersih Podium Nomor Speed Putra di Piala Dunia Panjat Tebing". Tempo (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  13. "Bangga! Indonesia Dominasi Podium Piala Dunia Panjat Tebing 2022". celebrities.id (in Indonesian). 28 June 2022.
  14. "Bikin Bangga Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo Juara Dunia Panjat Tebing Seri Speed Climbing IFSC 2022". Kompas TV (in Indonesian). 2 July 2022.
  15. "IFSC Speed Climbing World Records".
  16. International Federation of Sport Climbing [@ifsclimbing] (April 28, 2023). "A sub-5 at the IFSC World Cup in Seoul for Leonardo Veddriq" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. "Speed Records".
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