Christian Core (born 5 October 1974) is an Italian professional

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who specialises in

bouldering Bouldering is a form of free climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses. While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers use climbing shoes to help sec ...

and competition bouldering. He is known for being the first-ever person in the world to climb an boulder, ', in 2008. As a competition climber, Core won the

Bouldering World Cup The IFSC Climbing World Cup is a series of climbing competitions held annually and organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The athletes compete in three disciplines: lead, bouldering and speed. The number of competit ...

twice in 1999 and 2002, and also won the Bouldering World Championship in 2003.

Climbing career

Competition climbing

In 1999 Core stopped competing in the Lead Climbing World Cup and started participating in the

, organized by

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in that year for the first time in history. He immediately won the Cup, and again in 2002. In 2003, he earned the title of World Champion in bouldering.

Bouldering

He has ascended several very hard boulders in Italy near

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Varazze Varazze (; lij, Väze) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region of Liguria, located about west of Genoa and about northeast of Savona in the Riviera di Ponente. Nearby in the Ligurian Apennines is the Mont ...

, and

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. In 2008, he climbed ', the first-ever boulder graded in history, and was for 8 years, the most difficult boulder in the world. In 2011,

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repeated the ascent and confirmed the grade, however, in 2015, Core announced that someone had chipped new holds into ''Gioia'', which he could only partially repair, and which slightly lowered the grade.

Personal life

In 2009, he married the climber Stella Marchisio.

Rankings

Climbing World Cup Climbing World Championships Climbing European Championships

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Bouldering

Rock climbing

Redpointed routes

Core redpointed and

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ed routes.

Boulder problems

Core redpointed and flashed boulder problems. 8C+/V16: :* ' –

( ITA) – 2008 – First ascent.

repeated it on 6 December 2011 and confirmed the 8C+ grade. Third ascent by Nalle Hukkataival 8C/V15: :* ''Kimera'' – Rifugio Barbara (

, ITA) – 2006 – First ascent 8B+/V14: :* ''Toky'' – Val Ellero ( ITA) – 2009 – First ascent :* ''New Base Line'' – Magic Wood ( CHE) – 2006 :* ''Beautiful mind'' – Albarracin ( ESP) – 2006 – First ascent :* ''Ajna'' –

( ITA) – 2004 – First ascent :* ''Toguro'' – Varazze (ITA) – 2003 – First ascent :* ''

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'' –

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( CHE) – 2003 – Fifth ascent (first ascent by

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) :* ''Taklimakam plus'' –

( ITA) – 2002 – First ascent :* ''Shadowfax'' –

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( CHE) – 2002 – Third ascent (first ascent by Dave Graham)

Film

* ''i Core, my climbing family'' – 2012 – Regia di Angelo Poli – 45'

References

Bibliografia

External links

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Climbing career

Competition climbing

Bouldering

Personal life

Rankings

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Rock climbing

Redpointed routes

Boulder problems

Film

See also

References

Bibliografia

External links