Reza Alipour Shenazandifard (, born 29 April 1994) is an

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competition speed climber from

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Career

In 2014, in Spain, he registered 5.97 seconds and broke his own Iranian record in speed climbing. The

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(IFSC) titled him an Asiatic cheetah. On April 30, 2017, in Nanjing, China, as part of the 2017 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Alipour set a new world record; scaling a 15-meter wall in 5.48 seconds, snatching the gold medal, and beating the previous record of 5.60 seconds held by Ukraine's Danyil Boldyrev. He was 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. He also finished in first place at the 18th

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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. Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour seat 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 On the third day of the 2024 Olympic qualifiers held in Budapest, Alipour qualified for the

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by scoring 61 points in the two qualifiers of China and Hungary. Alipour advanced to the knockout stage with a run time of 5.06 seconds as the fastest elimination heat loser of the men's speed climbing in the 2024 Olympic Games. Alipour finished in the fourth place after he lost to American Samuel Watson in the bronze medal match. Watson won bronze with a world record time of 4.74 seconds.

Personal life

Reza Alipour was born on 29 April 1994 in the city of

. His cousin, Mehdi, also competes as a speed climber.

Major results

Olympic Games

World championships

World Cup

Asian championships

World Cup podiums

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alipour, Reza 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Qazvin Iranian rock climbers Speed climbers World Games gold medalists World Games medalists in sport climbing Sport climbers at the 2018 Asian Games Sport climbers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in sport climbing Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists 21st-century Iranian sportsmen Iranian competition climbers World Games medalists for Iran Medalists at the 2017 World Games Sport climbers at the 2024 Summer Olympics