The 2003 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the 7th edition, were held in

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, France from 9 to 13 July 2003. It was organized by the

Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, commonly known by its French name Union internationale des associations d'alpinisme (UIAA; ), was founded in August 1932 in Chamonix, France when 20 mountaineering associations met for ...

(UIAA). The championships consisted of lead, speed, and bouldering events.

Medalists

Lead

Men

Tomáš Mrázek clinched gold medal after climbing 2 meters higher than the rest of the field. Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza won silver medal by edging out David Caude who took bronze.

Alexandre Chabot Alexandre Chabot (born December 27, 1981) is a French professional rock climber, specialising in lead climbing. He won three consecutive Lead Climbing World Cups and three consecutive Rock Masters. In France, he was awarded seven times the natio ...

placed 5th.

Women

Muriel Sarkany took the win by climbing 2 meter higher than her closest competition. Six climbers struggled on the same hold: touching, holding, or moving off it. In the end, Emilie Pouget claimed silver medal, ahead of her teammate Sandrine Levet who claimed bronze.

Bouldering

Bouldering scores were decided by number of tops, number of attempts to tops, number of zones, and number of attempts to zones in decreasing order of importance.

Men

Christian Core sent four boulder problems in the final round and won gold medal after edging out

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by one less attempt. Tomasz Oleksy placed 3rd.

Women

Sandrine Levet topped 5 boulder problems in the final round, securing a gold medal. Nataliya Perlova sent 3 problems and placed second, while Fanny Rogeaux sent 2 problems in two attempts claiming third place.

Speed

Men

Maksym Styenkovvy took the win. Tomasz Oleksy placed second and Alexander Peshekhonov placed third.

Women

Olena Ryepko took the win. Tatiana Ruyga placed second and Yurina Valentina third.

References

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