Artimes Farshad Yeganeh (, born 27 May 1981 in

Tehran, Iran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

) is an Iranian

rock climber Rock climbing is a climbing sports discipline that involves ascending routes consisting of natural rock in an outdoor environment, or on artificial resin climbing walls in a mostly indoor environment. Routes are documented in guidebooks, and ...

who has specialized in both

competition climbing Competition climbing is a form of regulated rock climbing, rock-climbing competition held indoor climbing, indoors on purpose-built artificial climbing walls (earlier versions were held on external natural rock surfaces). The three competition ...

(lead and bouldering), and outdoor

sport climbing Sport climbing (or bolted climbing) is a type of free climbing in the sport of rock climbing where the Lead climbing, lead climber clips their climbing rope, rope — via a quickdraw — into pre-drilled in-situ bolt (climbing), bolts for their ...

and

bouldering Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or Climbing wall, artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or Climbing harness, harnesses. While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers ...

. He has been climbing for 30 years as a professional climber, a member of the Iranian National climbing team for many years, as a route setter in many national, continental, and world cups and championships, and Head Coach of the Iranian National climbing team for 6 years. He also participates in

and

competitions and is one of the most famous Iranian climbers.

Biography

Artimes was elected as one of the five members among competition climbing experts over Tehran province to make Tehran climbing league's statute. Then, he participated as a first Iranian Alpine Club's representative in bouldering world cup of 2009 in France. As he truly is well known for lead climbing, he also solo climbed two routes. Currently, Artimes and Amin Abbasi are the only

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

ian Continental

route setter A route setter is a person who designs artificial rock climbing wall routes, or problems. Also known as "setters", these professionals combine technical craft with an artistic representation of real rock climbing moves. They do this with modula ...

s. He became IFSC JUNIOR Route setter in 2019 and Asian Chief Route Setter. He also became International Route Setter in 2020.He is only Iranian International Route Setter.

Positions

Here are some positions he has held: * 2007Tehran Mountaineering and Sport climbingEducational Consultant * 2008Tehran Mountaineering and Sport climbingEducational Consultant * 2009Tehran League founding member * 2009Tehran Mountaineering and Sport climbingEducational Consultant * 2010Tehran Mountaineering and Sport climbingEducational Consultant * 2011Tehran Mountaineering and Sport climbingEducational Consultant * 2013Tehran Rebolting Committee * 2014Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationSport Climbing CommitteeRoute Setting Director * 2014Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationSport Climbing CommitteeRoute Setting Director * 2015Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationSport Climbing CommitteeRoute Setting Director * 2015Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationNational Team CommitteeHead Coach of Youth Team * 2016Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationNational Team CommitteeHead Coach of Youth Team * 2016Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationSport Climbing CommitteeRoute Setting Director * 2017 — Member of Sport Department ACC of IFSC – Asian Continental Council * 2017Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationSport Climbing CommitteeRoute Setting Director * 2017Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationNational Team CommitteeHead Coach of Youth Team * 2018 – Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation–Sport Climbing Committee–Route Setting Director * 2018Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationHead Coach of Combined Team * 2019 – Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation–Sport Climbing Committee–Route Setting Director * 2019Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationHead Coach of Combined Team * 2020 – Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation–Sport Climbing Committee–Route Setting Director * 2020 — IFSC International Route Setter – International Sport Climbing Route Setter * 2021 — Member of Route Setting Commission of IFSC – International Sport Climbing Federation 2021 * 2021 — Member of Route Setting Commission of ACC of IFSC – Asian Continental Council * 2021 — Chair of Coaching Commission Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation * 2023 - Head of Sport Climbing Department Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation

Coaching

Coaching certificates

* IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationSport Climbing Coach Grade 1 * IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationSport Climbing Coach Grade 2 * IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationSport Climbing Coach Grade 3 * Rock Climbing Federation of GermanySport Climbing Coach Level 1, Level 2 and Level C1

Coaching experience

Route setting Certificate and Experiences

Route Setting certificates

* IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationSport Climbing Route Setter Level 1 * IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationSport Climbing Route Setter Level 2 * IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationNational Sport Climbing Route Setter * ACC of IFSCContinental Sport Climbing Route Setter * Member of Sport Department ACC of IFSC Asian Continental Council 2017 * IFSC Junior International Sport Climbing Route Setter * IFSC International Route Setter International Sport Climbing Route Setter * Member of Route Setting Commission of IFSC International Sport Climbing Federation 2021 * Member of Route Setting Commission of ACC of IFSC Asian Continental Council 2021 * IFSC International Chief Route Setter International Sport Climbing Route Setter 2023

Route setting experiences

* 2005 - Chief Route Setter National Championships *2006Chief Route SetterUniversity Student National Championship *2007Chief Route SetterJunior and Youth National Championship * 2007Chief Route SetterUniversity Student National Championship *2009Chief Route SetterNational Championship * 2011Route SetterIFSC Master Cup International Cup * 2013Route Setter IFSC Asian Championships Tehran, Iran * 2015Route Setter IFSC Asian Youth Championship Malaysia * 2016Route Setter IFSC Asian Youth Championship Tehran, Iran * 2016Route SetterIFSC World Cup Munich, Germany * 2017Route Setter IFSC Asian Championship Tehran, Iran * 2017Route SetterIFSC Youth World Championship Innsbruck, Austria * 2017Route Setter IFSC Asian Cup Wanxianchan, China * 2018Route SetterIFSC FISU World University Championships Slovakia * 2018Route Setter18th Asian Games Palembang, Indonesia * 2018Chief Route Setter IFSC Asian Championship Totori, Japan * 2019Route SetterIFSC World Cup bouldering Munich, Germany * 2019Route SetterIFSC China open Guanzhuo, China * 2019Route Setter IFSC Asian Youth Championship Combined Chongqing, China * 2019Chief Route Setter IFSC Asian Youth Championship Bengaloru, India * 2020 Route Setter IFSC European Championships Moscow, Russia * 2021 Route Setter IFSC Youth World Championships Voronezh, Russia * 2022 Route Setter IFSC World Cup Innsbruck, Austria * 2022 Route Setter IFSC European Championships Munich, Germany * 2022 Chief Route Setter IMSCF National Championships Tehran, Iran * 2022 Chief Route Setter IFSC Asian Championships Seoul, Korea * 2022 – Chief Route Setter – IMSCF Training Camp Tehran, Iran * 2022Chief Route Setter IFSC Asian K Championships Jamshedpur, India * 2023Chief Route SetterChinese Team Training Camp Beijing, China * 2023Chief Route Setter Asian Games Test Event Hangzhou, China * 2023 Chief Route Setter IMSCF National Championships Tehran, Iran * 2023 Chief Route Setter IFSC Youth World Championships Seoul, Korea * 2023 Chief Route Setter IMSCF Training Camp Tehran, Iran * 2023Chief Route Setter 19th Asian Games Hangzhou, China * 2024- Head Route Setter West Asia Cup Riakh, Saudi Arabia * 2024- Route Setter IFSC World Cup Briancon, France * 2024- Head Route Setter IFSC Youth World Championshops Guiyang, China

Judging

Judging certificates

* IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationSport Climbing National Judge

Iran National Team memberships

* Junior National Team ** 1999 * National Team ** 2003 ** 2004China, Asian Championship ** 2005Kerman (IRI), UIAA Asian Championship ** 2006Kaoshiung (TPE), UIAA Asian Championships ** 2007Qinghai (CHN), IFSC Climbing Worldcup (L+S) ** 2009France, Bouldering Worldcup

Ranks and medals

IFSC Climbing Worldcup

UIAA Asian Championships

Fajr championships

National championships

Tehran Province championships

Tehran Province League

Groups Cup

Solo

* Mashalah, 7c, 20 meters, Overhanging & Roof, Kermanshah, Iran, 2006, first ascent * Gordefa, 7a+, 25 meters, Polokhab, Iran, 2006, first ascent

Climbing

Here are some of his Tops & First Ascent climbs:

Roc Trips

* Petzl 2008 * Petzl 2009 * Petzl 2014

Filmography

* ''Mashalla''

Route

Here are some of the routes he bolted:

References

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