Seo Chae-hyun (

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: , born 1 November 2003), also known as Chaehyun Seo, is a

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professional rock climber who specializes in

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. She won the overall 2019 World Cup title in

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in her senior debut season.

Early life

Seo was born into a family of climbers. She started climbing in 2008. Her father owns a climbing gym in Seoul.

Climbing career

Rock climbing

In 2018, at age fourteen, Seo redpointed a

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route called ''Bad Girls Club'' at the Wicked Cave at Rifle, Colorado. On November 22, 2022, Seo redpointed the famous Spanish sport climb, '' La Rambla'', becoming the second woman to redpoint the route.

Competition climbing

In 2019, she made her

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debut and won the Lead World Cup season title ahead of Slovenian

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and Japanese

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by winning 4 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medals in six out of six lead events. Then she participated in the

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and placed first in both lead and bouldering disciplines. In 2019, she qualified for the first appearance of

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. She was due to compete at the IFSC Asian Continental Championships which was cancelled. Her placing at the IFSC Combined World Championships led to her being given the place alongside teammate

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Rankings

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World Cup podiums

Lead

Television

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seo, Chae-hyun South Korean female climbers 2003 births Living people South Korean rock climbers Sport climbers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic sport climbers for South Korea IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists Sport climbers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in sport climbing Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games South Korean competition climbers