Chon Jong-won (born February 7, 1996) is a South Korean

competition climber Competition climbing is a form of regulated rock-climbing 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 ...

, who won the

IFSC Climbing World Cup The IFSC Climbing World Cup is a series of competition climbing events held during the year at various locations around the world, organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). At each event, the athletes compete in three d ...

in 2015 and 2017 in the

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

discipline and competed in the

2020 Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

Biography

In 2012 Chon participated in his first international youth competition climbing events. In 2013, he won second place in the Asian Youth Championships. Since 2014 he has climbed as an adult in the

in the

discipline. In his first season, he reached the finals twice and won fourth place both times. He finished the season at rank 9. Chon reached the finals of the IFSC World Cup four times in 2015 and finished 6th in Toronto, 2nd in Chongquing, 1st in Haiyang, and 3rd in Munich. These rankings were enough for him to win the season, ahead of

Jan Hojer Jan Hojer (born February 9, 1992) is a German professional Rock climbing, rock climber specializing in sport climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing. He is known for winning one IFSC Climbing World Cup, World Cup and two IFSC Climbing Eu ...

of Germany and

Adam Ondra Adam Ondra (; born February 5, 1993) is a Czech professional rock climber, specializing in lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing. In 2013, ''Rock & Ice'' described Ondra as a prodigy and the leading climber of his generation. Ondr ...

of the Czech Republic. In 2016, he came 3rd in the IFSC World Cup in Chongqing, 4th in Navi Mumbai, and 2nd in Munich. He came 1st in Innsbruck, reaching 4th place for the season. He also came first place in La Sportiva Legends Only, with impressive shows of finger strength. Chon competed in the sport climbing event in Tokyo 2020, placing 10th overall.Olympics
Olympic Athlete Profile: JONGWON CHON
as of 2023-05-05 In the past, Chon participated in competitions in the disciplines of

lead climbing Lead climbing (or leading) is a technique in rock climbing where the 'lead climber' Glossary of climbing terms#clip in, clips their rope to the climbing protection as they ascend a pitch (climbing), pitch of the climbing route, while their 'seco ...

and

speed climbing Speed climbing is a climbing discipline in which speed is the ultimate goal. Speed climbing is done on rocks, walls and poles and is only recommended for highly skilled and experienced climbers. Competition speed climbing, which takes place on a ...

, but since he began climbing in the World Cup, he has specialized in bouldering.

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Climbing World Championships

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Bouldering

References

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