Kiromal Katibin (born 21 August 2000) is an Indonesian

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who specializes in

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. He was the world record holder in speed climbing, with a time of 5.009 seconds recorded at

2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup The 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup is the 34th edition of the international sport climbing competition series organised by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), held in 12 locations. There are 21 events: six bouldering, seven Lead c ...

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, France in July 2022, until it was broken by his compatriot

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in April 2023. He finished second overall in the men's speed category during the

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series. Katibin also has four career

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medals, all in speed.

Early life

In 2007, Katibin saw sport climbing for the first time in a Batang city square during the Provincial Sports Week. Since 2009, Katibin has been training with his brother. He was motivated to pursue sport climbing because he enjoyed meeting many friends, but he started winning national-level championships. His first medal was in the

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competition at the 2011 National Championships. He also won the

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gold medal at the 2016 National Championships and the speed climbing gold medal at the 2017 National Championships.

Career

Katibin collected his first senior international medal, winning silver at the 2019 Asian Championships in

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, Indonesia. On 28 May 2021, Katibin set a record for the fastest-ever ascent in competition speed climbing with a record of 5.25 seconds in the qualifying round of a IFSC World Cup event in

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, United States. The record had been held by

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who climbed in 5.48 seconds in 2017. He finished the competition with a silver medal, losing the same day in the final race to his compatriot

, who set a new world record of 5.20 seconds. In July 2021, Katibin won a bronze at the Villars World Cup. He finished the 2021 World Cup series in second place overall. On 6 May 2022, Katibin regained the world record from Leonardo with a 5.17-second run in the qualifying round of the

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event in

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, South Korea. On 27 May, he lowered his own world record with 5.10 seconds in the qualifying round of the World Cup event in Salt Lake City. On 30 June, he broke the record for the fourth time in the IFSC World Cup Villars qualifiers with 5.097 seconds and improved his record again later that day with a 5.04-second run. On 8 July, Katibin set the world record for the seventh time in 14 months with a time of 5.009 seconds at the Chamonix World Cup qualifying round. In July 2022, Katibin won the silver medal at the

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, United States, losing to Leonardo in the final. In April 2023, Katibin lost the world record to Leonardo, who recorded runs of 4.984 and 4.9000 seconds at the

2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup The 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup is the 35th edition of the international competition climbing series organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), held in 12 locations. There are 18 events: six bouldering, six lead, and six ...

Achievements

World Games

''Men's speed''

Asian Games

''Men's speed relay''

Asian Championships

''Men's speed'' ''Men's speed relay''

Asian Youth Championships

''Speed juniors''

IFSC Climbing World Cup

''Men's speed''

World records

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Katibin, Kiromal 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Central Java 21st-century Indonesian sportsmen Indonesian rock climbers Indonesian competition climbers Speed climbers IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists World Games silver medalists World Games medalists for Indonesia World Games medalists in sport climbing Sport climbers at the 2018 Asian Games Sport climbers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in sport climbing Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 World Games