Sorato Anraku (安楽宙斗, ''Anraku Sorato'', born November 14, 2006) is a Japanese

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 specializes in

competition lead climbing 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 ...

and

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 ...

. In 2023, Anraku became the first climber to win both the Lead Overall World Cup and Boulder Overall World Cup, doing so in his debut senior season. He also won the gold medal in the combined boulder and lead event at the 2022 Asian Games, held in October 2023. He won the silver medal in the combined boulder and lead event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Climbing career

Before 2023, Anraku competed in youth international competition climbing. In 2023, Anraku made his senior international competition climbing debut, opening the year with a fifth-place finish in bouldering at 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 Hachioji. He went on to win his first World Cup medal by placing second in the bouldering discipline at the

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World Cup in May. This was followed by his first World Cup gold medal at the

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World Cup in June, where he was also given the overall title for the 2023 Bouldering World Cup season. He went on to claim his first World Cup medal in lead climbing with a bronze in

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in July, followed by his first gold medal in lead at the

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World Cup later in July. At the

2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships The 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships, the 18th edition, was held in Bern, Switzerland from 1 to 12 August 2023. The competition climbing championships consisted of lead, speed, bouldering, and boulder & lead combined events, along with the ...

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in August, he won a silver medal in lead behind

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. He followed this up with two more first-place finishes at the

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and Wujiang World Cups, both in September, following which he was also given the overall title for the 2023 Lead World Cup season. In October, shortly after his performance in Wujiang, he also won gold in the men's combined sport climbing event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in his Asian Games debut. He participated in the 2023 Asian Sport Climbing Olympic Qualifier, held in

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in November, where he placed first in the men's boulder and lead competition. This qualified him for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he won silver behind Toby Roberts.

Rankings

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

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World Youth Championships

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Number of medals at the IFSC Climbing World Cup

Bouldering

Lead

References

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