Sohta Amagasa
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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 14, 2000 Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Nihon University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional sport climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Sohta Amagasa (天笠 颯太, Amagasa Sōta, born June 14, 2000) is a Japanese professional rock climber, specializing in competition climbing.
Climbing career
Before 2021, Amagasa competed on the international youth competition climbing circuit. In 2019, he won the IFSC Youth World Championships bouldering and combined junior titles, and placed second in lead.[1]
In 2021, Amagasa reached the bouldering final in his debut IFSC World Cup in Meiringen, placing sixth out of the 100 competitors at this event.[2]
At the 2024 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Innsbruck, he won his first gold medal in bouldering, followed by a bronze medal in bouldering at the Seoul World Cup later in October.[3][4]
In 2025, Amagasa won the silver medal at the Bouldering World Cup in Salt Lake City.[5]
Rankings
| Discipline[6] | 2021 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Bouldering | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| Discipline[7] | 2019 |
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| Lead (Juniors) | 2 |
| Bouldering (Juniors) | 1 |
| Combined | 1 |
| Discipline[8] | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Bouldering | 65 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 12 |
References
- ^ De Bruijn, Bonnie (2019-08-29). "Gripped Magazine". www.gripped.com. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "Janja Garnbret, Adam Ondra win Bouldering World Cup opener in Meiringen | PlanetMountain.com". PlanetMountain.com. April 19, 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "TEAM JAPAN SWEEP THE BOULDER PODIUM WITH AMAGASA, NARASAKI, AND ANRAKU". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "SANDERS CLAIMS FIRST WIN AND GOLDEN LEE PLEASES SEOUL CROWD". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "ANRAKU MAKES IT THREE IN A ROW IN SALT LAKE CITY". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "SOHTA AMAGASA". IFSC Results Service. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "SOHTA AMAGASA". IFSC Results Service. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "SOHTA AMAGASA". JMSCA. Retrieved 26 May 2025.