Veddriq Leonardo

Veddriq Leonardo
Leonardo in 2024
Personal information
Born (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997
Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
EducationTanjungpura University
Climbing career
Type of climberCompetition speed climbing
Medal record
Men's competition climbing
Representing  Indonesia
Olympic Games
2024 Paris Speed
World Games
2022 Birmingham Speed
World Cup (Season)
2021 Speed
2022 Speed
2023 Speed
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Speed relay
2022 Hangzhou Speed relay
2022 Hangzhou Speed
Asian Championships
2019 Bogor Speed
2019 Bogor Speed relay
2022 Seoul Speed

Veddriq Leonardo (born 11 March 1997) is an Indonesian competition speed climber. He has held the world record for the discipline for about a year twice, first after setting it[1] en route to winning the men's speed climbing event at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City, and again at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul.[2] He is the current Olympic champion, having won speed climbing in 2024, thus becoming the first Indonesian non-badminton Olympic gold medalist.[3][4]

He was first introduced to competition speed climbing in his first year of high school. In 2014, he participated in his first national championship in Tanjung Balai Karimun, where he was finished the top eight. In 2016, he won his first medal (bronze) in the junior national championship in Bangka Belitung. His first international event was 2018 Moscow World Cup where he placed third.[5]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2024 Le Bourget, Paris, France Wu Peng 4.75–4.77 Gold [6][7]

World Games

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2022 Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States Kiromal Katibin 7.230–fall Gold [8]

Asian Games

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China Wu Peng 4.955–5.119 Bronze [9]

Men's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2018 Jakabaring Sport City,
Palembang, Indonesia 		Muhammad Hinayah
Rindi Sufriyanto
Abudzar Yulianto 		Muhammad Fajri Alfian
Aspar Jaelolo
Sabri
Septo Wibowo Siburian 		18.686–fall Gold [10]
2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre,
Shaoxing, China 		Kiromal Katibin
Rahmad Adi Mulyono
Aspar Jaelolo 		Wang Xinshang
Wu Peng
Zhang Liang
Long Jinbao 		FS–W Silver [11]

Asian Championships

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2019 Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 5.460–5.547 Gold [12]
2022 Seoul, South Korea Lee Seung-beom 6.04–5.91 Silver [13]

Men's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2019 Pakansari Stadium,
Bogor, Indonesia 		Kiromal Katibin
Zaenal Aripin 		Sabri
Rahmad Adi Mulyono
Fatchur Roji 		fall–23.492 Silver

[14]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2018 Moscow, Russia Muhammad Hinayah wc–fs Bronze [15]
2021 Salt Lake City, United States Kiromal Katibin 5.208–fall Gold [16]
2021 Villars, Switzerland Dmitri Timofeev 5.329–7.35 Gold [17]
2022 Seoul, South Korea Kiromal Katibin 6.965–fall Gold [18]
2022 Salt Lake City (I), United States Ludovico Fossali 5.595–fall Bronze [19]
2022 Salt Lake City (II), United States Tobias Plangger 6.330–fall Gold [20]
2023 Seoul, South Korea Long Jinbao 5.01–5.12 Gold [21]
2023 Salt Lake City, United States Wu Peng 4.95–6.99 Gold [22]

Other international competitions

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2019 The Belt and Road International, Qinghai, China Ou Zhiyong 5.60–? Gold [23]
2023 Neom Beach Games, Neom, Saudi Arabia Yaroslav Tkach 5.077–5.347 Gold [24][25]
2024 IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain Rahmad Adi Mulyono 5.06–5.14 Gold [26]

World records

See also: Speed climbing § World and Olympic records
Men's World Record History
Date Time (s) Location Competition
April 28, 2023 4.90 [27] Seoul, South Korea World Cup
April 28, 2023 4.984 [28] Seoul, South Korea World Cup
May 28, 2021 5.20[29] Salt Lake City, United States World Cup

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline 2021 2022 2023
Speed 1 1 1

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
2018 1 1
2021 2 2
2022 2 1 3
2023 2 2
Total 6 2 8

Awards and nominations

Awards Year Category Nominee/work Result Ref.
Santini JebreeetMedia Awards 2024 Favorite Male Athlete Veddriq Leonardo Nominated [30]
The World Games 2024 Athlete of the Year Won [31]

References

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  2. ^ "Speed Records". IFSC-climbing.org. International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Indonesia's Leonardo upsets American Watson to win speed gold". The Straits Times. 8 August 2024. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 8 August 2024. His win gave speed-climbing powerhouse Indonesia their first Olympic gold in a sport other than badminton
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