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 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. He is the current Olympic champion, having won speed climbing in 2024, thus becoming the first Indonesian non-badminton Olympic gold medalist.
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.
2024 | Le Bourget, Paris, France | Wu Peng | 4.75–4.77 | Gold |
2022 | Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States | Kiromal Katibin | 7.230–fall | Gold |
2022 | Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China | Wu Peng | 4.955–5.119 | Bronze | |
Men's speed relay
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 | |
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 |
2019 | Pakansari Stadium, Bogor Regency, Indonesia | Kiromal Katibin | 5.460–5.547 | Gold | |
2022 | Seoul, South Korea | Lee Seung-beom | 6.04–5.91 | Silver |
Men's speed relay
2019 | Pakansari Stadium, Bogor Regency, Indonesia | Kiromal Katibin Zaenal Aripin | Sabri Rahmad Adi Mulyono Fatchur Roji | fall–23.492 | Silver |
2018 | Moscow, Russia | Muhammad Hinayah | wc–fs | Bronze | |
2021 | Salt Lake City, United States | Kiromal Katibin | 5.208–fall | Gold | |
2021 | Villars, Switzerland | Dmitri Timofeev | 5.329–7.35 | Gold | |
2022 | Seoul, South Korea | Kiromal Katibin | 6.965–fall | Gold | |
2022 | Salt Lake City (I), United States | Ludovico Fossali | 5.595–fall | Bronze | |
2022 | Salt Lake City (II), United States | Tobias Plangger | 6.330–fall | Gold | |
2023 | Seoul, South Korea | Long Jinbao | 5.01–5.12 | Gold | |
2023 | Salt Lake City, United States | Wu Peng | 4.95–6.99 | Gold |
2019 | The Belt and Road International, Qinghai, China | Ou Zhiyong | 5.60–? | Gold | |
2023 | Neom Beach Games, Neom, Saudi Arabia | Yaroslav Tkach | 5.077–5.347 | Gold | |
2024 | IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain | Rahmad Adi Mulyono | 5.06–5.14 | Gold |
Men's 4 speed
2024 | IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain | Long Jianguo | 5.11 | 4.98 | Bronze | |
Amir Maimuratov | 4.90 | |||||
Zach Hammer | 9.55 | |||||
2024 | IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain | Kiromal Katibin | Long Jinbao Long Jianguo | 10.235–fall | Gold |
+Men's World Record History !Date !Time (s) !Location !Competition | |||
April 28, 2023 | 4.90 | Seoul, South Korea | World Cup |
April 28, 2023 | 4.984 | Seoul, South Korea | World Cup |
May 28, 2021 | 5.20 | Salt Lake City, United States | World Cup |
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