Stefano Ghisolfi
Ghisolfi competing at the European Championships, Chamonix, 2013. | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Nationality | Italy | |||||||||||
Born | Turin, Italy | February 18, 1993|||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Professional rock climber and sport climber | |||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||
Climbing career | ||||||||||||
Type of climber | Lead climbing, Bouldering | |||||||||||
Highest grade | ||||||||||||
Known for | Fourth climber in history to redpoint a 9b+ (5.15c) route | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on December 7, 2018 |
Stefano Ghisolfi (born February 18, 1993) is an Italian professional rock climber and sport climber. He participates in international competitions in three disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed, obtaining his best results in Lead climbing. On rock, he redpointed 9b+ (5.15c),[1] onsighted 8c (5.14b)[2] and solved a 8B+ (V14) boulder problem.[3]
In December 2018, by climbing Perfecto Mundo (Margalef, ESP), he became the fourth climber in history to redpoint a 9b+ (5.15c) route.[1]
Biography
In 2007, Ghisolfi participated in his first international competition: the IFSC European Youth Cup.
Both in 2010 and 2011, he won the bronze medal in Lead climbing at the IFSC World Youth Championships.[4] In the same years, he also participated in the IFSC World Championships as a senior competitor, for all disciplines (lead, bouldring and speed) and placed tenth in the overall ranking.
On October 13, 2012 he first got on podium in the World Cup, obtaining a bronze medal in Xining, China. He obtained gold medals in the World Cup stages at Wujiang (China), in 2014, Xiamen (China), in 2016, and then again at Wujiang (China), in 2017.
On November 2, 2015 he first ascended Lapsus in Andonno (Italy), a 70 hold route for which he proposed a 9b (5.15b) grade.[5]
On December 7, 2018, by climbing the impressive 9b+ (5.15c) route Perfecto Mundo (Margalef, ESP), he became the fourth climber in history to redpoint a route at that grade, after Adam Ondra, Chris Sharma, and Alex Megos.[1]
Rankings
Climbing World Cup[6]
Discipline | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Lead | 21 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
Bouldering | 65 | 83 | 30 | |||||||
Speed | 17 | 30 | 38 | |||||||
Combined | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 |
Climbing World Championships
Discipline | 2008 Youth B |
2009 Youth A |
2010 Youth A |
2011 Juniors |
2012 Juniors |
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Lead | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
Speed | 5 | 6 | 5 | - | 17 |
Adult[4]
Discipline | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 |
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Lead | 27 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
Bouldering | 25 | 16 | |||
Speed | 30 | 33 |
Climbing European Championships
Youth[4]
Discipline | 2012 Juniors |
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Lead | 3 |
Adult[4]
Discipline | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 |
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Lead | 37 | 16 | 7 | 10 |
Bouldering | 37 | 35 | 35 | - |
Speed | 18 | 32 | 26 | - |
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
Lead[4]
Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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2012 | 1 | 1 | ||
2013 | 0 | |||
2014 | 1 | 1 | ||
2015 | 0 | |||
2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Total | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
Number of medals in the Climbing European Youth Cup
Lead[4]
Season | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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2011 | Juniors | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
2012 | Juniors | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Speed[4]
Season | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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2011 | Juniors | 2 | 2 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Rock climbing
Redpointed routes
9b+ (5.15c):
- Perfecto Mundo - Margalef (ESP) - December 7, 2018[1] - First Ascent by Alex Megos, 2018
9b (5.15b):
9a+ (5.15a):
- La Rambla - Siurana (ESP) - March 20, 2017 [9]
- First Ley - Margalef (ESP) - January 2017 [10]
- Ultimatum - Massone (Arco, (ITA)) - December 19, 2016[11]
- Jungle Boogie - Céüse (FRA) - October 2, 2016
- Realization - Céüse (FRA) - June 21, 2015[12] - First ascent by Chris Sharma, 2001
- Demencia senil - Margalef (ESP) - March 14, 2015[13] - First ascent by Chris Sharma, 2009
- La moustache qui fàche - Entraygues (FRA) - August 23, 2014[14]
9a (5.14d):
- Thunder Ribes - Massone (Arco, (ITA)) - December 16, 2016 - Combination of the routes Reini’s Vibes, Ultima Pietra, and Stonehenge.
- L'Attimo - Covolo (ITA) - October 11, 2015[15] - First ascent by Silvio Reffo, 2012
- Underground - Massone (Arco, (ITA)) - July 5, 2014 - First ascent by Manfred Stuffer, 1998
- Biologico - Narango (Arco, (ITA)) - June 8, 2014 - First ascent by Adam Ondra, 2012
- TCT - Gravere (ITA) - May 31, 2014 - First ascent
- Grandi Gesti - Grotta dell'Arenauta (Sperlonga, ITA) - December 30, 2013 - First ascent by Gianluca Daniele, 2009
- Ground Zero - Tetto di Sarre (ITA) - June 9, 2013 - First ascent by Alberto Gnerro, 2002[16]
Onsighted routes
8c (5.14b):
8b+ (5.14a):
Ghisolfi climbed five 8B (V13) and two 8B+ (V14) boulder problems.[3]
He won the 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions of Melloblocco.[18]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Instagram, ed. (December 7, 2018). "Perfecto mundo 9b+, mission accomplished". Retrieved December 7, 2018.
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has generic name (help) - ^ a b Planet Mountain, ed. (January 9, 2017). "Stefano Ghisolfi 8c onsight". Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- ^ a b planetmountain.com, ed. (January 5, 2012). "Stefano Ghisolfi da 8B+ a Varazze". Retrieved February 5, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "Ghisolfi's profile and rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ a b planetmountain.com, ed. (November 2, 2015). "Stefano Ghisolfi libera Lapsus ad Andonno, il primo 9b in Italia". Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ^ IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ WY Championships 2011, not included in Ghisolfi's IFSC profile
- ^ "First Round, First Minute is done! Today I finally climbed my second 9b, FA". January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (March 21, 2017). "Stefano Ghisolfi sale La Rambla a Siurana al quarto tentativo". Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (February 14, 2017). "Stefano Ghisolfi e Pietro Biagini, grandi salite a Margalef e Varazze". Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (December 20, 2016). "Stefano Ghisolfi chiude Ultimatum a Massone, nuovo 9a+ ad Arco". Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (June 23, 2015). "Stefano Ghisolfi chiude Biographie 9a+ a Ceuse". Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (March 15, 2015). "Stefano Ghisolfi risolve Demencia Senil 9a+ a Margalef". Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (August 25, 2014). "Stefano Ghisolfi, primo 9a+ con Le moustache qui fâche". Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (October 13, 2015). "Stefano Ghisolfi da 9a in un weekend al Covolo". Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (June 10, 2013). "Stefano Ghisolfi da 9a al Tetto di Sarre in Aosta". Retrieved June 10, 2013.
- ^ a b planetmountain.com, ed. (January 11, 2013). "Stefano Ghisolfi, due 8b+ a vista in Spagna". Retrieved February 5, 2013.
- ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (May 5, 2013). "Melloblocco 2013: day ten, l'arrivederci alla Valle". Retrieved May 6, 2013.