Keita Watabe
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.jpg) Watabe at the 2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 30, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of climber | Competition bouldering | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Keita Watabe (渡部 桂太 Watabe Keita, born August 30, 1993) is a Japanese professional rock climber, specializing in competition bouldering.[1]
Watabe began climbing on the IFSC Climbing World Cup circuit in 2015.[2]
In 2017, Watabe reached the boulder final at the IFSC World Cup in Meiringen, winning a bronze medal in his first World Cup final.[3]
At the 2017 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Nanjing, he won his first gold in an IFSC World Cup, followed by a bronze medal at the Hachioji World Cup later in May.[4][5]
At the 2017 Asian Championships in Tehran, Watabe placed third in the boulder discipline, completing the all-Japanese podium behind compatriots Kokoro Fujii and Yoshiyuki Ogata.[6]
In 2018, Watabe advanced to the final at the 2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships, finishing fourth in the boulder discipline.[7] He won the silver medal at the 2018 Asian Championships held in Kurayoshi later in November.[8]
In 2019, Watabe won the silver medal at the 2019 World Beach Games.[9]