Veddriq Leonardo
Indonesian speed climber (born 1997)
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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]
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| Born | 11 March 1997 Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Tanjungpura University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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
World Games
Men's speed
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
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| 2022 | Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States |  Kiromal Katibin |
7.230–fall |  Gold |
[8] |
Asian Games
Men's speed
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 |
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| 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 |
IFSC Climbing World Cup
Men's speed
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
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| 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] |
| 2026 | Chamonix, France | Antasyafi Robby Al Hilmi |
4.89–5.11 | Gold |
[23] |
Other international competitions
Men's speed
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
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| 2019 | The Belt and Road International, Qinghai, China | Ou Zhiyong |
5.60–? | Gold |
[24] |
| 2023 | Neom Beach Games, Neom, Saudi Arabia |  Yaroslav Tkach |
5.077–5.347 | Gold |
[25][26] |
| 2024 | IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain | Rahmad Adi Mulyono |
5.06–5.14 | Gold |
[27] |
Men's 4 speed
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Time (s) | Opponents time (s) |
Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain |
Long Jianguo |
5.11 | 4.98 | Bronze |
[28] |
 Amir Maimuratov |
4.90 | |||||
 Zach Hammer |
9.55 | |||||
Men's speed relay
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain | Kiromal Katibin |
Long Jinbao Long Jianguo |
10.235–fall | Gold |
[29] |
World records
Rankings
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
Speed
| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 2018 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Awards and nominations
| Awards | Year | Category | Nominee/work | Result | Ref. |
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| Santini JebreeetMedia Awards | 2024 | Favorite Male Athlete | Veddriq Leonardo | Nominated | [33] |
| The World Games | 2024 | Athlete of the Year | Won | [34] |
