1991 UIAA Climbing World Championships explained

1991 UIAA Climbing World Championships
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Nations:22
Competitors:110
Date:1 – 2 October 1991
Next:1993

The 1991 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the first edition, were held in Frankfurt, Germany from 1 to 2 October 1991. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead and speed events.[1] [2] [3]

Medalists

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GoldSilverBronze
Men's Lead
Men's Speed
Women's Lead
Women's Speed

Lead

François Legrand and Susi Good were the first ever Lead World Champions. Legrand climbed efficiently and topped the final route.[4]

Men[5] Women[6]
RankNameNationResultRankNameNationResult
François Legrand6000Susi Good6000
Yuji Hirayama4800Isabelle Patissier4800
Guido Köstermeyer3600Robyn Erbesfield3600
4Pavel Samoiline33004Nanette Raybaud3300
5Evgeny Ovchinnikov30605Lynn Hill3060
6Didier Raboutou28206Natalie Richer2820
7Vladimir Jourkin25807Venera Chereshneva2580
8Bernabe Fernandez24008Isabelle Dorsimond2400
9Christoph Finkel22209Luisa Iovane2220
10François Lombard204010Barbara Hirschbichler2040

Speed

Hans Florine and Isabelle Dorsimond were the first ever Speed World Cup Champions.[7]

Men[8] Women[9]
RankNameNationResultRankNameNationResult
Hans Florine6000Isabelle Dorsimond
Jacky Godoffe4800Agnès Brard
Kairat Rakhmetov3600Venera Chereshneva
4Andrzej Marcisz33004Yulia Inozemtseva
5Raikhan Galiakbarov30605Ineke Dijkstra
5Glenn Sutcliffe30605Andrea Eisenhut
7Mark Baker25805Irina Kodina
7Gregor Jaeger25808Iwona Gronkiewicz-Marcisz
9Seung-Kwon Chung22209Felicity Butler
9Stephan Hilgers222010Nancy Feagin
9Johannes Nathan2220
9Petrov Plamen2220
9Salavat Rakhmetov2220
9Arnould T'Kint2220
9Oleg Tcherechnev2220
16Hira Verick1200

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results. 2021-08-30. www.ifsc-climbing.org.
  2. Web site: digital ROCK: Competition calendar 1991. live. 2021-09-01. www.digitalrock.de. https://web.archive.org/web/20210901104727/https://www.digitalrock.de/icc_calendar.php?year=1991 . 2021-09-01 .
  3. Web site: Climbing World Champions 1991 - 2009. 2021-09-01. PlanetMountain.com. en.
  4. Web site: François Legrand and Yuji Hirayama battle it out in Frankfurt.
  5. Web site: Result: M E N lead. live. 2021-09-01. www.digitalrock.de. https://web.archive.org/web/20120122115945/http://digitalrock.de:80/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/eliste.html? . 2012-01-22 .
  6. Web site: Result: W O M E N lead. live. 2021-09-01. www.digitalrock.de. https://web.archive.org/web/20120122115945/http://digitalrock.de:80/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/eliste.html? . 2012-01-22 .
  7. Web site: World Championships 1991 Jacky Godoffe vs Hans Florine.
  8. Web site: Result: M E N speed. live. 2021-09-01. www.digitalrock.de. https://web.archive.org/web/20120122115945/http://digitalrock.de:80/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/eliste.html? . 2012-01-22 .
  9. Web site: Result: W O M E N speed. live. 2021-09-01. www.digitalrock.de. https://web.archive.org/web/20120122115945/http://digitalrock.de:80/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/eliste.html? . 2012-01-22 .

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