1997 UIAA Climbing World Championships explained

1997 UIAA Climbing World Championships
Date:	31 January – 1 February 1997
Competitors:	153
Nations:	26
Location:	Paris, France
Prev:	1995
Next:	1999

The 1997 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the 4th edition, were held in Paris, France, from 31 January to 1 February 1997. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead and speed events.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medalists

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

Lead

In men's lead, François Petit claimed the title. The 15-year-old Chris Sharma took silver, while the defending champion François Legrand took bronze.

In women's lead, Liv Sansoz took the win. Muriel Sarkany took second place, while Marietta Uhden took third.

Men^[4]				Women^[5]
Rank	Name	Nation	Result	Rank	Name	Nation	Result
	François Petit		8000		Liv Sansoz		6700
	Chris Sharma		6400		Muriel Sarkany		5360
	François Legrand		5200		Marietta Uhden		4355
4	Jean-Baptiste Tribout		4400	4	Venera Chereshneva		3685
5	Elie Chevieux		4080	5	Stéphanie Bodet		3417
6	Yuji Hirayama		3760	6	Laurence Guyon		3149
7	Christian Core		3440	7	Cecile Avezou		2881
8	Arnaud Petit		3200	8	Luisa Iovane		2680
9	Daniel Andrada Jimenez		2960	9	Elena Choumilova		2479
10	Frederic Sarkany		2720	10	Marie Guillet		2278

Speed

Daniel Andrada Jimenez and Tatiana Ruyga were the 1997 Speed World Champions.

Men^[6]			Women^[7]
Rank	Name	Nation	Rank	Name	Nation
	Daniel Andrada Jimenez			Tatiana Ruyga
	Yevgen Kryvosheytsev			Irina Zaytseva
	Dmitrii Bychkov			Olga Bibik
4	Hans Florine		4	Marie Dutray
5	Tomasz Oleksy		5	Kim Anthoni
5	Alexandr Paukaev		5	Jitka Kuhngaberova
5	Kairat Rakhmetov		5	Mayya Piratinskaya
8	Gareth Parry		5	Renata Piszczek
9	Andrey Vedenmeer		9	Zosia Podgorbounskikh
10	Salavat Rakhmetov		10	Olena Ryepko

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results. 2021-08-30. www.ifsc-climbing.org.
2. Web site: digital ROCK: Competition calendar 1997. live. 2021-09-01. www.digitalrock.de. https://web.archive.org/web/20210901084034/https://www.digitalrock.de/icc_calendar.php?year=1997 . 2021-09-01 .
3. Web site: Climbing World Champions 1991 - 2009. 2021-09-01. PlanetMountain.com. en.
4. 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 .
5. 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 .
6. 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 .
7. 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 .