Bassa Mawem Explained

Bassa Mawem
Nationality:	French
Birth Date:	9 November 1984
Birth Place:	Kourou, French Guiana
Occupation:	Professional climber
Height:	184 cm
Typeofclimber:	Competition climbing, Speed climbing
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Bassa Mawem (born 9 November 1984) is a French professional speed climber who specialises in competition climbing. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1] He also qualified for the 2024 Olympics.^[2]

He won the overall title in the speed climbing event at the 2018 and 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup.

On 3 August 2021, Mawem established the first Olympic Record of 5.45s during the Speed Qualifications but was unable to compete in the final due to an injury.^[3]

His younger brother Mickaël is also a professional climber.

Notes and References

1. Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Sport climbing; International Federation of Sport Climbing, 15 March 2018
2. Web site: MIROSLAW, MAWEM SECURED THEIR TICKET TO PARIS 2024 IN ROME . 2023-09-16 .
3. Web site: Aomi Urban Sports Park, Sport Climbing, Results, TUE 3 AUG 2021, Speed Qualification. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210803164452/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CLB/OG2020-_CLB_C73S_CLBMCOMBINED----------QUAL0001SP--.pdf. 2021-08-03. 2021-08-03. en-gb.