| Reza Alipour | |
| Fullname: | Reza Alipour Shenazandifard |
| Native Name: | رضا علیپور شنازندیفرد |
| Nickname: | Persian Cheetah |
| Birth Date: | 29 April 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Qazvin, Iran |
| Weight: | 76kg (168lb) |
| Years Active: | 2011–present |
| Sport: | Competition climbing |
| Event: | Speed |
Reza Alipour Shenazandifard (fa|رضا علیپور شنازندیفرد, born 29 April 1994) is an Iranian competition speed climber from Qazvin.
In 2014, in Spain, he registered 5.97 seconds and broke his own Iranian record in speed climbing. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) titled him an Asiatic cheetah. On April 30, 2017, in Nanjing, China, as part of the 2017 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Alipour set a new world record; scaling a 15-meter wall in 5.48 seconds, snatching the gold medal, and beating the previous record of 5.60 seconds held by Ukraine's Danyil Boldyrev.[1]
He was crowned the 2017 International World Games Association (IWGA) Athlete of the Year. Alipour received 90,790 votes in the contest, with second place going to Ukrainian powerlifter Larysa Soloviova, who scored 90,036.[2]
He also finished in first place at the 18th Asian Games in Palembang in Men's Speed Climbing competition, Zhong Qixin from China won the silver medal, and bronze medal went to Indonesian climber Aspar Jaelolo.[3] Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour seat top at the latest 2018 World Ranking published by International Federation of Sport Climbing IFSC and collecting 324.68 points and Bassa Mawem of France and Dmitrii Timofeev of Russia stand next with 318.59 and 316.01 points respectively[4]
On the third day of the 2024 Olympic qualifiers held in Budapest, Alipour qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics by scoring 61 points in the two qualifiers of China and Hungary.[5] [6] [7]
Alipour advanced to the knockout stage with a run time of 5.06 seconds as the fastest elimination heat loser of the men's speed climbing in the 2024 Olympic Games.[8] [9] [10] Alipour finished in the fourth place after he lost to American Samuel Watson in the bronze medal match. Watson won bronze with a world record time of 4.74 seconds.[11]
Reza Alipour in, born 29 April 1994 in the family of Iranian Azerbaijanis in the city of Qazvin was born. His cousin, Mehdi, also competes as a speed climber.[12] [13]
| Discipline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | 13 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 39 | |
| Combined | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |
| width=40 | Season | width=150 | Location | width=60 | Discipline | width=40 | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Haiyang, China | Speed | 1st | ||||
| Wujiang, China | Speed | 2nd | |||||
| 2014 | Chamonix, France | Speed | 3rd | ||||
| 2015 | Haiyang, China | Speed | 3rd | ||||
| Wujiang, China | Speed | 1st | |||||
| 2016 | Nanjing, China | Speed | 1st | ||||
| Chamonix, France | Speed | 3rd | |||||
| 2017 | Nanjing, China | Speed | 1st | ||||
| Villars, Switzerland | Speed | 1st | |||||
| Arco, Italy | Speed | 2nd | |||||
| 2018 | Moscow, Russia | Speed | 1st | ||||
| Arco, Italy | Speed | 3rd | |||||
| Wujiang, China | Speed | 3rd | |||||
| Xiamen, China | Speed | 3rd |