Kiromal Katibin
Personal information
NationalityIndonesian
Born (2000-08-21) 21 August 2000 (age 23)
Batang, Central Java, Indonesia
Climbing career
Type of climberCompetition speed climbing
Known forPrevious speed climbing world record holder (5.009 seconds, July 2022)
Medal record
Men's competition climbing
Representing  Indonesia
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Speed
World Cup (Season)
Silver medal – second place 2021 Speed
Silver medal – second place 2022 Speed
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Speed relay
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bogor Speed
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bogor Speed relay
Asian Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Chongqing Speed juniors

Kiromal Katibin (born 21 August 2000) is an Indonesian competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing. He was the world record holder in speed climbing, with a time of 5.009 seconds recorded at 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Chamonix, France in July 2022, until it was broken by his compatriot Veddriq Leonardo in April 2023. He finished second overall in the men's speed category during the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup series. Katibin also has four career IFSC Climbing World Cup medals, all in speed.

Early life

In 2007, Katibin saw sport climbing for the first time in a Batang city square during the Provincial Sports Week.[1]

Since 2009, Katibin has been training with his brother.[2] He was motivated to pursue sport climbing because he enjoyed meeting many friends, but he started winning national-level championships. His first medal was in the lead climbing competition at the 2011 National Championships. He also won the speed climbing gold medal at the 2016 National Championships and the speed climbing gold medal at the 2017 National Championships.[3]

Career

Katibin collected his first senior international medal, winning silver at the 2019 Asian Championships in Bogor, Indonesia.[4]

On 28 May 2021, Katibin set a record for the fastest-ever ascent in competition speed climbing with a record of 5.25 seconds in the qualifying round of a IFSC World Cup event in Salt Lake City, United States. The record had been held by Reza Alipour who climbed in 5.48 seconds in 2017. He finished the competition with a silver medal, losing the same day in the final race to his compatriot Veddriq Leonardo, who set a new world record of 5.20 seconds.[5] In July 2021, Katibin won a bronze at the Villars World Cup.[6] He finished the 2021 World Cup series in second place overall.

On 6 May 2022, Katibin regained the world record from Leonardo with a 5.17-second run in the qualifying round of the World Cup event in Seoul, South Korea.[7] On 27 May, he lowered his own world record with 5.10 seconds in the qualifying round of the World Cup event in Salt Lake City.[8] On 30 June, he broke the record for the fourth time in the IFSC World Cup Villars qualifiers with 5.097 seconds and improved his record again later that day with a 5.04-second run.[9] On 8 July, Katibin set the world record for the seventh time in 14 months with a time of 5.009 seconds at the Chamonix World Cup qualifying round.[10]

In July 2022, Katibin won the silver medal at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, losing to Leonardo in the final.[11]

In April 2023, Katibin lost the world record to Leonardo, who recorded runs of 4.984 and 4.9000 seconds at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul.[12]

Achievements

World Games

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2022 Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo fall–7.230 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [13]

Asian Games

Men's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre,
Shaoxing, China 		Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo
Indonesia Rahmad Adi Mulyono
Indonesia Aspar 		China Wang Xinshang
China Wu Peng
China Zhang Liang
China Long Jinbao 		FS–W 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [14]

Asian Championships

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2019 Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo 5.547–5.460 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [15]

Men's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2019 Pakansari Stadium,
Bogor, Indonesia 		Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo
Indonesia Zaenal Aripin 		Indonesia Sabri
Indonesia Rahmad Adi Mulyono
Indonesia Fatchur Roji 		fall–23.492 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver

[16]

Asian Youth Championships

Speed juniors

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2018 Chongqing, China Iran Milad Alipour Shenazandifar 6.05–6.42 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [17]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2021 Salt Lake City, United States Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo fall–5.208 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [18]
2021 Villars, Switzerland Russia Vladislav Deulin 5.30–5.38 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze [19]
2022 Seoul, South Korea Indonesia Veddriq Leonardo fs–6.965 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [20]
2022 Salt Lake City (I), United States United States Noah Bratschi 5.643–fall 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [21]
2022 Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Aspar 5.75–5.39 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
2023 Jakarta, Indonesia China Wu Peng 6.34–fall 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
2023 Salt Lake City, United States United States Samuel Watson 4.98–5.98 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze

World records

See also: Speed climbing § World and Olympic records
Men's World Record History
Date Time (s) Location Competition
July 8, 2022 5.009[22] Chamonix, France World Cup
June 30, 2022 5.04[23] Villars, Switzerland World Cup
June 30, 2022 5.09[24] Villars, Switzerland World Cup
May 27, 2022 5.10[25][26] Salt Lake City, United States World Cup
May 6, 2022 5.17[27] Seoul, South Korea World Cup
May 28, 2021 5.25[28] Salt Lake City, United States World Cup

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline 2021 2022
Speed 2 2

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
2021 1 1 2
2022 1 2 3
2023 2 2
Total 1 3 3 7

References

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