Aries_Susanti_Rahayu

Aries Susanti Rahayu

Aries Susanti Rahayu

Indonesian rock climber (born 1995)


Aries Susanti Rahayu (born 21 March 1995) is a competition climber athlete from Indonesia who specializes in competition speed climbing competitions. She has been nicknamed "Spiderwoman".[1] She was the world record holder for women in speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup.[2] Also, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds.[3]

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Biography

As a child, she used to climb trees at home and parks.[4] In 2007, she was introduced to sport climbing by her teacher when she was still a junior high school student.[5]

In 2017, she competed in the Climbing World Cup for the first time and got her first medal (silver) at the World Cup in Xiamen. In the 2017 Asian Championships in Tehran, she was third in speed.

In 2018, she got her first gold medal at the Climbing World Cup in Chongqing. Then, she got one bronze in Tai'an and two more gold medals at the World Cups in Wujiang and Xiamen, all in China. At the end of the 2018 season, she was second in the overall ranking in the speed discipline. In the same year, at the Asian Championships in Kurayoshi, she was third after she false-started in the semifinal.[6]

In 2019, she became the women's world record holder in competition speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup.[2] As well, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds.[3]

Also in 2019, she was on the Forbes Asia's 30 Under 30 list.[7][8]

Aries is a Muslim and wears hijab while she competes.[9]

Awards and nominations

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Achievements

Asian Games

Women's speed

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Women's speed relay

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Asian Championships

Women's speed

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Women's speed relay

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IFSC Climbing World Cup

Women's speed

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World records

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Rankings

Climbing World Cup

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Asian Championships

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Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed

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References

  1. Bachrain, Ahmad. "Aries Susanti, Sang 'Spiderwoman' dari Grobogan Peraih Emas". olahraga. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. "New World Record for Speed Climber Aries Susanti Rahayu". Gripped. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. "Indonesia, Japan on Podiums at Asian Championships". Archived from the original on 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  4. Yolanthe Fawehinmi. "Moment of the Year: 'Spiderwoman' breaks speed climbing world record". The Daily Telegraph.
  5. "Daftar Penerima Penghargaan Siwo PWI Pusat 2020: Ahsan/Hendra Atlet Terfavorit | Sport". Bisnis (in Indonesian). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  6. "Daftar Lengkap Nominasi dan Pemenang Indonesian Sport Awards 2018" (in Indonesian). Tribun News. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  7. "Indonesia Raih Emas Pertama Kejuaraan Panjat Tebing Asia 2017". Media Indonesia (in Indonesian). 21 July 2022.
  8. "Dua Atlet Panjat Tebing Juara di Jepang". Kompas (in Indonesian). 21 July 2022.
  9. "Awalnya Dipandang Sebelah Mata, Aries Susanti Jadi Juara Dunia". Suara Merdeka (in Indonesian). 22 July 2022.
  10. "World Cup Rankings". Archived from the original on 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  11. "Rahayu's profile and rankings". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

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