2023 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships

The 2023 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships was the 8th edition of its kind of the leading biennial global championships in competition climbing for athletes with a disability or impairment.

The event was held at the PostFinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland from 7 to 10 September 2023, alongside the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships. It included a total of 17 lead events for the respective athlete's impairment classification. Featuring 203 athletes, the event was the largest paraclimbing competition to date, and the first world championship with monetary prizes.

Medal table

Medal summary The medals were awarded as follows: Men's B1 Sho Aita Francisco Javier Aguilar Amoedo Răzvan Nedu Men's B2 Fumiya Hamanoue Richard Slocock Guillermo Pelegrín Gómez Men's B3 Cosmin Florin Candoi Kazuhiro Minowada Lux Losey Sail Men's AL1 Markus Pösendorfer Tanner Cislaw Men's AL2 Thierry Delarue Ethan Zilz Albert Guardia Ferrer Men's AU2 Isak Ripman Kevin Bartke Brian Zarzuela Men's AU3 Mor Michael Sapir Nobuhiro Yusaraoka Dominic GeisselerMen's RP1 Aloïs Pottier Elliott Nguyen Takuya OkadaMen's RP2 Mor Michael Sapir Benjamin Mayforth Bastien ThomasMen's RP3 Iván Muñoz Escolar Benjamin Mayforth Manikandan Kumar Women's B1in B2 Women's B2 Seneida Biendarra Edith Scheinecker Women's B3 Sunita Dhondappanavar Mika Maeoka Yumi Ejiri Women's AL1in RP1 Women's AL2 Sarah Larcombe Rachel Maia Women's AU2 Lucia Capovilla Maureen Beck Women's AU3in RP3 Women's RP1 Pavitra Vandenhoven Melissa Ruiz Marta Peche Salinero Women's RP2 Dina Eivik Jasmin Plank Anna Devries Women's RP3 Marina Dias Christiane Luttikhuizen Martha Evans

Men's results +Men's B1 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Sho AitaTop137+32.1242+ 2 Francisco Javier Aguilar AmoedoTop13911.535 3 Razvan Nedu4233912.1231+ 4 Jesse Dufton3942944.021+ 5 Roland Paillex2852255.24– 6 Alexandru Benchea28521+65.74– 7 Bill Casson13+71477.0–

+Men's B2 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Fumiya Hamanoue411Top11.036 2 Richard Slocock29241+43.4623+ 3 Guillermo Pelegrín Gómez2924233.035+ 4 Raul Simon Franco27542+23.1624 5 Simone Salvagnin2923953.87– 6 Kevin Chao1461376.48– Christoph Pohlmann––13+66.48–

+Men's B3 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Cosmin Florin CandoiTop1Top11.22Top 2 Kazuhiro Minowada393Top12.12Top 3 Lux Losey Sail39+25032.4542+ 4 Daniel-bebe-vasilică Andrei33+44154.4738+ 5 Chaz Misuraca31+542+44.4728+ 6 Motohiro Ejiri27+63576.48– Sebastian Schmitz26+739+66.48– 8 Connor Gearey19819+88.0–

+Men's AL1 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 33+14911.2251+ 2 Markus Pösendorfer33+14321.7339+ 3 Tanner Cislaw25+330+33.028 4 Daniel Kontsch20+425+44.028 5 Ryota Hirai14+514+75.92– 6 Sulivan Thuer14615+66.0– 7 Naohisa Hatakeyama9+722+56.12– 8 Carlos Quiles9+711+87.98– 9 Jorge Macias8911+88.75–

+Men's AL2 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Thierry Delarue43129+11.0Top 2 Ethan Zilz3932474.9551+ 3 Albert Guardia Ferrer41+227+22.4551 4 Urko Carmona Barandiaran33+525+55.2449+ 5 Frederik Leys39327+23.2436+ 6 Shuhei Yuki33727+24.7436+ 7 Julien Gasc33+52397.04– 8 Corey Ramos3292567.75– 9 Gavin Nix32923+88.94– 10 Sebastian Menze33719129.68– 11 Martin Heald31+1219+1111.49– 12 David Kammerer329181411.83– 13 Nicholas Perreth17+1520+1012.25– 14 Martin Villiger28+13191212.99– 15 Stuart Sneddon28+1317+1514.23– 16 Luciano Frazão Da Silva15+1715+1616.73– 17 Jonathan Shields16+168+1816.97– 18 Christoph Zundel15+1711+1717.25–

+Men's AU2 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Isak Ripman363Top12.4537+ 2 Kevin Bartke401Top11.4136+ 3 Brian Zarzuela37+2Top12.031+ 4 Sebastian Musson21438+44.2422 5 James Rudge13+625+55.48– 6 Marco Galli2141975.61– 7 Matthew Lynch13719+66.71– 8 Peter Tramm13715+87.75–

+Men's AU3 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Mor Michael Sapir22+321+12.043 2 Nobuhiro Yasuraoka3312121.4142+ 3 Geisseler Dominic22+319+33.4629 4 Ignacio Martinez28+217+43.1623 5 Erwan Lievin22+317+44.47– 6 Maxime Meyer21+617+45.48– 7 Eric Liu Lin20+713+77.25– 8 Benen Parlmer17+813+77.98– 9 Shamus Boulianne17+811+98.75– 10 Matthew Styles-west16+10111010.0– 11 Leonardo Vilha De Oliveira Sofka15+11101111.0– 12 Biman Biswas1+126+1212.0–

+Men's RP1 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Aloïs PottierTop143+11.050 2 Elliott Nguyen33225+22.4528 3 Takuya Okada28625+24.4223+ 4 Sebastian Depke23+1225+26.023 5 Sunny Yang3032453.8716 6 Alexander Dornbusch29418+64.912+ 7 Tim Schaffrinna28+516+86.52– 8 Mario Persing19+1517+710.42– 9 Gian Matteo Ramini26915+1110.45– 10 Takehiko Otani2869+1810.97– 11 Luke Jamieson24+1115+1111.25– 12 Laurence Morgan26+812+1611.31– 13 NikoCan Galbusera19+1516+811.48– 14 Sebastian Horn269141411.53– 15 Connor King21+1314+1313.0– 16 Eloi Vila Cullerés7+19161013.78– 17 Bruno Aerni2014131514.49– 18 Alex Downes1018111717.49– 19 Marcel Richter14+175+2018.44– 20 Brian Liebenow6209+1819.24–

+Men's RP2 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Iván Muñoz Escolar37+1Top11.043 2 Benjamin Mayforth29449+33.4638 3 Manikandan Kumar21+650+23.4635+ 4 Philipp Hrozek29+24543.1622+ 5 Brayden Butler29+24453.54– 6 Anther Frigola Gómez28+539+65.7– 7 Kenneth Ellacott19+728+87.48– 8 Matej Arh17+939+67.86– 9 Nils Helsper1882598.49– 10 Florian Singer17+922+109.75– 11 Hermann Mönch1411191111.0– 12 Michael Tarulli4+128+1212.0–

+Men's RP3 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Tadashi Takano42+128+11.049+ 2 Jamie Barendrecht33+225+32.4545+ 3 Andrej Haršány33327+22.4545 4 Matthias Bärtschi32519+44.4734+ 5 Luke Smith32+41954.69– 6 Liviu - Nicolae Matei22+71956.42– 7 Bastien Thomas27+618+76.48– 8 Danial Amiri22+75+98.22– 9 Andreas Suhner15+99+88.49–

Women's results + Women's B1 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRankin B2

+ Women's B2 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Abigail RobinsonTop1Top11.87Top 2 Seneida BiendarraTop141+33.2429+ 3 Edith ScheineckerTop140+43.7428 4 Linda Le BonTop142+22.6525 5 Ivon LawerenzTop135+54.18– 6 Melissa CesaroneTop12774.95– 7 Hiromi Aoki35930+67.35– 8 Nadia Bredice42+725+87.75– 9 Emeline Lakrout42+724+98.44– 10 Adriana Tofan331124+910.45– 11 Laila Grillo331123+1111.25– 12 Raveena Alli3410211311.4– 13 Tanja Glusic291322+1212.49–

+ Women's B3 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Sunita Dhondappanavar42+23522.029+ 2 Mika MaeokaTop14311.029 3 Yumi Ejiri42332+33.028+ 4 Amy Mullins39425+44.0– 5 Mandi Curtis3552555.0–

+ Women's AL1 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRankin RP1

+ Women's AL2 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Lucie JarrigeTop153+11.0Top 2 Sarah Larcombe41241+22.027+ 3 Rachel Maia39+330+33.4625 4 Joanna Newton28430+34.023+ 5 Mary Tankersley22630+34.9– 6 Tânia Chaves23+529+65.48– 7 Lucía Martínez Alarma17+725+77.75– Kara Parker17+725+77.75– 9 Masako Watanabe13+925+78.72– 10 Jessie Bayiartakis13+924+109.75–

+ Women's AU2 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 34+150+11.0Top 2 Lucia Capovilla27+336+22.4526+ (2m12s) 3 Maureen Beck33+223+32.4526+ (2m21s) 4 Eleanor Rubin1361745.120+ 5 Naama Straussman13+515+55.48– 6 Corinna Wimmer17+41396.48– 7 Isabella Walsh13613+87.21– 8 Monica Raavig12+815+57.35– Amruta Wyssmann12+815+57.35– 10 Carolin Heberle12+81399.72– 11 Isabel Benvenuti11+1113910.75– 12 María Cabezas Ramos10+1213911.46– 13 Giovanna Dubuc10+1212+1312.75–

+ Women's AU3 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRankin RP3

+ Women's RP1 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Pavitra Vandenhoven30+425+12.4535+ 2 Melissa Ruiz4012531.7328 3 Marta Peche Salinero37222+42.8323 4 Eva Mol33325+12.1214+ 5 Andrea Sánchez Aparicio29515+55.48– 6 Angela Fallegger26+615+56.0– 7 Júlia Castelló Farré2471588.15– 8 Carlie Cook19+1215+58.49– 9 Hannah Zook23+81588.72– 10 Olivia Conforti2391589.25– 11 Lucy Keyworth211014+1210.95– 12 Doris Rohner191315811.11– 13 Araminta Mclennan20+11101311.96– 14 Asumi Kato41491414.0–

+ Women's RP2 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Dina Eivik22+230+22.029+ 2 Jasmin Plank22341+11.7328+ 3 Anna Devries13424+33.4625 4 Sarah Longhi23+121+42.1223+ 5 Beatriz Gandara Carnero6621+45.41– 6 Nicole Diehl1251965.48– 7 Emily Seelenfreund6614+76.75–

+ Women's RP3 Rank Name Qualification FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Marina Dias39350+11.7342+ 2 Christiane LuttikhuizenTop147+42.042+ (3m52s) 3 Martha Evans41+25022.042+ (4m45s) 4 Rosalie Schaupert38549+33.8742+ 5 Nat Vorel38+44454.47– 6 Anita Aggarwal29640+66.0– 7 Paula De La Calle Pizarro22839+77.94– 8 Laura Nesciobelli22835+88.49– 9 Ria Grindel27715+118.77– 10 Manca Smrekar2282799.0– 11 Lindsay Purcell211117+1010.49–

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