Tomáš Mrázek (born August 24, 1982, in Brno) is a professional Czech rock climber specializing in lead climbing competitions. He won two World Championships, in 2003 and 2005, and one Lead World Cup, in 2004.
Biography Tomáš started climbing on the rocks of Stránská skála near Brno in 1997. Only two years later, he could climb his first 8a and in the subsequent year managed to win the Czech Championship in lead climbing.
In 2001 he became Junior World Champion in Imst, Austria, Vice World Champion in Winterthur, Suisse, and he won the prestigious Rock Master competition in Arco, Italy. In 2002 he reached the overall 2nd place of the Lead World Cup and succeeded to repeat the legendary route Underground 9a redpoint in Massone near Arco. In 2003 he won the World Championship in lead in Chamonix, France, and climbed Sanjski Par Extension 9a in Mišja Peč, Slovenia. In 2004 he became overall winner of the Lead World Cup. In 2005 he repeated to win the World Championships in Munich, Germany and placed 2nd at the World Games in Duisburg, Germany. Moreover he succeeded to onsight Pata Negra in Rodellar, the second 8c onsight ever, and Martin Krpan 9a in Mišja Peč. Tomáš has been keeping to win the Czech Championships annually.
Rankings Climbing World Cup Discipline 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Lead 23 3 2 6 1 8 3 3 2 16 Bouldering 73 6 9 42 Speed 52 Combined 13 1 2 3
Climbing World Championships Discipline 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 Lead 2 1 1 3 18
Number of medals in the World Cup Lead Season Gold Silver Bronze Total 2000 2001 2 2 2002 3 1 4 2003 2 2 2004 4 4 1 9 2005 2006 1 3 4 2007 2 1 1 4 2008 1 1 1 3 2009 1 1 Total 10 11 8 29
Rock climbing Redpointed routes : Xaxid Hostel - Mišja Peč (SLO) - 5 November 2009 - First ascent Open Your Mind Direct - Santa Linya (ESP) - 2009
: Halupca 1978 - Mišja Peč (SLO) Fuck the system - Santa Linya (ESP) - 20 March 2009 Seleció natural extensión - Santa Linya (ESP) - 10 March 2009 Analogica - Santa Linya (ESP) - 16 December 2008 Martin Krpan - Mišja Peč (SLO) - 5 April 2005 Sanjski Par Extension - Mišja Peč (SLO) - 4 April 2003 Underground - Massone (ITA) - 2002 - Bolted by Manfred Stuffer in 1998
Onsighted routes : Humildes pa´casa – Oliana (ESP) – 17 March 2009 Pata Negra - Rodellar (ESP) – 10 August 2005 – Second-ever 8c onsight in history after Yuji Hirayama.
See also List of grade milestones in rock climbing History of rock climbing Rankings of most career IFSC gold medals
References
External links
Interview on czechclimbing.com Interview on climbandmore.com