1991 UIAA Climbing World Championships

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1991 UIAA Climbing World Championships
Location Frankfurt, Germany
Date1 – 2 October 1991
Competitors110 from 22 nations
1993 →

The 1991 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the first edition, were held in Frankfurt, Germany from 1 to 2 October 1991. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead and speed events.[1][2][3]

Medalists[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Lead François Legrand
 France 		Yuji Hirayama
 Japan 		Guido Köstermeyer
 Germany
Men's Speed Hans Florine
 United States 		Jacky Godoffe
 France 		Kairat Rakhmetov
 Kazakhstan
Women's Lead Susi Good
 Switzerland 		Isabelle Patissier
 France 		Robyn Erbesfield
 United States
Women's Speed Isabelle Dorsimond
 Belgium 		Agnès Brard
 France 		Venera Chereshneva
 Russia

Lead[edit]

François Legrand and Susi Good were the first ever Lead World Champions. Legrand climbed efficiently and topped the final route.[4]

Men[5] Women[6]
Rank Name Nation Result Rank Name Nation Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) François Legrand  France 6000 1st place, gold medalist(s) Susi Good  Switzerland 6000
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yuji Hirayama  Japan 4800 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Isabelle Patissier  France 4800
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Guido Köstermeyer  Germany 3600 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robyn Erbesfield  United States 3600
4 Pavel Samoiline  Russia 3300 4 Nanette Raybaud  France 3300
5 Evgeny Ovchinnikov  Russia 3060 5 Lynn Hill  United States 3060
6 Didier Raboutou  France 2820 6 Natalie Richer  France 2820
7 Vladimir Jourkin  Russia 2580 7 Venera Chereshneva  Russia 2580
8 Bernabe Fernandez  Spain 2400 8 Isabelle Dorsimond  Belgium 2400
9 Christoph Finkel  Germany 2220 9 Luisa Iovane  Italy 2220
10 François Lombard  France 2040 10 Barbara Hirschbichler  Germany 2040

Speed[edit]

Hans Florine and Isabelle Dorsimond were the first ever Speed World Cup Champions.[7]

Men[8] Women[9]
Rank Name Nation Result Rank Name Nation Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hans Florine  United States 6000 1st place, gold medalist(s) Isabelle Dorsimond  Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jacky Godoffe  France 4800 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Agnès Brard  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kairat Rakhmetov  Kazakhstan 3600 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Venera Chereshneva  Russia
4 Andrzej Marcisz  Poland 3300 4 Yulia Inozemtseva  Russia
5 Raikhan Galiakbarov  Russia 3060 5 Ineke Dijkstra  Netherlands
5 Glenn Sutcliffe  Great Britain 3060 5 Andrea Eisenhut  Germany
7 Mark Baker  Australia 2580 5 Irina Kodina  Russia
7 Gregor Jaeger  Germany 2580 8 Iwona Gronkiewicz-Marcisz  Poland
9 Seung-Kwon Chung  South Korea 2220 9 Felicity Butler  Great Britain
9 Stephan Hilgers  Germany 2220 10 Nancy Feagin  United States
9 Johannes Nathan  Germany 2220
9 Petrov Plamen  Bulgaria 2220
9 Salavat Rakhmetov  Russia 2220
9 Arnould T'Kint  Belgium 2220
9 Oleg Tcherechnev  Russia 2220
16 Hira Verick  Australia 1200

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  2. ^ "digital ROCK: Competition calendar 1991". www.digitalrock.de. Archived from the original on 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  3. ^ "Climbing World Champions 1991 - 2009". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  4. ^ "François Legrand and Yuji Hirayama battle it out in Frankfurt".
  5. ^ "Result: M E N lead". www.digitalrock.de. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  6. ^ "Result: W O M E N lead". www.digitalrock.de. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  7. ^ "World Championships 1991 Jacky Godoffe vs Hans Florine".
  8. ^ "Result: M E N speed". www.digitalrock.de. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  9. ^ "Result: W O M E N speed". www.digitalrock.de. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
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