Jernej Kruder (born December 5, 1990) is a Slovenian rock climber who specializes in competition climbing, bouldering and sport climbing. In 2018, he won the IFSC Climbing World Cup in competition bouldering.[1]
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Nationality | Slovenian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Celje, Slovenia | December 5, 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Professional rock climber | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | krudrozaver.blogspot.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Known for | Winning Bouldering World Cup in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on April 14, 2019 |
Climbing career
editIn 2016 Jernej completed the 9a+ (5.15a) graded deep-water soloing route Es Pontàs in Mallorca. The route was originally established by Chris Sharma in 2006. Jernej was only the second climber to repeat it. It took him 16 days and 39 attempts to finish the route.[2] Jernej initially graded the route 9b (5.15b). Jan Hojer, who got the third ascend on the route, downgraded it to 9a+.[3][4]
In September 2018, he managed to get the first ascent on the boulder, Metafizika, near Celje, Slovenia. It has a bouldering grade of 8C (V15), and was only the second boulder of that difficulty in Slovenia.[5][6]
On 31 December 2018, Jernej made the first ascent of Dugi rat at the crag Vrulja close to Omiš in Croatia. With a grade of 9a+ (5.15a) it is the hardest sport climbing route in the country. Jernej bolted the route himself and had been working on it for 4 years. The name Dugi rat means "long cape/horn" in Croatian.[7]
Rankings
editClimbing World Cup
editDiscipline[8] | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Lead | 65 | 55 | |||||||||
Bouldering | 64 | 33 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Speed | |||||||||||
Combined | 17 | 24 |
Climbing World Championships
editYouth[9]
Discipline | 2004 Youth B |
2005 Youth B |
2006 Youth A |
2007 Youth A |
2008 Juniors |
2009 Juniors |
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Lead | 26 | 32 | 50 | 19 | 19 | |
Bouldering | ||||||
Speed | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 |
Adult[9]
Discipline | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 |
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Lead | |||||
Bouldering | 27 | 25 | 31 | 2 | 11 |
Speed | 37 | ||||
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Rock Master
editDiscipline | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Lead | 38 | ||||||||
Duel | |||||||||
KO Boulder | 16 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
editBouldering
editSeason[9] | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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2017 | 1 | 1 | ||
2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
2019 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
References
edit- ^ "Miho Nonaka and Jernej Kruder win Bouldering World Cup 2018". planetmountain.com. Archived from the original on Jul 10, 2019.
- ^ "Jernej Kruder wiederholt Sharmas 'Es Pontas'". klettern.de. Archived from the original on Jul 10, 2019.
- ^ "Interview: Jan Hojer on His Third Ascent of "Es Pontas" (5.15a Deep Water Solo)". RockAndIce. 8 October 2018. Archived from the original on Aug 2, 2019.
- ^ "Jernej Kruder". hardclimbs.info. Archived from the original on Jul 10, 2019.
- ^ "Jernej Kruder gelingt die Erstbegehung des 8c-Boulders Metafizika in Slowenien". lacrux.com. 4 October 2018. Archived from the original on Aug 2, 2019.
- ^ "Jernej Kruder Sends Metafizika, New V15". Gripped Magazine. 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on Aug 2, 2019.
- ^ "Jernej Kruder climbs Croatia's hardest, Dugi rat at Omiš". planetmountain.com. January 2019. Archived from the original on Aug 2, 2019.
- ^ IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "Kruder's profile and rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
External links
edit- Kruder's profile on Digitalrock.de