Reza Alipour
{{short description|Iranian speed climber from Qazvin|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| name = Reza Alipour
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| fullname = Reza Alipour Shenazandifard
| native_name = رضا علیپور شنازندیفرد
| nickname = Persian Cheetah
| nationality = {{IRN}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|4|29|df=y}}
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| height = {{height|m=1.70|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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| years_active = 2011–present
| country = {{IRN}}
| sport = Competition climbing
| event = Speed
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's competition climbing }}
{{MedalCountry | {{IRI}} }}
{{MedalCount
| World Championship |1|1|1
| World Games |1|0|0
| World Cup |6|2|6
| Asian Games |2|0|0
| Asian Championships |1|2|1
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{{MedalCompetition|World Games}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Wrocław|Speed}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Innsbruck|Speed}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Paris|Speed}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Gijón|Speed}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Jakarta–Palembang|Speed}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Hangzhou|Speed}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Tehran|Speed}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Tehran|Speed}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Ningbo|Speed}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Tai'an|Speed}}
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Reza Alipour Shenazandifard ({{langx|fa|رضا علیپور شنازندیفرد}}, born 29 April 1994) is an Iranian competition speed climber from Qazvin.
Career
In 2014, in Spain, he registered 5.97 seconds and broke his own Iranian record in speed climbing.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) titled him an Asiatic cheetah.{{fact|date=August 2024}} On April 30, 2017, in Nanjing, China, as part of the 2017 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Alipour set a new world record; scaling a 15-meter wall in 5.48 seconds, snatching the gold medal, and beating the previous record of 5.60 seconds held by Ukraine's Danyil Boldyrev.{{cite web|url=http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/news/item/924-more-records-broken-in-china|title=More Records Broken in China!|publisher=}}
He was crowned the 2017 International World Games Association (IWGA) Athlete of the Year. Alipour received 90,790 votes in the contest, with second place going to Ukrainian powerlifter Larysa Soloviova, who scored 90,036.{{cite web|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/Athlete-of-the-Year-2017-1797|title=Athlete of the Year 2017!|publisher=International World Games Association|access-date=2018-02-01}}
He also finished in first place at the 18th Asian Games in Palembang in Men's Speed Climbing competition, Zhong Qixin from China won the silver medal, and bronze medal went to Indonesian climber Aspar Jaelolo.{{cite web|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/08/23/1810053/asian-games-climber-reza-alipour-wins-iran-s-10th-gold-medalClimber|title=Reza Alipour Wins Iran's 10th Gold Medal|publisher=Tasnim News|access-date=2018-08-23}} Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour seat top at the latest 2018 World Ranking published by International Federation of Sport Climbing IFSC and collecting 324.68 points and Bassa Mawem of France and Dmitrii Timofeev of Russia stand next with 318.59 and 316.01 points respectively{{cite web|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/139765/|title=Alipour tops IFSC World Ranking in 2018|date=20 November 2018|publisher=Mehr news agency|access-date=2018-11-20}}
On the third day of the 2024 Olympic qualifiers held in Budapest, Alipour qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics by scoring 61 points in the two qualifiers of China and Hungary.{{cite news |title=Iranian climber books berth for Paris Olympics|url=https://nournews.ir/n/179217|access-date=23 June 2024 |work=Nournews|language=English}}{{cite news |title=Reza Alipour Books Berth in Climbing for Paris Olympics|url=https://kayhan.ir/200XT5|access-date=23 June 2024 |work=Nournews|language=English}}{{cite news |title=Iranian climber books berth for Paris Olympics|url=https://en.irna.ir/news/85517259|access-date=23 June 2024 |work=Irna|language=English}}
Alipour advanced to the knockout stage with a run time of 5.06 seconds as the fastest elimination heat loser of the men's speed climbing in the 2024 Olympic Games.{{cite news |title=Reza Alipour qualifies for speed climbing final: 2024 Paris|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/502095/Reza-Alipour-qualifies-for-speed-climbing-final-2024-Paris|access-date=6 August 2024 |work=Tehran Times|language=English}}{{cite news |title=Iran's Alipour into final at 2024 Paris Olympics|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/219118/Iran-s-Alipour-into-final-at-2024-Paris-Olympics|access-date=7 August 2024 |work=Tehran Times|language=English}}{{cite news |title=ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD BREAKING IN LE BOURGET|url=https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/news/another-day-of-record-breaking-in-le-bourget|access-date=6 August 2024 |work=Tehran Times|language=English}} Alipour finished in the fourth place after he lost to American Samuel Watson in the bronze medal match. Watson won bronze with a world record time of 4.74 seconds.{{cite news |title= Iranian Climber Alipour Comes Fourth in Olympics|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2024/08/08/3136466/iranian-climber-alipour-comes-fourth-in-olympics|access-date=8 August 2024 |work=Tasnim|language=English}}
Personal life
Reza Alipour was born on 29 April 1994 in the city of Qazvin. His cousin, Mehdi, also competes as a speed climber.{{cite web |date=20 September 2017 |title=سریعترین مرد عمودی آسیا و جهان: کاپ جام جهانی را میخواهم |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/4092368/%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%BE-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%85 |access-date=18 July 2021 |publisher=Mehr News Agency |language=Persian}}{{cite news |title=عملکرد علیپورها در جام جهانی سوئیس |url=https://newspaper.inn.ir/Newspaper/BlockPrint/231825 |access-date=18 July 2021 |work=Iran-e Varzeshi |language=Persian}}
Major results
= Olympic Games =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | Discipline ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2024 |
| align="left" | Speed
| 4 |
= World championships =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | Discipline ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2014 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2016 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2018 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2019 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2021 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2023 |
| align="left" | Speed
| style="background: #c96;" | 3 | style="background: silver;" | 2 | style="background: gold;" | 1 |6 |9 |20 |
= World Cup =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! style="background: #b0e0e6" | Discipline ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2013 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2014 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2015 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2016 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2017 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2018 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2019 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2021 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2022 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2023 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2024 |
| align="left" | Speed
| 13 | 16 | 7 | 5 | style="background: silver;" | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 39 |
| align="left" | Combined
| — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | |
= Asian championships =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | Discipline ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2013 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2014 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2015 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2016 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2017 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2018 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2019 ! style="background: #b0e0e6;" | 2022 |
| align="left" | Speed
| style="background: silver;" | 2 | 4 | style="background: silver;" | 2 | 8 | style="background: gold;" | 1 | 47 | 14 | 4 |
World Cup podiums
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! width=40|Season ! width=150|Location ! width=60|Discipline ! width=40|Place | |||
| rowspan=2|2013 | align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=1466&cat=23 Haiyang, China] | Speed | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st |
| align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=1460&cat=23 Wujiang, China] | Speed | 2nd | |
| 2014 | align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=1524&cat=23 Chamonix, France] | Speed | 3rd |
| rowspan=2|2015 | align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=1587&cat=23 Haiyang, China] | Speed | 3rd |
| align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=1594&cat=23 Wujiang, China] | Speed | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st | |
| rowspan=2|2016 | align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=1647&cat=23 Nanjing, China] | Speed | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st |
| align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=1641&cat=23 Chamonix, France] | Speed | 3rd | |
| rowspan=3|2017 | align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=6170&cat=23 Nanjing, China] | Speed | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st |
| align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=6194&cat=23 Villars, Switzerland] | Speed | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st | |
| align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=6202&cat=23 Arco, Italy] | Speed | 2nd | |
| rowspan=4|2018 | align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=7134&cat=23 Moscow, Russia] | Speed | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st |
| align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=7149&cat=23 Arco, Italy] | Speed | 3rd | |
| align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=7179&cat=23 Wujiang, China] | Speed | 3rd | |
| align=left|[http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=7182&cat=23 Xiamen, China] | Speed | 3rd |
References
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External links
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- {{Instagram|rezaalipour.1}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Qazvin
Category:Iranian rock climbers
Category:World Games gold medalists
Category:World Games medalists in sport climbing
Category:Sport climbers at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Sport climbers at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
Category:Asian Games medalists in sport climbing
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists
Category:IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists
Category:21st-century Iranian sportsmen
Category:Iranian competition climbers
Category:World Games medalists for Iran