Alberto Ginés López

Alberto Ginés López (born October 23, 2002) is a Spanish professional rock climber, specializing in lead climbing and bouldering. He placed second in the 2019 Lead Climbing World Cup[1] and won a silver medal at the 2019 Lead Climbing European Championship.[2]

Alberto Ginés López
Personal information
Born (2002-10-23) October 23, 2002
Cáceres, Spain
OccupationProfessional rock climber
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Climbing career
Type of climberLead climbing and Bouldering
Updated on February 22, 2020.

Biography

Ginés started climbing with his parents when he was very young. In 2013, Ginés, who was 10 years old at the time, met professional climbing coach David Macià in Rodellar, after his father introduced the child to him. Macià was surprised by the attitude with which Ginés climbed El Delfín (7c+), and became his coach. In 2016, after the announcement that climbing would become an Olympic sport at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he moved from Cáceres to Barcelona to train, with the goal of qualifying for the international event.[3]

In August 2017, Ginés took a silver medal at the Lead Climbing Youth World Championships, in the category Youth B. A month later, he won the Lead Climbing European Youth Championship in the same category. In May 2018, Ginés won the Lead Climbing European Youth Championship, in the category Youth A. In August 2019, he took bronze medals at the Lead Climbing and Combined Climbing Youth World Championships, in the category Youth A. A month later, Ginés also won a bronze at the Lead Climbing European Youth Championships, in the same category.

On 6 October 2019, Ginés won a silver medal at the Lead Climbing European Championships.[2] Later that month, he finished second in the Lead Climbing World Cup,[1] winning medals in two of its six events: a bronze in Kranj and a silver in the last event,[2] held in Inzai. On November, Ginés qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline 2019
Lead 2

[1]

Climbing European Championships

Discipline 2019
Lead 2

[2]

Number of medals in the Climbing European Youth Cup

Lead

Season Category Gold Silver Bronze Total
2017Youth B2114
2018Youth A112
2019Youth A213
Total5139

[2]

Bouldering

Season Category Gold Silver Bronze Total
2017Youth B22
2018Youth A112
2019Youth A112
Total4206

[2]

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Lead

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
2019112
Total0112

[2]

References

  1. "World Cup Rankings". IFSC. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  2. "Ginés' profile and rankings". IFSC. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  3. "Alberto Ginés, en el olimpo". El Periódico (in Spanish). 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
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