Aries Susanti Rahayu

Aries Susanti Rahayu (born 21 March 1995) is a sport climbing athlete from Indonesia. She is mainly active in speed climbing competitions. She has been nicknamed "Spiderwoman".[1] She was the women's world record holder in speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup.[2] Also, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds.[3]

Aries Susanti Rahayu
Personal information
Born (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995
Grobogan, Central Java, Indonesia
Climbing career
Type of climberSport climbing
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cup 3 2 1
World Cup
2018Speed
Asian Games
2018 PalembangSpeed
2018 PalembangSpeed relay
Asian Championships
2017 TehranSpeed relay
2017 TehranSpeed
2018 KurayoshiSpeed

Biography

As a child, she used to climb trees at home and parks.[4] In 2007, she was introduced to sport climbing by her teacher when she was still a junior high school student.[5]

In 2017, she competed in the Climbing World Cup for the first time, and got her first medal (silver) at the World Cup in Xiamen. In the 2017 Asian Championships in Tehran, she was third in speed.

In 2018, she got her first gold medal at the Climbing World Cup in Chongqing. Then, she got one bronze in Tai'an and two more gold medals at the World Cups in Wujiang and Xiamen, all in China. At the end of the 2018 season, she was second in the overall ranking in the speed discipline. In the same year, at the Asian Championships in Kurayoshi, she was third after she false started in the semifinal.[6]

In 2019, she became the women's world record holder in speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup.[2] As well, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds.[3]

Also in 2019, she was on the Forbes Asia's 30 Under 30 list.[7][8]

Rankings

Climbing World Cup
Discipline 2017 2018
Speed 13 2

[9]

Asian Championships
Discipline 2017 2018
Speed 3 3

[10]

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed
Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
201711
2018314
20191 12
Total4217

[10]

References
  1. Bachrain, Ahmad. "Aries Susanti, Sang 'Spiderwoman' dari Grobogan Peraih Emas". olahraga. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. "Aries Susati Pecahkan Rekor Dunia Panjat Tebing". CNN Indonesia. 20 October 2019.
  3. "New World Record for Speed Climber Aries Susanti Rahayu". Gripped. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. "Indonesia's "Spiderwoman" eyes Tokyo 2020 following Asian Games success".
  5. "Aries Susanti Rahayu "Spiderwoman" asal Grobogan Jawa Tengah yang Sukses Taklukan Dunia" (in Indonesian).
  6. "Indonesia, Japan on Podiums at Asian Championships".
  7. "Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia".
  8. "INDONESIA'S "SPIDERWOMAN" ARIES SUSANTI RAHAYU RACING TO THE TOP OF SPORT CLIMBING".
  9. "World Cup Rankings". Archived from the original on 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  10. "Rahayu's profile and rankings". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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