Kai Harada

Kai Harada (原田 海 Harada Kai; born May 10, 1999) is a Japanese competition boulderer.[2]

Kai Harada
Harada at the Climbing World Championships in 2018
Personal information
NationalityJapan
Born (1999-03-10) March 10, 1999[1]
Kanagawa[2]
OccupationProfessional competition climber
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Climbing career
Type of climberBouldering
Known forWinner of Bouldering at the Climbing World Championships in 2018
Medal record
World Championships
2018Bouldering
Climbing World Championships 2018 Boulder Final Harada (BT0A9215)

Harada started climbing in 2009 in Osaka.[3] He started competition climbing in 2015, placing in the Youth A Bouldering Championships and the Junior Asian Championships.

In 2018 he won the Bouldering Climbing World Championships as an outsider, and was the only person to get four tops in the final.[4][5][6]

Rankings

Climbing World Cup
Discipline 2017 2018 2019
Lead - 36
Bouldering 16 16 12
Speed - -
Combined 53 6

Climbing World Championships

Youth

Discipline 2017
Juniors		 2018
Juniors
Bouldering 11 3
Lead 13 3
Speed 22 33
Combined 5 -

Adult

Discipline 2018 2019
Lead 10 7
Bouldering 1 9
Speed - 32
Combined 4

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Bouldering
Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
201911
Total0101

References
  1. "原田 海 - 公益社団法人日本山岳・スポーツクライミング協会". www.jma-climbing.org. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. "Kai Harada". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. "Kai Harada". frictionlabs.de. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. "Sport climbing: Japan's Harada wins 1st bouldering title at climbing worlds". Kyodo News+. 16 September 2018.
  5. Tyler Macdonald (17 September 2018). "Kai Harada of Japan wins the 2018 Bouldering World Championship in Innsbruck Austria". Rock and Ice.
  6. "Janja Garnbret and Kai Harada Boulder World Champions". PlanetMountain.com. 16 September 2018.
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