Reza Alipour

Reza Alipour Shenazandifard (Persian: رضا علیپور شنازندی فرد‎, born 29 َApril 1994) is an Iranian speed climber from Qazvin. He is titled the Asiatic cheetah (Genius)[1] and the "Vertical World's Fastest Man."

Reza Alipour

Personal information
Native name	رضا علیپور شنازندی فرد
Full name	Reza Alipour Shenazandifard
Nickname(s)	Asiatic cheetah The world's fastest vertical man
Nationality	Iran
Born	(1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 Qazvin, Iran
Occupation	Firefighter
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Sport Climbing
Event(s)	Speed
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championship 1 1 1 World Games 1 – – World Cup 6 2 6 Asian Games 1 – – Asian Championships 1 2 – World Games 2017 Wroclaw Speed World Championships 2018 Innsbruck Speed 2016 Paris Speed 2014 Gijón Speed Asian Games 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Speed Asian Championships 2017 Tehran Speed 2013 Tehran Speed 2015 Ningbo Speed

In 2013 at the World Cup in Haiyang, China, he broke the world record and registered 06.24 seconds to win the first gold medal in speed climbing in Iranian history.

Then in 2014 in Spain, he registered 05.97 seconds and broke his own Iranian record in speed climbing. The International Federation of Sport Climbing IFSC entitled him an Asiatic cheetah. Upon setting the new world record of 5.48 seconds at the IFSC World Cup Nanjing, he was named the Usain Bolt of speed climbing.[2]

On April 30, 2017, in Nanjing, China, Alipour set a new world record; scaling a 15-meter wall in 5.48 seconds, snatching the gold medal, and shattering the previous record of 5.60 seconds held by Ukraine's Danyil Boldyrev.[3]

He has been 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.[4]

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.[5]Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour seats 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[6]