Seo Chae-hyun
Seo Chae-hyun (Hangul: 서채현, born 1 November 2003), also known as Chahyun Seo, is a South Korean professional climber.
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Nationality | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 November 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Climbing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type of climber | Lead climbing and Bouldering | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest grade | 9a (5.14d) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Known for | Winning Lead World Cup overall title in her senior debut season. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Seo Chae-hyun | |
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Korean name | |
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Revised Romanization | Seo Chae-hyeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Ch'aehyŏn |
She won the 2019 Lead World Cup overall title in her senior debut season. She has been nicknamed "The 2nd Jain Kim" because of her success in 2019 lead climbing competitions.[1]
Biography
Seo was born into a family of climbers. She started climbing in 2008. Her father owns a climbing gym in Seoul.
In 2018, at age fourteen, Seo sent a 9a route Bad Girls Club at the Wicked Cave at Rifle, Colorado.[2]
In 2019, she made her IFSC Climbing World Cup debut and won the Lead World Cup season title ahead of Slovenian Janja Garnbret and Japanese Natsuki Tanii by winning 4 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medals in six out of six lead events.[3] Then she participated in the Asian Championships and placed first in both lead and bouldering disciplines.[4]
For a list of her notable ascents see her profile on theCrag.
Rankings
World Championships
[6] | 2019 |
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Lead | 4 |
Bouldering | 13 |
Speed | 50 |
Combined | 13 |
Asian Championships
[6] | 2019 |
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Lead | 1 |
Bouldering | 1 |
Speed | 15 |
Combined | 4 |
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
Lead
Season[6] | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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2019 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
References
- "'제2의 김자인' 고교생 서채현 떴다". www.hani.co.kr (in Korean). 2019-07-21. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- Burgman, John. "The Korean Crusher: Chaehyeon Seo Sends 5.14d at Age 14". Climbing Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- "IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CUP 2019: W O M E N LEAD".
- "ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - BOGOR (INA) 2019".
- IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "Seo's profile and rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.