2025 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships

2025 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships
VenueKSPO Dome
LocationSouth Korea Seoul, South Korea
Date20 – 25 September 2025
Website2025 Paraclimbing WC

The 2025 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships was the 9th edition of the leading biennial global championships in competition climbing for athletes with a disability or impairment.

The event was held at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea from 20 to 25 September 2025, alongside the 2025 IFSC Climbing World Championships. It crowned world champions in a total of 19 competition lead climbing events for the respective athlete's impairment classification.[1] Featuring 206 athletes, the event was the largest paraclimbing competition to date.[2]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States52512
2 Japan43310
3 France4037
4 Germany2125
5 Romania2013
6 Austria1304
7 Brazil1102
8 Italy0202
9 Slovenia0123
10 Netherlands0112
11 Australia0101
 Belgium0101
 Hungary0101
 India0101
 Spain0101
16 Israel0011
 Norway0011
Totals (17 entries)19191957

Medal summary

The medals were awarded as follows:[3]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's B1 Japan Sho Aita Spain Francisco Javier Aguilar Amoedo France Nicolas Moineau
Men's B2 Romania Răzvan Nedu Japan Motohiro Ejiri Japan Fumiya Hamanoue
Men's B3 Romania Cosmin Florin Candoi Japan Kazuhiro Minowada Romania Daniel-Bebe-Vasilică Andrei
AL1 Austria Angelino Zeller Austria Markus Pösendorfer Slovenia Matej Arh
Men's AL2 France Thierry Delarue Japan Shuhei Yuki United States Corey Ramos
Men's AU2 Germany Kevin Bartke Brazil Eduardo Miguel Schaus United States Brian Zarzuela
Men's AU3 Japan Nobuhiro Yusaraoka Hungary Bence Kerekes Israel Mor Michael Sapir
Men's RP1 France Aloïs Pottier Germany Korbinian Franck Norway Kim Rishaug
Men's RP2 United States Brayden Butler India Manikandan Kumar Germany Philipp Hrozek
Men's RP3 Japan Kazuhiko Yamashita Belgium Camille Caulier Netherlands Jamie Barendrecht
Women's B1 Japan Hiromi Aoki Italy Nadia Bredice Slovenia Tanja Glusic
Women's B2 United States Seneida Biendarra Austria Linda Le Bon Germany Luisa Grube
Women's B3 United States Linn Poston United States Phoebe Barkan France Elsa Boutel Menard
Women's AL1 in AL1
Women's AL2 France Lucie Jarrige Australia Sarah Larcombe United States Daliya Hansen
Women's AU2 France Solenne Piret Italy Lucia Capovilla United States Eleanor Rubin
Women's AU3 Germany Rosalie Schaupert Slovenia Manca Smrekar France Oriane Ilpide
Women's RP1 United States Melissa Ruiz Netherlands Eva Mol United States Hannah Zook
Women's RP2 United States Emily Seelenfreund Austria Jasmin Plank Japan Matoi Futahashi
Women's RP3 Brazil Marina Dias United States Nat Vorel Japan Momoko Yoshida

Men's results

Men's B1
Rank Name Qualification Final[4]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Japan Sho Aita 50 1 48+ 1 1.0 38+
2 Spain Francisco Javier Aguilar Amoedo 31+ 2 35 2 2.0 36
3 France Nicolas Moineau 23 4 31+ 3 3.46 28+
4 Italy Simone Salvagnin 30+ 3 30 4 3.46 24
5 Japan Masahito Maeoka 17 5 20+ 5 5.0
Men's B2
Rank Name Qualification Final[5]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Romania Răzvan Nedu 40+ 1 41 1 1.0 36+
2 Japan Motohiro Ejiri 31+ 2 35+ 3 2.74 28+
3 Japan Fumiya Hamanoue 31+ 2 36 2 2.24 24
4 Spain Guillermo Pelegrín Gómez 31 4 31+ 4 4.0
5 Japan Junichi Fujisaku 24+ 5 30 5 5.0
6 United States Kevin Chao 14+ 6 20 6 6.0
Men's B3
Rank Name Qualification Final[6]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Romania Cosmin Florin Candoi 50 1 Top 1 1.0 40
2 Japan Kazuhiro Minowada 40+ 2 40+ 2 2.0 35+
3 Romania Daniel-bebe-vasilică Andrei 31+ 3 35+ 3 3.24 33+
4 Japan Takumi Kawamura 31+ 3 31+ 4 3.97 28
5 United Kingdom Lux Losey Sail 30+ 5 31+ 4 4.74
6 United States Andrew Martinez 24+ 6 30 6 6.0
7 United States Gordon Fralick 19+ 7 22+ 7 7.0
 AL1
Rank Name Qualification Final[7]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Austria Angelino Zeller 38+ 1 47+ 1 1.0 47+
2 Austria Markus Pösendorfer 31+ 3 42+ 3 3.5 42+
3 Slovenia Matej Arh 33+ 2 42+ 3 2.65 42
4 Belgium Pavitra Vandenhoven 16+ 6 45 2 3.61 37+
5 United States Tanner Cislaw 31+ 3 41+ 5 4.18
6 Australia Matthew Caruana 20+ 5 32+ 8 6.32
7 Japan Tetsuo Nishizaki 16+ 6 34+ 7 6.75
8 Slovakia Marek Dučák 16 8 39 6 7.14
9 Japan Naohisa Hatakeyama 16 8 32 9 8.75
10 United States Brittany Chadbourne 15+ 10 26+ 10 10.72
11 United States Carlie Cook 15+ 10 23+ 11 11.25
12 United States Garrison Redd 15+ 10 17 13 12.23
13 United States Carlos Guiles 15+ 10 16 14 12.69
14 United States Andrea Wilson 15 14 23 12 12.96
Men's AL2
Rank Name Qualification Final[8]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 France Thierry Delarue Top 1 Top 1 1.0 44+
2 Japan Shuhei Yuki 32+ 2 38 7 4.58 34+
3 United States Corey Ramos 32+ 2 35+ 9 5.2 34
4 Belgium Frederik Leys 23+ 11 39 2 4.69 32+
5 United States Lee Shaffer 32 5 38+ 3 4.74 32
6 United States Ethan Zilz 31+ 6 38+ 3 5.2 30+
7 Spain Iván German Pascual 27 7 38+ 3 5.61
8 Spain Urko Carmona Barandiaran 32+ 2 31+ 11 5.74
9 Spain Albert Guardia Ferrer 25+ 8 38+ 3 6.18
10 Norway Sebastian Menze 25+ 8 37+ 8 8.25
11 Italy David Kammerer 25 10 33+ 10 10.0
12 Japan Keigo Takahata 21 12 26+ 13 12.49
13 Japan Hiromi Ono 18+ 13 13 12 12.73
14 Romania Marius Sandu 18+ 13 24 14 13.75
15 Brazil Luciano Frazão Da Silva 18 15 23 15 15.25
16 United Kingdom Mat Armitage 18 15 21 16 15.75
17 Poland Krzysztof Kuczewski 15+ 17 17+ 17 17.25
18 United States Chase Christiansen 15 18 17+ 17 17.75
19 China Mingliang He 12+ 19 15+ 19 19.0
20 South Korea Haesung Cho 5+ 20 13 20 20.0
Men's AU2
Rank Name Qualification Final[9]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Germany Kevin Bartke 27+ 3 50+ 2 2.65 35+
2 Brazil Eduardo Miguel Schaus 27+ 3 48+ 3 3.24 33+
3 United States Brian Zarzuela 33+ 1 51+ 1 1.0 33
4 United Kingdom Sebastian Musson 31 2 34+ 6 3.46 23+
5 Norway Isak Ripman 26+ 5 35+ 5 4.47
6 France Anthony Guillen 21+ 6 35 5 5.48
7 Germany Markus Crell 18+ 7 31+ 8 7.48
United Kingdom James Rudge 15+ 8 32 7 7.48
9 France Camille Brassier 15 9 25 9 9.49
10 Denmark Peter Tramm 15 9 22+ 10 10.0
11 United States Matthew Lynch 15 9 17+ 11 10.72
12 United States Dylan Retsek 10+ 12 17+ 11 11.75
Men's AU3
Rank Name Qualification Final[10]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Japan Nobuhiro Yasuraoka 25+ 3 28 5 3.87 35+
2 Hungary Bence Kerekes 3+ 1 45+ 1 1.0 32+
3 Israel Mor Michael Sapir 26 2 38+ 3 2.65 32+
4 United States Mason Keough 24 4 44+ 2 2.83 25+
5 Switzerland Dominic Geisseler 23+ 5 38+ 3 4.39
6 Germany Aldrik Bethke 23+ 5 26+ 6 5.74
7 United States Benen Parlmer 15+ 8 22+ 7 8.15
8 Brazil Leonardo Vilha De Oliveira Sofka 16+ 7 16 10 8.37
9 South Korea Donggi Yeon 15+ 8 17+ 8 8.99
Poland Jan Zaleski 15+ 8 17+ 8 8.99
11 Poland Bartlomiej Szyszkowski 15+ 8 13+ 11 10.45
12 India Biman Biswas 12 12 13+ 11 11.75
Men's RP1
Rank Name Qualification Final[11]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 France Aloïs Pottier 46+ 1 38+ 1 1.0 43+
2 Germany Korbinian Franck 41+ 2 32+ 2 2.0 41
3 Norway Kim Rishaug 40+ 3 22+ 4 3.67 38+
4 Japan Takuya Okada 29+ 6 22+ 4 5.2 36+
5 United Kingdom Luke Jamieson 32 5 12 10 7.25 30+
6 United States Tim Berruyer Galte 32+ 4 23+ 3 3.46 28+
7 United States Paul Martin 29 7 15 7 7.5
8 Germany Sebastian Horn 20 10 15+ 6 8.12
9 Australia Glen Todd 29 7 11+ 12 9.87
10 Germany Tim Schaffrinna 17 13 15 7 10.06
11 Romania Andrei George Petraru 25+ 9 11+ 12 10.82
12 Japan Takehiko Otani 16 17 14_ 9 12.37
13 United Kingdom Laurence Morgan 16+ 15 12 10 12.76
14 Germany Sebastian Depke 20 10 10+ 16 13.47
Germany Mario Persing 20 10 10+ 16 13.47
16 United States Joshua Unterman 16+ 15 11+ 12 14.2
17 United States Connor King 17 13 11 15 14.23
18 United States Ruchir Khaitan 9+ 19 9 18 18.49
China Yuefei Tian 12+ 18 6 19 18.49
Men's RP2
Rank Name Qualification Final[12]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 United States Brayden Butler 43+ 3 33+ 1 1.73 44+
2 India Manikandan Kumar 48+ 1 27+ 4 2.0 36+
3 Germany Philipp Hrozek 40 4 28 3 3.46 36
4 United States Benjamin Mayforth 45+ 2 28+ 2 2.0 23+
5 United States Johnny Guintana 33 5 23 5 5.0
6 United States Jeffrey Mellenthin 20 8 16 6 6.93
South Korea Sanggeun Yun 22 6 10 8 6.93
8 China Jincheng Zhang 20+ 7 13+ 7 7.0
Men's RP3
Rank Name Qualification Final[13]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Japan Kazuhiko Yamashita 39+ 1 Top 1 1.0 39+
2 Belgium Camille Caulier 35+ 4 46+ 2 2.83 35+
3 Netherlands Jamie Barendrecht 36+ 3 44+ 4 3.46 34+
4 Japan Tadashi Takano 37 2 45 3 2.45 32+
5 United Kingdom Luke Smith 25+ 5 37+ 6 5.74
6 Romania Andrej Haršány 23+ 8 38 5 6.32
7 Czech Republic Frantisek Rys 25+ 5 29+ 8 6.63
8 Brazil Igor Jean Silva Mesquita 24 7 31+ 7 7.0
9 Hungary András Szijártó 21+ 9 28+ 9 9.0
10 Romania Stefan Liviu Dogaru 16+ 10 27+ 10 10.5
Poland Jakub Szmanda 16+ 10 27+ 10 10.5
12 United States Mark Jourdian 15+ 12 17+ 13 12.73
Norway Ola Nygard 15 13 21+ 12 12.73
14 United States Deva Ramireddy 15 13 17+ 13 13.5

Women's results

Women's B1
Rank Name Qualification Final[14]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Japan Hiromi Aoki 40 1 45 1 1.0 39+
2 Italy Nadia Bredice 27+ 2 34+ 2 2.0 37
3 Slovenia Tanja Glusic 24+ 3 32+ 3 3.0 24+
4 United States Emeline Lakrout 22+ 4 29+ 5 4.47
Romania Adriana Tofan 20+ 5 30 4 4.47
Women's B2
Rank Name Qualification Final[15]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 United States Seneida Biendarra Top 1 Top 1 1.0 53
2 Austria Linda Le Bon 43+ 2 52+ 2 2.0 37+
3 Germany Luisa Grube 41 3 51 4 3.46 37+
4 France Melissa Cesarone 27 4 51+ 3 3.46 35
Women's B3
Rank Name Qualification Final[16]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 United States Linn Poston Top 1 Top 1 2.45 Top
2 United States Phoebe Barkan Top 1 Top 1 2.45 56
3 France Elsa Boutel Menard Top 1 Top 1 2.45 28+
4 Japan Mika Maeoka Top 1 50+ 4 3.46 39+
5 Romania Ionela Dragan Top 1 47+ 5 3.87
6 Japan Yumi Ejiri 40+ 6 47 6 6.0
7 United States Mandi Curtis 19+ 7 25 8 7.48
8 Poland Agnieszka Kwolek 11+ 9 26 7 7.94
9 United States Paige Trotter 15 8 18+ 9 8.49
Women's AL1
Rank Name Qualification Final
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
in AL1
Women's AL2
Rank Name Qualification Final[17]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 France Lucie Jarrige 49+ 1 44 1 1.0 40
2 Australia Sarah Larcombe 37+ 2 31+ 2 2.0 35+
3 United States Daliya Hansen 26 5 19 3 4.74 23
4 Portugal Tânia Chaves 27+ 4 19 3 4.24 22
5 Italy Fiamma Cocchi 30 3 14+ 9 5.34
6 South Africa Emily Gray 23+ 6 19 3 5.61
7 New Zealand Rachel Maia 23+ 6 18 7 7.0
8 United States Morgan Loomis 20+ 12 19 3 7.35
9 Japan Masako Watanabe 23+ 6 15+ 8 7.48
10 United States Kaitlyn Truscott 22+ 10 14+ 9 9.75
11 China Yan Su 23 9 12 12 10.39
12 United States Hannah McFadden 21+ 11 14 11 11.0
Women's AU2
Rank Name Qualification Final[18]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 France Solenne Piret 44 1 53 1 1.0 47
2 Italy Lucia Capovilla 35+ 2 38+ 2 2.0 27
3 United States Eleanor Rubin 31+ 3 31+ 3 3.24 26+
4 France Siloë Tetaz 31+ 3 25+ 4 3.74 24
5 United States Isabel Benvenuti 16+ 6 25 5 5.7
6 United Kingdom Isabella Walsh 19+ 5 14+ 6 6.12
7 United States Corinna Wimmer 16+ 6 14 10 8.26
8 United States Josephine Fouts 16 8 14+ 6 8.44
Spain Ana María Gómez Escobar 16 8 14+ 6 8.44
Germany Carolin Heberle 16 8 14+ 6 8.44
11 Spain María Cabezas Ramos 16 8 14 10 9.99
12 China Xie Ting 11+ 12 11+ 12 12.0
13 United States Elise Morley 10 13 3 13 13.0
Women's AU3
Rank Name Qualification Final[19]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Germany Rosalie Schaupert 35+ 1 31+ 1 1.0 40
2 Slovenia Manca Smrekar 32 2 30+ 2 2.0 28
3 France Oriane Ilpide 31+ 3 28+ 3 3.24 22+
4 Spain Paula De La Calle Pizarro 31+ 3 27 4 3.74
5 Germany Ria Grindel 19 5 14+ 5 5.0
Women's RP1
Rank Name Qualification Final[20]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 United States Melissa Ruiz 40 1 19+ 1 1.0 34
2 Netherlands Eva Mol 32+ 2 17+ 2 2.0 31+
3 United States Hannah Zook 30+ 3 9+ 6 4.24 30+
4 Switzerland Doris Rohner 17 6 14+ 3 4.24 24
5 United States Jackie Stewart 29 4 11+ 4 4.24 22+
6 United Kingdom Lucy Keyworth 24+ 5 11+ 4 4.74
7 United States Tiffany Yu 7+ 7 5+ 7 7.0
Women's RP2
Rank Name Qualification Final[21]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 United States Emily Seelenfreund 25+ 4 34+ 2 3.16 25+
2 Austria Jasmin Plank Top 1 50+ 1 1.0 23+
3 Japan Matoi Futahashi 28+ 3 33+ 4 3.67 22
4 United States Megan Gleason 32 2 31 7 3.74 15
5 Italy Chiara Cavina 22+ 6 34+ 2 4.03
6 Norway Dina Eivik 22+ 6 33+ 4 5.41
7 Switzerland Sarah Longhi 25 5 32 6 5.48
8 Germany Nicole Diehl 16 8 16+ 8 8.0
Women's RP3
Rank Name Qualification Final[22]
Route 1 Route 2 Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Brazil Marina Dias 35 2 51 4 2.83 45
2 United States Nat Vorel 37+ 1 Top 1 1.22 41
3 Japan Momoko Yoshida 31+ 3 Top 1 2.29 38+
4 Germany Lena Schoellig 23+ 5 51+ 3 3.87 36
5 Germany Laura Nesciobelli 31+ 3 50+ 5 4.18
6 Poland Jadwiga Gąsienica-Chmiel 19+ 7 47 6 6.48
United States Lindsay Purcell 23 6 41 7 6.48
8 Poland Anna Lipinska 5 8 14 8 8.0

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  10. ^ "Men's AU3 results". Retrieved 29 September 2025.
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  16. ^ "Women's B3 results". Retrieved 29 September 2025.
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  19. ^ "Women's AU3 results". Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  20. ^ "Women's RP1 results". Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  21. ^ "Women's RP2 results". Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  22. ^ "Women's RP3 results". Retrieved 29 September 2025.