2005 UIAA Climbing World Championships
# 2005 UIAA Climbing World Championships

The 2005 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the 8th edition, were held in Munich, Germany from 1 to 5 July 2005. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead, speed, and bouldering events.

The lead chief route-setter was Donato Lella.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's Lead | Tomas Mrazek Czech Republic | Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza Spain | Alexandre Chabot France |
| Men's Bouldering | Salavat Rakhmetov Russia | Kilian Fischhuber Austria | Gerome Pouvreau France |
| Men's Speed | Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii Russia | Maksym Styenkovyy Ukraine | Sergei Sinitcyn Russia |
| Women's Lead | Angela Eiter Austria | Emily Harrington United States | Akiyo Noguchi Japan |
| Women's Bouldering | Olga Shalagina Ukraine | Yulia Abramchuk Russia | Vera Kotasova-Kostruhova Czech Republic |
| Women's Speed | Olena Ryepko Ukraine | Valentina Yurina Russia | Edyta Ropek Poland |

## Men

In men's lead, three climbers topped the route, and so their final standings were decided by their semifinal results.

In men's bouldering, the 38-year-old veteran Salavat Rakhmetov sent all six problems in his first attempts in the final round, claiming the gold. Second place Kilian Fischhuber also sent all six problems, but needed two attempts more than Rakhmetov, while third place Gerome Pouvreau needed 13 attempts to top and 11 attempts to zone all six boulder problems.

In men's speed, Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii won the gold medal, while Maksym Styenkovyy and Sergei Sinitcyn took second and third respectively.

| Lead | Lead | Lead | Lead | Bouldering | Bouldering | Bouldering | Bouldering | Speed | Speed | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Name | Score | Result | Rank | Name | Score | Result | Rank | Name | Result |
| | Tomáš Mrázek | Top | 8800 | | Salavat Rakhmetov | 6t6 6z6 | 8400 | | Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii | 5900 |
| | Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza | Top | 7040 | | Kilian Fischhuber | 6t8 6z8 | 6720 | | Maksym Styenkovyy | 4720 |
| | Alexandre Chabot | Top | 5720 | | Gerome Pouvreau | 6t13 6z11 | 5460 | | Sergei Sinitcyn | 3835 |
| 4 | Cedric Lachat | 30.22- | 4840 | 4 | Serik Kazbekov | 6t13 6z13 | 4620 | 4 | Tomasz Oleksy | 3245 |
| 5 | Jorg Verhoeven | 29.09+ | 4488 | 5 | Nalle Hukkataival | 5t5 5z5 | 4284 | 5 | Manuel Escobar | 3009 |
| 6 | Timo Preussler | 29.09+ | 4136 | 6 | Daniel Du Lac | 5t7 5z6 | 3948 | 6 | Evgueni Minatchev | 2773 |
| 7 | Serik Kazbekov | 27.51+ | 3784 | 7 | Dmitrii Sharafutdinov | 5t7 5z7 | 3612 | 7 | Iakov Soubbotine | 2537 |
| 8 | Maksym Petrenko | 11.96- | 3520 | 8 | Cedric Lachat | 5t8 6z12 | 3360 | 8 | Alexander Peshekhonov | 2360 |
| 9 | Sylvain Millet | 11.24+ | 3256 | 9 | Tomáš Mrázek | 4t6 4z6 | 3108 | 9 | Kyrylo Shevchenko | 2183 |
| 10 | Ramón Julián Puigblanqué | - | 2992 | 10 | Jérôme Meyer | 4t7 5z9 | 2856 | 10 | Vyacheslav Titov | 2006 |
| | | | | 11 | Keita Mogaki | 3t3 5z10 | 2604 | | | |
| | | | | 12 | Jorg Verhoeven | 3t3 4z5 | 2352 | | | |

## Women

In women's lead, Angela Eiter dominated the competition by being the only climber topping the semifinal route and climbing six meters higher than the rest of the competition on the final route. Emily Harrington climbed to second place while 16-year-old Akiyo Noguchi claimed the bronze medal, her first medal in senior competition. The defending champion Muriel Sarkany placed 10th.

In women's bouldering, Olga Shalagina had a clean run by topping all six boulder problems in her first attempts in the final round. Yulia Abramchuk and Vera Kotasova-Kostruhova sent five problems, separated by attempts. The 35-year-old Renata Piszczek from Poland finished 4th, ahead of Anna Stöhr.

In women's speed, Olena Ryepko took the win, and Valentina Yurina and Edyta Ropek claimed second and third place respectively.

| Lead | Lead | Lead | Lead | Bouldering | Bouldering | Bouldering | Bouldering | Speed | Speed | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Name | Score | Result | Rank | Name | Score | Result | Rank | Name | Result |
| | Angela Eiter | 29.34- | 8700 | | Olga Shalagina | 6t6 6z6 | 8800 | | Olena Ryepko | 4200 |
| | Emily Harrington | 23.68- | 6960 | | Yulia Abramchuk | 5t5 6z6 | 7040 | | Valentina Yurina | 3360 |
| | Akiyo Noguchi | 23.25+ | 5655 | | Vera Kotasova-Kostruhova | 5t9 6z9 | 5720 | | Edyta Ropek | 2730 |
| 4 | Olga Shalagina | 22.61 | 4785 | 4 | Renata Piszczek | 5t9 5z8 | 4840 | 4 | Cuifang He | 2310 |
| 5 | Caroline Ciavaldini | 21.35 | 4437 | 5 | Anna Stöhr | 5t10 6z9 | 4488 | 5 | Anna Stenkovaya | 2142 |
| 6 | Sandrine Levet | 18.13- | 4089 | 6 | Olga Bibik | 4t4 6z6 | 4136 | 6 | Olesya Saulevich | 1974 |
| 7 | Natalija Gros | 17.73 | 3741 | 7 | Tatiana Shemulinkina | 4t6 6z7 | 3784 | 7 | Lisa Knoche | 1806 |
| 8 | Katharina Saurwein | 17.73- | 3480 | 8 | Venera Chereshneva | 4t6 5z10 | 3520 | 8 | Lenke Kucsera | 1680 |
| 9 | Yana Chereshneva | 17.05+ | 3219 | 9 | Esther Cruz Montalban | 4t8 6z18 | 3256 | 9 | Olga Zakharova | 1554 |
| 10 | Muriel Sarkany | 16.51- | 2958 | 10 | Corinne Theroux | 4t8 4z7 | 2992 | 10 | Lucelia Blanco | 1428 |
| | | | | 11 | Elizabeth Asher | 4t8 4z8 | 2728 | | | |
| | | | | 12 | Jain Kim | 3t3 6z9 | 2464 | | | |
| | | | | 13 | Yana Chereshneva | 3t4 5z | 2288 | | | |
