Kilian Fischhuber (born 1 August 1983) is a professional Austrian rock climber who specializes in bouldering, sport climbing and competition climbing, where competes in bouldering and lead climbing. From 2005 to 2011, he won five Bouldering World Cups. No other male climber was ever able to win it more than three times. Due to his outstanding career, he was awarded the La Sportiva Competition Award in 2009, together with Chris Sharma.
Climbing career
Competition climbing Fischhuber discovered indoor sport climbing in 1995.
From 1997 to 1999 he participated in Lead climbing international youth competitions.
In 1999, when he was 16 years old, he entered the Austrian bouldering team and started competing in the Bouldering World Cup, winning his first bronze medal in 2003 and his first gold in 2004.
He won the Bouldering World Cup five times, in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011. No other climber was ever able to win it more than three times, and no other climber was able to win it three times in a row (Jérôme Meyer won it in 2001, 2003, 2006).
At the end of 2014 he announced his retirement from competitions.
Rock climbing
Fischhuber has redpointed outdoor sport climbing routes up to grade , including making the ninth redpoint of Action Directe.
Rankings
Climbing World Cup 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Lead 37 27 27 20 22 23 17 Bouldering 49 18 11 8 8 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 5 5 Combined 3 3 5 1 2 3 3 - - - - - - -
Climbing World Championships 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2012 2014 Lead 26 50 Bouldering 10 5 2 11 5 4 2 11
Climbing European Championships 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2013 Lead 19 - - - - - Bouldering - 13 23 2 3 1
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup Bouldering Season Gold Silver Bronze Total 2003 1 1 2004 2 1 3 2005 1 2 3 2006 2 2 2 6 2007 2 2 1 5 2008 2 4 6 2009 2 2 4 2010 2 3 5 2011 4 1 5 2012 2 1 1 4 2013 2 1 3 2014 1 1 2 Total 21 11 15 47
Rock climbing Boulder problems Fischhuber climbed boulder problems graded up to .
Single-pitch routes : Action directe - Frankenjura (DEU) - 26 September 2006 - Ninth ascent Underground - Massone (Arco, ITA) - 2005 - First ascent by Manfred Stuffer, 1998
: Bumaye - Margalef (ESP) - 2010 Dolby Surround - Zillertal (AUT) - 2008 Sanjski Par Extension - Misja Pec () - 2006 Alien Carnage - Castillon, Alpes-Maritimes (FRA) - 2006 Bah Bah Black Sheep - Céüse (FRA) - 2005 Za stara kolo... - Misja Pec (SVN) - 2004 Biographie - Céüse (FRA) - 2003
Multi-pitch routes Des Kaisers neue Kleider - Wilder Kaiser (AUT) - 28 September 2009 - First ascent by Stefan Glowacz, 1994
See also List of grade milestones in rock climbing History of rock climbing Rankings of most career IFSC gold medals
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