Jernej Kruder (born December 5, 1990) is a Slovenian rock climber who specializes in competition climbing, bouldering and sport climbing. In 2018, he won the IFSC Climbing World Cup in competition bouldering.
Climbing career In 2016 Jernej completed the graded deep-water soloing route Es Pontàs in Mallorca. The route was originally established by Chris Sharma in 2006. Jernej was only the second climber to repeat it. It took him 16 days and 39 attempts to finish the route. Jernej initially graded the route . Jan Hojer, who got the third ascend on the route, downgraded it to 9a+.
In September 2018, he managed to get the first ascent on the boulder, Metafizika, near Celje, Slovenia. It has a bouldering grade of , and was only the second boulder of that difficulty in Slovenia.
On 31 December 2018, Jernej made the first ascent of Dugi rat at the crag Vrulja close to Omiš in Croatia. With a grade of it is the hardest sport climbing route in the country. Jernej bolted the route himself and had been working on it for 4 years. The name Dugi rat means "long cape/horn" in Croatian.
Rankings Climbing World Cup Discipline 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Lead 65 55 Bouldering 64 33 15 21 10 11 8 21 10 9 1 Speed Combined 17 24
Climbing World Championships Youth Discipline 2004Youth B 2005Youth B 2006Youth A 2007Youth A 2008Juniors 2009Juniors Lead 26 32 50 19 19 Bouldering Speed 2 4 14 13
Adult Discipline 2009 2011 2012 2014 2016 Lead Bouldering 27 25 31 2 11 Speed 37 Combined
Rock Master Discipline 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Lead 38 Duel KO Boulder 16 1 5 7 3
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup Bouldering Season Gold Silver Bronze Total 2017 1 1 2018 1 3 4 2019 1 1 Total 2 3 1 6
References
External links
Jernej Kruder at digitalRock