Veddriq Leonardo (born 11 March 1997) is an Indonesian competition speed climber. He has held the world record for the discipline for about a year twice, first after setting it en route to winning the men's speed climbing event at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City, and again at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul. He is the current Olympic champion, having won speed climbing in 2024, thus becoming the first Indonesian non-badminton Olympic gold medalist.

He was first introduced to competition speed climbing in his first year of high school. In 2014, he participated in his first national championship in Tanjung Balai Karimun, where he was finished the top eight. In 2016, he won his first medal (bronze) in the junior national championship in Bangka Belitung. His first international event was 2018 Moscow World Cup where he placed third.

Achievements Olympic Games Men's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2024 Le Bourget, Paris, France Wu Peng 4.75–4.77 Gold

World Games Men's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2022 Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States Kiromal Katibin 7.230–fall Gold

Asian Games

Men's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China Wu Peng 4.955–5.119 Bronze

Men's speed relay Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2018 Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia Muhammad Hinayah Rindi Sufriyanto Abudzar Yulianto Muhammad Fajri Alfian Aspar Jaelolo Sabri Septo Wibowo Siburian 18.686–fall Gold 2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China Kiromal Katibin Rahmad Adi Mulyono Aspar Jaelolo Wang Xinshang Wu Peng Zhang Liang Long Jinbao FS–W Silver

Asian Championships Men's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2019 Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 5.460–5.547 Gold 2022 Seoul, South Korea Lee Seung-beom 6.04–5.91 Silver

Men's speed relay Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2019 Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia Kiromal Katibin Zaenal Aripin Sabri Rahmad Adi Mulyono Fatchur Roji fall–23.492 Silver

IFSC Climbing World Cup Men's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2018 Moscow, Russia Muhammad Hinayah wc–fs Bronze 2021 Salt Lake City, United States Kiromal Katibin 5.208–fall Gold 2021 Villars, Switzerland Dmitri Timofeev 5.329–7.35 Gold 2022 Seoul, South Korea Kiromal Katibin 6.965–fall Gold 2022 Salt Lake City (I), United States Ludovico Fossali 5.595–fall Bronze 2022 Salt Lake City (II), United States Tobias Plangger 6.330–fall Gold 2023 Seoul, South Korea Long Jinbao 5.01–5.12 Gold 2023 Salt Lake City, United States Wu Peng 4.95–6.99 Gold 2026 Chamonix, France Antasyafi Robby Al Hilmi 4.89–5.11 Gold

Other international competitions Men's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2019 The Belt and Road International, Qinghai, China Ou Zhiyong 5.60–? Gold 2023 Neom Beach Games, Neom, Saudi Arabia Yaroslav Tkach 5.077–5.347 Gold 2024 IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain Rahmad Adi Mulyono 5.06–5.14 Gold

Men's 4 speed Year Tournament Opponent Time (s) Opponents time (s) Result Ref 2024 IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain Long Jianguo 5.11 4.98 Bronze Amir Maimuratov 4.90 Zach Hammer 9.55 Men's speed relay

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2024 IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain Kiromal Katibin Long Jinbao Long Jianguo 10.235–fall Gold

World records

+Men's World Record HistoryDateTime (s)LocationCompetition28 April 2023 4.90 Seoul, South KoreaWorld Cup28 April 20234.984 Seoul, South KoreaWorld Cup28 May 20215.20Salt Lake City, United StatesWorld Cup

Rankings IFSC Climbing World Cup Discipline 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Speed 1 1 1 15 17

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup Speed Season Gold Silver Bronze Total2018 1 12021 2 22022 2 1 32023 2 22026 1 1 Total 7 2 9

Awards and nominations

Awards Year Category Nominee/work Result Santini JebreeetMedia Awards 2024 Favorite Male Athlete Veddriq Leonardo The World Games2024Athlete of the Year

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