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Veddriq Leonardo
2026-11-15 15:44:35 · Cedar Herald Index
Veddriq Leonardo (born 11 March 1997) is an Indonesian speed climber. He currently holds the world record for the discipline at 4.902 seconds, accomplished in the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul. He previously held the speed climbing world record around 2021 for about a year, which he set en route to winning the men's speed climbing event at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City.
He was first introduced to sport climbing in his first year of high school. In 2014, he participated in his first national championship in Tanjung Balai Karimun, Riau Islands where he was in top eight. In 2016, he won his first medal (bronze) in junior national championship in Bangka Belitung. His first international event was 2018 Moscow World Cup where he placed third.

Achievements
World Games
Men's speed
Asian Games
Men's speed
Men's speed relay
Asian Championships
Men's speed
Men's speed relay
IFSC Climbing World Cup
Men's speed
World records
Rankings
Climbing World Cup
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
Speed
References
External links
1997 births
Living people
People from Pontianak
Sportspeople from West Kalimantan
Indonesian rock climbers
Speed climbers
Competitors at the 2022 World Games
World Games gold medalists
Sport climbers at the 2018 Asian Games
Sport climbers at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia
Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia
Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia
Asian Games medalists in sport climbing
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists
Sports world record holders
21st-century Indonesian athletes
