Veddriq Leonardo

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^[1] 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.^[2] He is the current Olympic champion, having won speed climbing in 2024, thus becoming the first Indonesian non-badminton Olympic gold medalist.^[3][4]

Veddriq Leonardo

Leonardo in 2024
Personal information
Born	(1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 (age 28) Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Education	Tanjungpura University
Climbing career
Type of climber	Competition speed climbing
Medal record Men's competition climbing Representing  Indonesia Olympic Games 2024 Paris Speed World Games 2022 Birmingham Speed World Cup (Season) 2021 Speed 2022 Speed 2023 Speed Asian Games 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Speed relay 2022 Hangzhou Speed relay 2022 Hangzhou Speed Asian Championships 2019 Bogor Speed 2019 Bogor Speed relay 2022 Seoul Speed

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.^[5]

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	[6][7]

World Games

Men's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2022	Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States	Kiromal Katibin	7.230–fall	Gold	[8]

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	[9]

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	[10]
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	[11]

Asian Championships

Men's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2019	Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia	Kiromal Katibin	5.460–5.547	Gold	[12]
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Lee Seung-beom	6.04–5.91	Silver	[13]

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	[14]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Men's speed

Year	Venue	Opponent	Time (s)	Result	Ref
2018	Moscow, Russia	Muhammad Hinayah	wc–fs	Bronze	[15]
2021	Salt Lake City, United States	Kiromal Katibin	5.208–fall	Gold	[16]
2021	Villars, Switzerland	Dmitri Timofeev	5.329–7.35	Gold	[17]
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Kiromal Katibin	6.965–fall	Gold	[18]
2022	Salt Lake City (I), United States	Ludovico Fossali	5.595–fall	Bronze	[19]
2022	Salt Lake City (II), United States	Tobias Plangger	6.330–fall	Gold	[20]
2023	Seoul, South Korea	Long Jinbao	5.01–5.12	Gold	[21]
2023	Salt Lake City, United States	Wu Peng	4.95–6.99	Gold	[22]

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	[23]
2023	Neom Beach Games, Neom, Saudi Arabia	Yaroslav Tkach	5.077–5.347	Gold	[24][25]
2024	IFSC Madrid 4 Speed, Madrid, Spain	Rahmad Adi Mulyono	5.06–5.14	Gold	[26]

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	[27]
		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	[28]

World records

See also: Speed climbing § World and Olympic records

Men's World Record History

Date	Time (s)	Location	Competition
April 28, 2023	4.90 [29]	Seoul, South Korea	World Cup
April 28, 2023	4.984 [30]	Seoul, South Korea	World Cup
May 28, 2021	5.20[31]	Salt Lake City, United States	World Cup

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline	2021	2022	2023
Speed	1	1	1

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed

Season	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2018			1	1
2021	2			2
2022	2		1	3
2023	2			2
Total	6		2	8

Awards and nominations

Awards	Year	Category	Nominee/work	Result	Ref.
Santini JebreeetMedia Awards	2024	Favorite Male Athlete	Veddriq Leonardo	Nominated	[32]
The World Games	2024	Athlete of the Year		Won	[33]
Forbes	2025	30 Under 30 Asia (Entertainment and Sports)		Placed	[34]