Zhong Qixin

Zhong Qixin
Qixin in 2018
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1989-04-07) 7 April 1989 (age 35)
Quannan County, China
Sport
SportCompetition climbing
EventSpeed
Medal record
Men's competition climbing
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championship 4
World Games 1 1
Asian Games 1
World Cup 1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Avilés Speed
Gold medal – first place 2009 Xining Speed
Gold medal – first place 2011 Arco Speed
Gold medal – first place 2012 Paris Speed
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kaohsiung Speed
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Cali Speed
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Palembang Speed
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Speed

Zhong Qixin (born 7 April 1989) is a Chinese former competition speed climber. He is a four-time winner of the IFSC World Championships, taking four consecutive wins between 2007 and 2012. He also won the overall title of the 2015 World Cup.[1] In August 2011, he set the world speed climbing record in 6.26 seconds, which stood until October 2012, when it was broken by Evgenii Vaitcekhovskii.[2]

His 13th and final World Cup victory came in October 2019 in Xiamen, where he missed the world record held by Reza Alipour by just one hundredth of a second with a time of 5.48 seconds.[3] After retiring in 2021, Zhong took over the position as head coach of the Chinese national speed climbing team.

He is married and is the father of twin daughters.[4]

  1. ^ "IFSC Climbing Worldcup 2015: M E N speed".
  2. ^ World record in speed climbing 2011 (6.26 seconds) HD. Jan Kříž. 2011-07-29. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2018-02-15 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ "Gold for China and a New World Record". IFSC. 19 October 2019.
  4. ^ "世界冠军,去不了东京奥运会". 体娱 INSIGHT视界 (in Chinese). 24 July 2021.

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