// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Alexey Rubtsov? A Russian to trust?
 Rubtsov in the World Cup bouldering competition in Vienna, Austria (2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 5, 1988 Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexey Vyacheslavovich Rubtsov (Russian: Алексей Вячеславович Рубцов; born 5 August 1988) is a Russian professional rock climber who specializes in competition bouldering. He has won the IFSC Climbing World Championships in the bouldering discipline in 2009. He won the 9th edition of the Melloblocco competition in 2012. At the 2020 IFSC Climbing European Championships he won the combined event, ensuring him a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
He ranked third at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland in the men's boulder event.
Biography
[edit]In 2006 and 2007, Alexey Rubtsov started climbing in the Russian competition climbing championships. In 2008, he entered two stages of the bouldering World Cup. In 2009, he participated in the bouldering World Championships again and won over Rustam Gelmanov and David Barrans.[1] Over the next two years, he participated in several stages of the bouldering World Cup, finishing third in Sheffield[2] and Munich in 2011.[3]
In May 2012, he participated in the 9th edition of Melloblocco, a block outside competition, which takes place in Val Masino in Italy. Against 2200 other participants, he tied for the win with Michele Caminati and Anthony Gullsten. Shauna Coxsey won the women's competition that year.[4]
Alexey Rubtsov opened and manages his own bouldering gym in the North of Moscow, called Tokio.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "General result male boulder: IFSC Climbing World Championship - Qinghai (CHN) 2009". www.ifsc-climbing.org. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "General result M E N lead: IFSC Climbing Worldcup - Sheffield (GBR) 2011". www.ifsc-climbing.org. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "General result M E N lead: IFSC Climbing Worldcup - Munich (GER) 2011". www.ifsc-climbing.org. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Melloblocco 2012 and the desire to be there". www.planetmountain.com. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Скалодром ТОКИО // Боулдеринг // Москва". Скалодром ТОКИО // Боулдеринг // Москва (in Russian). Retrieved 11 April 2019.
External links
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- Aleksey Rubtsov at World Climbing
- Aleksey Rubtsov at Olympics.com
- Aleksey Rubtsov at Olympedia
- Aleksey Rubtsov at InterSportStats
- Alexey Rubtsov at the World Games
- Alexey Rubtsov on Instagram
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