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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 30, 2007 Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melody Sekikawa (関川 愛音 Sekikawa Melody; born July 30, 2007)[1] is a Japanese competition climber who specializes in competition bouldering.
Climbing career
[edit]Competition climbing
[edit]Sekikawa made her senior international competition climbing debut in 2023.[2]
In June 2025, Sekikawa finished on the podium for the first time at the World Cup event in Prague, collecting the bronze medal.[3][4]
In 2025, Sekikawa's consistent showing in 5 of the 6 bouldering World Cup finals secured her 4th place in the Overall World Cup Ranking. She was also ranked second-highest in Japan's highly competitive women's national team.[5][6]
Sekikawa started her 2026 season at the Asian Championships, making it to the final where she placed second behind Ai Mori.[7] Her success continued at the 2026 World Climbing Series, making three consecutive finals appearances in Keqiao, Bern and Madrid.[8] She notably won silver, her second World Climbing Series medal, in Madrid.[9]
Rankings
[edit]| Discipline[10] | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Boulder | 18 | 12 | 4 |
| Discipline | Seoul 2025 |
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| Boulder | 13 |
| Discipline[11] | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
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| Boulder | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "MELODY SEKIKAWA". IFSC. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ "MELODY SEKIKAWA". IFSC. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ "Sport climbing: Mejdi Schalck and Oriane Bertone come out top in Prague". UKClimbing. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ "BERTONE WINS ONCE MORE IN PRAGUE". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ "WORLD CUP RANKING PRESENTED BY EUROHOLDS". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ "中村真緒が自己最高2位でフィニッシュ【ボルダーW杯2025｜女子年間ランキング】" (in Japanese). climbers-web.jp. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ↑ "MORI PERFECT, LEE NEAR-FLAWLESS IN BOULDER FINALS IN MEISHAN". World Climbing. 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "関川愛音が2位 開幕から3戦連続決勝で高まる存在感【ワールドクライミングシリーズ2026 ボルダー第3戦】" (in Japanese). climbers-web.jp. 30 May 2026.
- ↑ "World Climbing Series Comunidad de Madrid 2026: Erin McNiece tops Boulder final with gutsy final climb". Olympics. 30 May 2026.
- ↑ "Melody Sekikawa". IFSC Results Service. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ "Sekikawa Melody". Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association. Retrieved 4 July 2025.