Adam Ondra is a Czech professional rock climber who specializes in lead climbing, bouldering and competition climbing. In 2013, Rock and Ice magazine described him as a prodigy and the leading climber of his generation. He is the only male athlete to have won World Championship titles in both lead climbing and bouldering disciplines in the same year, in 2014, and is one of only two male athletes to have won the World Cup series in both disciplines.
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Career HighlightFirst climber to redpoint a route graded 9c (Silence, 2017), and the only male athlete to win World Championship titles in both lead climbing and bouldering the same year (2014). 1 Classification
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Has Adam Ondra competed at the Olympic Games?
Yes. He finished sixth in the men's combined in 2020 and sixth in the men's boulder and lead in 2024.
Yes. Adam Ondra, born in Brno, represented Czechia in sport climbing at two Olympic Games. At the 2020 Summer Olympics he took part in the men's combined event and finished sixth. At the 2024 Summer Olympics he took part in the men's boulder and lead event and again finished sixth. He did not win an Olympic medal.
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Adam Ondra (Czech pronunciation: [ˈadam ˈondra]; born February 5, 1993) is a Czech professional rock climber, specializing in lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing.
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Adam Ondra (Czech pronunciation: [ˈadam ˈondra]; born February 5, 1993) is a Czech professional rock climber, specializing in lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing.
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Ondra is the first climber to redpoint a route with a proposed grade of 9c (5.15d) (Silence, 2017), the first climber to redpoint a 9b+ (5.15c) route (Change, 2012), the first-ever to flash a 9a+ (5.15a) route (Supercrackinette, 2018), and the second ever to onsight a 9a (5.14d) route (Cabane au Canada, 2013).
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Adam Ondra (Czech pronunciation: [ˈadam ˈondra]; born February 5, 1993) is a Czech professional rock climber, specializing in lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing.
Competed In: 2024 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
Ondra finished in sixth place at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Boulder, Lead and Speed Combined and also sixth place in the 2024 Summer Olympics Boulder and Lead Combined.
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