Ao Yurikusa is a Japanese professional rock climber, born on 21 September 2002, who specializes in competition climbing and is strongest in the lead discipline. In August 2019 he won gold medals in bouldering and combined at the IFSC World Youth Championships in Arco, and he took silver in bouldering at the 2019 Asian Youth Championships. In the 2022 season he won several Lead World Cup medals, including silver at Innsbruck and his first World Cup gold in Jakarta, and he finished fourth in the overall Lead World Cup ranking. In 2023 he reached the final of the IFSC Climbing World Championships and placed fifth in Lead, and in 2025 he won the Lead gold medal at the Asian Cup in Almaty.
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is a Japanese professional rock climber, specializing in competition climbing
Competed In: IFSC Climbing World Championships, Climbing career, 2023
In 2023, Yurikusa was a finalist at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships, placing 5th in Lead.
Competed In: IFSC Climbing World Cup, Climbing career, 2022
The 2022 season saw Yurikusa win multiple Lead World Cup medals
Competed In: IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships, Climbing career, 2019
Yurikusa won the gold medals in the boulder and combined disciplines at the World Youth Championships in Arco.
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