Dmitrii Sharafutdinov

Dmitrii Sharafutdinov, also written Dmitri Sarafutdinov and known in Russian as Dmitry Rafailevich Sharafutdinov, is a professional Russian rock climber and competition climber, born on 16 September 1986 in Korkino. He specialises in competition bouldering, the form of climbing in which athletes attempt short, difficult problems on low walls without ropes. He has won three World Championships, in 2007, 2011 and 2012, and one Bouldering World Cup, in 2013, a record of repeated success in the discipline across more than a decade.