Jernej Kruder

Jernej Kruder is a Slovenian rock climber, born on 5 December 1990 in Celje, who specializes in competition climbing, bouldering and sport climbing. In 2018 he won the IFSC Climbing World Cup in competition bouldering. In 2016 he completed the deep-water soloing route Es Pontas in Mallorca, graded 9a+, which Chris Sharma had established in 2006; Kruder took 16 days and 39 attempts and was only the second climber to repeat it. In September 2018 he made the first ascent of the boulder Metafizika near Celje, graded 8C, and on 31 December 2018 he made the first ascent of Dugi rat at Vrulja near Omis in Croatia, a 9a+ route that he bolted himself and that is the hardest sport climbing route in that country. He also won a silver medal in bouldering at the 2014 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Munich.