The IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships, renamed the World Climbing Youth Championship in 2025, is an annual world championship for youth competition climbers organised by the international climbing federation. It holds separate men's and women's events in boulder, lead and speed. Since 2025 competitors are placed in the U17 and U19 age groups by year of birth; before that the championship used the Junior, Youth A and Youth B divisions. The first competition was held in Basel, Switzerland, in 1992, speed climbing was introduced in 2001 and bouldering was added in 2015. A combined classification was contested at some editions between 2015 and 2022.
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Competitors Include
Source Ao Yurikusa (Wikipedia)
Source Georg Parma (Wikipedia)
Source Jesse Grupper (Wikipedia)
Source Margo Hayes (Wikipedia)
Features
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The first competition was held in Basel, Switzerland, in 1992.
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is an annual world championship competition for youth competition climbers
Structure
The championship is contested in three disciplines:
View the SourceMargo Hayes (Wikipedia)
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In 2016, at the IFSC World Youth Championships in Guangzhou (China), she competed in the Juniors category, winning both the bouldering and lead events
Georg Parma (Wikipedia)
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placed third in the World Youth Championships held in Gémozac
Ao Yurikusa (Wikipedia)
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Yurikusa won the gold medals in the boulder and combined disciplines at the World Youth Championships in Arco.
Jesse Grupper (Wikipedia)
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he competed in the IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships in Arco, Italy, and won the silver medal
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