Ao Yurikusa
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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 21, 2002 Aichi, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional sport climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ao Yurikusa (百合草 碧皇, Yurikusa Ao, born September 21, 2002) is a Japanese professional rock climber, specializing in competition climbing.
Climbing career
[edit | edit source]Competition climbing
[edit | edit source]In August 2019, Yurikusa won the gold medals in the boulder and combined disciplines at the World Youth Championships in Arco.[1] He also claimed the silver medal in the boulder discipline at the 2019 Asian Youth Championships.[2]
The 2022 season saw Yurikusa win multiple Lead World Cup medals — silver at the Innsbruck Lead World Cup and his first World Cup gold medal in Jakarta.[3][4] Yurikusa finished the season in 4th place in the overall Lead World Cup ranking.[5]
In 2023, Yurikusa was a finalist at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships, placing 5th in Lead.[6]
In 2025, Yurikusa won the Lead gold medal at the 2025 Asian Cup held in Almaty.[7]
Rankings
[edit | edit source]| Discipline[8] | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Lead | 22 | 4 | 12 | 11 |
| Discipline | 2019 Youth A[9] |
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| Lead | 4 |
| Bouldering | 1 |
| Combined | 1 |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Ao Yurikusa at the International Federation of Sport Climbing
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- JMSCA profile (in Japanese)