Rei Kawamata
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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 3, 2003 Tochigi, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rei Kawamata (川又 玲瑛 Kawamata Rei; born August 3, 2003)[1] is a Japanese competition climber who specializes in competition bouldering.
Youth competitions
[edit]At age 14, Kawamata won gold in bouldering and silver in the combined event at the 2017 IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships in the Youth B (Male) category.[2] He also won the 2018 Japan Youth National Championships[3] and another bouldering gold medal at the 2018 World Youth Championships in the Youth B category.[4] At the 2018 IFSC Climbing Asian Youth Championships, Kawamata won gold in bouldering and silver in lead.[5] In 2019, Kawamata won the boulder and lead titles at the IFSC Climbing Asian Youth Championships in Bengaluru.[6] He continued to have success in the youth competition climbing scene, earning the boulder silver and lead bronze medals in the Junior category at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships in Voronezh.[7][8]
Competition climbing
[edit]Kawamata began competing in senior competitions at age 15, entering the Meiringen, Moscow and Vail World Cups in 2019, notably placing 5th in the Moscow bouldering World Cup final in his debut season.[9] He collected the bronze medal in the men's bouldering event at the 2019 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships.[10]
In 2022, Kawamata secured his first World Cup podium with a bronze medal at the Salt Lake City World Cup.
Rankings
[edit]IFSC Climbing World Cup
[edit]| Discipline[11] | 2019 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Bouldering | 22 | 10 |
Japan Cup
[edit]| Discipline[12] | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Bouldering | 71 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 9 |
Climbing World Championships
[edit]Youth[13]
| Discipline | 2017 Youth B |
2018 Youth B |
2019 Youth A |
2021 Juniors |
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| Lead | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 |
| Bouldering | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Speed | 29 | 19 | - | - |
| Combined | 2 | - | - | - |
References
[edit]- ^ "REI KAWAMATA". IFSC. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "IFSC 世界ユース選手権 インスブルック 2017" (in Japanese). Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ "ボルダリングユース日本選手権鳥取大会2018" (in Japanese). Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ "Boulder • Youth B Male results". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ "Asian Youth Championships - Chongqing (CHN) 2018 Boulder • Youth B Male results". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ "REI KAWAMATA". IFSC. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Hamish McArthur Wins Gold in IFSC Youth World Championships". UKClimbing. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ "IFSC - Climbing Youth World Championships (B,L,S) - Voronezh (RUS) 2021". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ "Recap and Photo Gallery: IFSC Moscow World Cup 2019—Bouldering and Speed". Climbing Magazine. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ "Asian Championships - Bogor (INA) 2019 - Boulder • Men". IFSC. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ "REI KAWAMATA". IFSC. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "川又 玲瑛". Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "REI KAWAMATA". IFSC. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Rei Kawamata at the International Federation of Sport Climbing
- JMSCA profile (in Japanese)