Aries Susanti Rahayu

Aries Susanti Rahayu (born 21 March 1995) is a sport climbing athlete from Indonesia. She is mainly active in speed climbing competitions. She has been nicknamed "Spiderwoman".[1] She was the world record holder for women in speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup.[2] Also, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds.[3]

Aries Susanti Rahayu
Personal information
Born (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995
Grobogan, Central Java, Indonesia
Climbing career
Type of climberSpeed climbing
Medal record
Women's sport climbing
Representing  Indonesia
World Cup (Season)
Silver medal – second place2018Speed
Bronze medal – third place2019Speed
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta–PalembangSpeed
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta–PalembangSpeed relay
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 TehranSpeed relay
Bronze medal – third place2017 TehranSpeed
Bronze medal – third place2018 KurayoshiSpeed

Biography

As a child, she used to climb trees at home and parks.[4] In 2007, she was introduced to sport climbing by her teacher when she was still a junior high school student.[5]

In 2017, she competed in the Climbing World Cup for the first time, and got her first medal (silver) at the World Cup in Xiamen. In the 2017 Asian Championships in Tehran, she was third in speed.

In 2018, she got her first gold medal at the Climbing World Cup in Chongqing. Then, she got one bronze in Tai'an and two more gold medals at the World Cups in Wujiang and Xiamen, all in China. At the end of the 2018 season, she was second in the overall ranking in the speed discipline. In the same year, at the Asian Championships in Kurayoshi, she was third after she false started in the semifinal.[6]

In 2019, she became the women's world record holder in speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup.[2] As well, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds.[3]

Also in 2019, she was on the Forbes Asia's 30 Under 30 list.[7][8]

Aries is a Muslim and wears hijab while she competes.[9]

Awards and nominations
Award Year Category Result Ref.
Golden Award SIWO PWI 2019 Best Female Athlete Won [10]
2020 Favorite Female Athlete Won [11]
Indonesian Sport Awards 2018 Favorite Female Athlete Nominated [12]
Forbes 2019 30 Under 30 Asia (Entertainment and Sports) Placed [13]

Achievements

Asian Games

Women's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2018 Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia Indonesia Puji Lestari 7.612 - 7.980 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [14]

Women's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2018 Jakabaring Sport City,
Palembang, Indonesia		 Indonesia Fitriyani
Indonesia Puji Lestari
Indonesia Rajiah Salsabillah		 China Deng Lijuan
China Niu Di
China Pan Xuhua		 25.452–fall 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [15]

Asian Championships

Women's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2017 Mega Pars Complex, Tehran, Iran Indonesia Santi Wellyanti 9.100–10.070 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze [16]
2018 Kurayoshi, Japan Indonesia Nurul Iqamah 7.816–9.717 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze [17]

Women's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2017 Mega Pars Complex,
Tehran, Iran		 Indonesia Puji Lestari
Indonesia Santi Wellyanti		 Indonesia Fitriyani
Indonesia Rajiah Salsabillah
Indonesia Dhorifatus Syafi'iyah		 27.97–fall 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold

[18]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Women's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2017 Xiamen, China France Anouck Jaubert 10.150–7.780 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [19]
2018 Chongqing, China Russia Elena Timofeeva 7.510–9.010 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [20]
2018 Tai'an, China Poland Anna Brozek 8.860–9.170 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze [21]
2018 Wujiang, China France Anouck Jaubert 7.740–8.010 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [22]
2018 Xiamen, China Russia Iuliia Kaplina 7.532–fall 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [23]
2019 Wujiang, China Poland Aleksandra Rudzinska 7.607–7.313 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [24]
2019 Xiamen, China China Song Yiling 6.995–9.032 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [25]

World records
See also: Speed climbing § World and Olympic records
Women's World Record History
Date Time (s) Location Competition
October 19, 2019 6.99[26] Xiamen, China World Cup

Rankings

Climbing World Cup
Discipline 2017 2018 2019
Speed 13 2 3

[27]

Asian Championships
Discipline 2017 2018
Speed 3 3

[28]

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Speed
Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
201711
2018314
20191 12
Total4217

[28]

References
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  2. "Aries Susati Pecahkan Rekor Dunia Panjat Tebing". CNN Indonesia. 20 October 2019.
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  13. "The 30 Under 30 Asia 2019: Entertainment and Sports". Forbes. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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  18. "Asian Championship - Tehran (IRI) 2017 General Result Female Relay Speed" (PDF).
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  20. "Awalnya Dipandang Sebelah Mata, Aries Susanti Jadi Juara Dunia". Suara Merdeka (in Indonesian). 22 July 2022.
  21. "IFSC Tai'an Speed Climbing World Cup 2018 Women Results".
  22. "Dua Atlet Indonesia Juara Speed Climbing Individu dalam Kejuaraan Dunia di China". Tribunnews (in Indonesian). 21 July 2022.
  23. ""Spiderwoman" Indonesia Aries Susanti Sabet Emas di Tiongkok". Beritasatu (in Indonesian). 22 July 2022.
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  25. "Aries Susanti Juara Sekaligus Pecahkan Rekor Dunia Panjat Tebing". Medcom (in Indonesian). 22 July 2022.
  26. "Aries Susati Pecahkan Rekor Dunia Panjat Tebing". CNN Indonesia. 20 October 2019.
  27. "World Cup Rankings". Archived from the original on 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  28. "Rahayu's profile and rankings". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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