Colin Duffy (climber)

Colin Duffy (born December 10, 2003) is an American professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. At age 16, he became the youngest climber to qualify to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo,[1] and the second American male climber to do so, after winning the 2020 IFSC Pan American Championships in March 2020.[2]

Colin Duffy
Duffy in 2019
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2003-12-10) December 10, 2003
Broomfield, Colorado, U.S.
OccupationProfessional rock climber
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cup 2 0 2

Climbing career

Competition climbing

Duffy started climbing at age 3 before joining Team ABC in Boulder, Colorado at age 8, where he trained under Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou and was teammates with future Olympic teammate Brooke Raboutou.[2]

As a youth competition climber, Duffy won the IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships twice in 2017 and 2018 and finished second in 2019.[3]

Duffy won his first IFSC Climbing World Cup medal at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup by finishing third in lead in the Villars, Switzerland leg.[4] At the Tokyo Olympics, he advanced to the final round of the sport climbing competition and finished in seventh place.[5]

Duffy won his first IFSC gold medal at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup, finishing first in the competition bouldering event at the Innsbruck leg. Two days later, Duffy won his second gold by finishing first in the men's competition lead climbing event. He is the first male athlete to win both bouldering and lead climbing in the same IFSC World Cup event.[6]

Rock climbing

In 2019, aged 15, Duffy redpointed two 5.14c (8c+) graded sport climbing routes at the Red River Gorge, Pure Imagination and Southern Smoke, and onsighting the 5.14a (8b+) graded sport route Omaha Beach, in a single day; two days later he redpointed God's Own Stone at (5.14a (8b+)).[7] In November 2021, he climbed his first 5.14d (9a) graded sport route, Life of Villains.

Duffy has solved a V14 (8B+) grade bouldering problem.[3]

References
  1. Peters, Caroline (May 20, 2021). "17-year-old Boulder native to compete in Tokyo Olympics for USA Climbing". KOAA. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  2. Miller, Delaney (June 23, 2021). "Olympic Wildcard Colin Duffy May Be the Youngest Climbing Competitor—and the Spoiler". Climbing. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  3. "Colin Duffy". Black Diamond Equipment. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  4. Burgman, John (July 3, 2021). "Sean Bailey Wins Gold, Colin Duffy and Natalia Grossman Get Bronze at World Cup—On a Roll". Climbing. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  5. Dart, Tom (August 5, 2021). "Climbing is a hit at the Tokyo Olympics – but does it reward the best athletes?". The Guardian. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  6. Walker, Noah (June 26, 2022). "Janja Garnbret Returns and Colin Duffy Makes IFSC History at Innsbruck World Cup". Gripped. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  7. "Colin Duffy, 15, Crushes at RRG with First 5.14c". Gripped. November 15, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
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