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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2002-09-21) 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
Competition climbing
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
| 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
- ^ "IFSC Youth World Championships - Arco (ITA) 2019 Boulder Final results". Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Asian Youth Championships - Bengaluru (IND) 2019 - Boulder Youth A Male Final results". Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Classy climbers Janja Garnbret and Colin Duffy win lead titles at IFSC World Cup 2022 in Innsbruck". Olympics. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Lead World Cup Jakarta: Ao Yurikusa and Janja Garnbret take gold". Lacrux. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "A Recap of the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup Season". Gripped. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "IFSC World Championships Bern 2023". IFSC. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "IFSC Asian Cup Almaty 2025". IFSC. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "AO YURIKUSA". IFSC Results Service. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "IFSC Youth World Championships - Arco (ITA) 2019". IFSC. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
External links
- Ao Yurikusa at the International Federation of Sport Climbing
- Ao Yurikusa on Instagram
- JMSCA profile (in Japanese)
