Climbing: Schubert won World Cup gold in combination and an Olympic ticket

2023-08-12 17:40:00

Schubert triumphed with 183.6 points in front of the American Colin Duffy (160.7) and the Japanese Tomoa Narasaki (156.7). For the Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo and combined world champion in 2018, it was the sixth World Cup gold.Bern. Schubert shone in bouldering with four tops and 99.6 points, just 0.1 points behind Narasaki in second place at halftime. In his favorite discipline, lead climbing, the red-white-red hopeful was unbeatable with 84 points. The Japanese super talent Sorato Anraku (149.1) had to be content with the thankless fourth place, the 16-year-old also missed the Olympic qualification of the top three.

Schubert, one of the most successful sport climbers in history, has now collected two combination golds in addition to the four world championship titles in lead climbing. There are four silvers and one bronze. The collection is completed by Olympic bronze in 2021 in Tokyo and European Championship gold in the combination in 2022. Schubert now has eleven World Cup medals in his vita.

Characteristics

Bern. Jacob Schubert (32)
Born: December 31, 1990 in Innsbruck
Residence: Innsbruck
Profession: Army athlete
Club: OEAV Innsbruck
Trainer: Kilian Fischhuber
Website: www.jakob-schubert.com
Greatest successes:
* Olympia: Bronze Tokio 2021
* WM (6/4/1):
Gold lead 2012, 2018, 2021, 2023; Combination 2018, 2023
Silver Lead 2011, 2016; Bouldering and Combination 2019
Bronze lead 2019
* EM (1/1/3):
Gold Combination 2022
Silver Combination 2017
Bronze Lead Climb 2010, Bouldering 2013, Lead Climb 2017
* World Cup: overall World Cup winner lead climb 2011, 2014 and 2018
Overall World Cup Winner Combination 2018
Overall World Cup second bouldering 2013
22 World Cup victories
Special feature: Seven lead World Cup victories in a row in 2011