Reza Alipour

Reza Alipour Shenazandifard (Persian: رضا علی‌پور شنازندی‌فرد, born 29 April 1994) is an Iranian competition speed climber from Qazvin.

[citation needed] On April 30, 2017, in Nanjing, China, as part of the 2017 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Alipour set a new world record; scaling a 15-meter wall in 5.48 seconds, snatching the gold medal, and beating the previous record of 5.60 seconds held by Ukraine's Danyil Boldyrev.

Alipour received 90,790 votes in the contest, with second place going to Ukrainian powerlifter Larysa Soloviova, who scored 90,036.

[5][6][7] Alipour advanced to the knockout stage with a run time of 5.06 seconds as the fastest elimination heat loser of the men's speed climbing in the 2024 Olympic Games.

[8][9][10] Alipour finished in the fourth place after he lost to American Samuel Watson in the bronze medal match.