Aries Susanti Rahayu

Indonesian rock climber (born 1995)
Aries Susanti Rahayu
Personal information
Born (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 29)
Grobogan, Central Java, Indonesia
Climbing career
Type of climberCompetition speed climbing
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing  Indonesia
World Cup (Season)
Silver medal – second place 2018 Speed
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Speed
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Speed
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Speed relay
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tehran Speed relay
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tehran Speed
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kurayoshi Speed

Aries Susanti Rahayu (born 21 March 1995) is a competition climber athlete from Indonesia who specializes in competition 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]

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 competition 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 Sallsabillah 		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 Sallsabillah
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

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
2017 1 1
2018 3 1 4
2019 1 1 2
Total 4 2 1 7

[28]

References

  1. ^ Bachrain, Ahmad. "Aries Susanti, Sang 'Spiderwoman' dari Grobogan Peraih Emas". olahraga. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Aries Susati Pecahkan Rekor Dunia Panjat Tebing". CNN Indonesia. 20 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b "New World Record for Speed Climber Aries Susanti Rahayu". Gripped. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Indonesia's "Spiderwoman" eyes Tokyo 2020 following Asian Games success".
  5. ^ "Aries Susanti Rahayu "Spiderwoman" asal Grobogan Jawa Tengah yang Sukses Taklukan Dunia" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  6. ^ "Indonesia, Japan on Podiums at Asian Championships". Archived from the original on 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  7. ^ "Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia". Forbes.
  8. ^ "INDONESIA'S "SPIDERWOMAN" ARIES SUSANTI RAHAYU RACING TO THE TOP OF SPORT CLIMBING".
  9. ^ Yolanthe Fawehinmi. "Moment of the Year: 'Spiderwoman' breaks speed climbing world record". The Daily Telegraph.
  10. ^ "Golden Award SIWO PWI Pusat 2019 Beri Energi dan Motivasi pada Pelaku Olahraga kata Imam Nahrawi". Tribun News (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Daftar Penerima Penghargaan Siwo PWI Pusat 2020: Ahsan/Hendra Atlet Terfavorit | Sport". Bisnis (in Indonesian). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Daftar Lengkap Nominasi dan Pemenang Indonesian Sport Awards 2018" (in Indonesian). Tribun News. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  13. ^ "The 30 Under 30 Asia 2019: Entertainment and Sports". Forbes. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Disaksikan Orang Spesial, Aries Menangis Usai Raih Emas Asian Games". Viva (in Indonesian). 21 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Panjat Tebing Raih 3 Emas: Mimpi yang Jadi Kenyataan". Tempo (in Indonesian). 22 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Indonesia Raih Emas Pertama Kejuaraan Panjat Tebing Asia 2017". Media Indonesia (in Indonesian). 21 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Dua Atlet Panjat Tebing Juara di Jepang". Kompas (in Indonesian). 21 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Asian Championship - Tehran (IRI) 2017 General Result Female Relay Speed" (PDF).
  19. ^ "IFSC Xiamen Speed Climbing World Cup 2017 Women Results".
  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.
  24. ^ "Aries Susanti Rahayu Raih Medali Kejuaraan Dunia Panjat Tebing di China". Indosport (in Indonesian). 22 July 2022.
  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. ^ a b "Rahayu's profile and rankings". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

External links

  • IFSC profile
  • Instagram profile
  • Twitter profile
  • (in Indonesian) FPTI Profile