Hiroto Shimizu
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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1996 (age 29–30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of climber | Competition lead climbing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hiroto Shimizu (清水 裕登 Shimizu Hiroto) is a Japanese competition climber, specializing in competition lead climbing.[1]
Competition climbing
[edit ]Shimizu began climbing on the IFSC Climbing World Cup circuit in 2014, advancing to all the lead world cup semifinals in his debut season.
In December 2015, Shimizu won a gold and bronze medal in the Lead and Bouldering disciplines respectively at the Asian Youth Championships in Putrajaya.[2]
In July 2019, Shimizu earned his first World Cup medal, taking silver at the Lead World Cup in Briançon, completing an all-Japanese podium.[3] [4]
In October 2019, Shimizu won his first Lead World Cup in Inzai, becoming the fifth Japanese man to win a Lead World Cup.[5] [6]
In 2023, he claimed silver in the Lead discipline at the Asian Championships in Riyadh.[7]
In 2025, Shimizu's fourth place finish at the Lead Japan Cup earned him a spot on Japan’s national team after six years.[8] [9] He won a bronze medal in the Lead discipline at the 2025 Asian Cup in Almaty.[10]
Rankings
[edit ]| Discipline[1] | 2019 | 2025 |
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| Lead | 6 | 32 |
| Discipline | 2012 Youth A [11] |
2014 Juniors [12] |
2015 Juniors [13] |
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| Lead | 6 | 7 | - |
| Bouldering | - | - | 11 |
| Discipline | 2013 | 2014[14] | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019[15] | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 [16] | 2026 |
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| Lead | 20 | 2 | 16 | 5 | - | 3 | 25 | - | 20 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
| Bouldering | 31 | 23 | 39 | - | 21 | 33 | 21 | 14 | 29 | 17 | 39 | 22 | 19 |
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Hiroto SHIMIZU". IFSC Climbing Result Service. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
- ^ "Asian Youth Championship - Putrajaya (MAS) 2015 - Juniors Male". IFSC Climbing Result Service. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Lead World Cup in Briançon 2019: results, highlights and pictures". LaCrux. 21 July 2019.
- ^ "IFSC Lead World Cup Briançon 2019: Report". UKClimbing. 22 July 2019.
- ^ "IFSC Lead World Cup Inzai 2019: Report". UKClimbing. 28 October 2019.
- ^ "清水裕登 日本男子5人目のリードW杯王者" (in Japanese). climbers-web.jp. 7 August 2020.
- ^ "IFSC Asian Cup Riyadh 2023 - Men's Lead Final results".
- ^ "安楽宙斗「優勝は努力の上にある結果だと思う」【リードジャパンカップ2025|決勝後の選手コメント】" (in Japanese). climbers-web.jp. 4 March 2025.
- ^ "スポーツクライミングの2025年リード日本代表が発表 森秋彩、安楽宙斗ら男女25人選出" (in Japanese). climbers-web.jp. 17 March 2025.
- ^ "IFSC Asian Cup Almaty 2025 - Lead Men Final Results". World Climbing. 31 August 2025.
- ^ "Youth A Male Lead final results".
- ^ "Juniors Male Lead final results".
- ^ "Juniors Male Boulder results".
- ^ "第28回リード・ジャパンカップ.男子 リード" (in Japanese). Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association.
- ^ "第32回リードジャパンカップ.男子 リード" (in Japanese). Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association.
- ^ "リードジャパンカップ 2025.男子 リード" (in Japanese). Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association.
External links
[edit ]- Hiroto Shimizu at World Climbing
- Hiroto Shimizu on Instagram
- JMSCA profile (in Japanese)