Chaehyun_Seo

Seo Chae-hyun

Seo Chae-hyun

South Korean rock climber

In this Korean name, the family name is Seo.

Seo Chae-hyun (Korean: 서채현, born November 1, 2003), also known as Chaehyun Seo, is a South Korean professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. She won the overall 2019 World Cup title in competition lead climbing in her senior debut season.[2] In August 2021 she represented South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she was a finalist[3] and later that year won the IFSC World Championships in lead.[4]

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Early life

Seo was born into a family of climbers. She started climbing in 2008. Her father owns a climbing gym in Seoul.

Climbing career

Rock climbing

In 2018, at age fourteen, Seo redpointed the 9a (5.14d) sport climbing route, Bad Girls Club, at the Wicked Cave at Rifle, Colorado.[5]

On November 22, 2022, Seo redpointed the famous 9a+ (5.15a) Spanish sport climb, La Rambla, becoming the second woman to redpoint the route.[6][7] During that same trip to Spain, Seo on-sighted the 8c (5.14b) route, L'Antagonista, becoming the second woman to ever on-sight a route at that grade.[8]

Competition climbing

In 2019, she made her IFSC Climbing World Cup debut and won the Lead World Cup season title ahead of Slovenian Janja Garnbret and Japanese Natsuki Tanii by winning four gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal in six out of six lead events.[9] In November of that year she participated in the 2019 Asian Championships winning gold in both lead and bouldering disciplines.[10] She qualified for the first appearance of Sport Climbing at the Summer Olympics via her placement at the 2019 IFSC Combined World Championships.[11]

In 2021, aged 17, Seo competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics where she made the finals and finished in 8th place overall.[12] A month later she went on to win the gold medal in lead climbing at the 2021 IFSC World Championships, achieving the only top of the women's lead finals that year.[13]

In 2022, Seo placed second overall in the 2022 IFSC World Cup season in lead, having won three silver medals and two bronze medals.[14] She also won gold medals in lead and combined along with a bronze medal in bouldering at the 2022 Asian Championships.[15]

In 2023, Seo won the silver medal in bouldering at the World Cup in Brixen, her first bouldering medal at an IFSC World Cup. In August, Seo finished third in lead at the IFSC World Championships. She also represented South Korea at the 2022 Asian Games where she received the silver medal in the boulder-and-lead combined event. Rain had caused the event's finals to be called off and standings were determined based off of semi-final results. Because Seo had finished the semi-final round tied on points with Japan's Ai Mori, first and second place were determined via count-back to the qualification round.[16]

Rankings

World Cup

[17] 2019 2021 2022 2023
Lead 1 17 2 7
Bouldering – – 10 10
Speed 80 – – –
Combined – – – –

World Championships

[17] 2019 2021 2023
Lead 4 1 3
Bouldering 13 37 45
Speed 50 – –
Combined 13 – 10

Asian Championships

[17] 2019 2022
Lead 1 1
Bouldering 1 3
Speed 15 –
Combined 4 1

World Cup podiums

Lead

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Bouldering

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Combined (Bouldering & Lead)

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Television

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References

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    "Chaehyun Seo Redpoints La Rambla (5.15a) and Onsights 5.14b". climbing.com. November 30, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "'제2의 김자인' 고교생 서채현 떴다". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 2019-07-21. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
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    "[Tokyo Olympcis] S. Korean Seo Chae-hyun reaches finals of women's sport climbing". The Korea Herald. 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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    "Seo Chaehyun and Jakob Schubert crowned Lead World Champions 2021". Planet Mountain. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
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    Burgman, John (22 August 2018). "The Korean Crusher: Chaehyeon Seo Sends 5.14d at Age 14". Climbing Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
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    "La Rambla 9a+(5.15a)". instagram.com. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
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    "Chaehyun Seo repeats La Rambla (9a+) at Siurana". planetmountain.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  8. [8]
    "L'antagonista 8c onsight by Chaehyeon Seo (19)". 8a.nu. November 25, 2022.
  9. [9]
    "IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CUP 2019: W O M E N LEAD".
  10. [10]
    "ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - BOGOR (INA) 2019".
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    "Who Is Chaehyun Seo? – Korea's Strongest At Just 17!". Climber News. 23 July 2021.
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    "Seo Chae-hyun finishes 8th in women's sport climbing at Tokyo Olympics". Korea Times. 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
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    "Seo Chaehyun and Jakob Schubert crowned Lead World Champions 2021". Planet Mountain. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  14. [14]
    "IFSC Climbing World Cup Results". IFSC. 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
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    "IFSC Asia - Continental Championships (B, L, S, B&L) - Republic of Korea 2022". IFSC. 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
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    "Asian Games 2023 sport climbing: World number two Mori Ai wins women's boulder & lead combined title after final cancelled". Olympics. 2023-10-07. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
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    IFSC, ed. (April 14, 2024). "Chaehyun Seo Athlete Profile". Retrieved April 24, 2024.
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    "노는언니2". www.imtcast.com. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
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    "미리보기 > 노는언니2". www.imtcast.com. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
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