Zhong Qixin

Zhong Qixin

Qixin in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1989-04-07) 7 April 1989 (age 35) Quannan County, China
Sport
Sport	Competition climbing
Event	Speed
Medal record Men's competition climbing Representing  China Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championship 4 – – World Games 1 – 1 Asian Games – 1 – World Cup 1 – – World Championships 2007 Avilés Speed 2009 Xining Speed 2011 Arco Speed 2012 Paris Speed World Games 2009 Kaohsiung Speed 2013 Cali Speed Asian Games 2018 Palembang Speed World Cup 2015 Speed

Zhong Qixin (born 7 April 1989) is a Chinese former competition speed climber. He is a four-time winner of the IFSC World Championships, taking four consecutive wins between 2007 and 2012. He also won the overall title of the 2015 World Cup.[1] In August 2011, he set the world speed climbing record in 6.26 seconds, which stood until October 2012, when it was broken by Evgenii Vaitcekhovskii [cs].[2]

His 13th and final World Cup victory came in October 2019 in Xiamen, where he missed the world record held by Reza Alipour by just one hundredth of a second with a time of 5.48 seconds.[3] After retiring in 2021, Zhong took over the position as head coach of the Chinese national speed climbing team.

He is married and is the father of twin daughters.[4]

See also

• Rankings of most career IFSC gold medals

References

1. "IFSC Climbing Worldcup 2015: M E N speed".
2. World record in speed climbing 2011 (6.26 seconds) HD. Jan Kříž. 2011-07-29. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2018-02-15 – via YouTube.
3. "Gold for China and a New World Record". IFSC. 19 October 2019.
4. "世界冠军，去不了东京奥运会". 体娱 INSIGHT视界 (in Chinese). 24 July 2021.

External links

• Qixin Zhong at IFSC