Alberto Ginés

Alberto Ginés López (born 23 October 2002) is a Spanish professional rock climber, specializing in competition lead climbing and competition bouldering. He won gold at the first Olympic sport climbing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in August 2021. He placed second in the 2019 Lead Climbing World Cup and won a silver medal at the 2019 Lead Climbing European Championship.

Biography Ginés started climbing with his parents when he was very young. In 2013, Ginés, who was 10 years old at the time, met professional climbing coach David Macià in Rodellar, after his father introduced the child to him. Macià was surprised by the attitude with which Ginés climbed the sport climbing route, El Delfín , and became his coach.

In 2016, after the announcement that competition climbing would become an Olympic sport at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he moved from Cáceres to Barcelona to train, with the goal of qualifying for the international event.

In August 2017, Ginés took a silver medal at the Lead Climbing Youth World Championships, in the category Youth B. A month later, he won the Lead Climbing European Youth Championship in the same category. In May 2018, Ginés won the Lead Climbing European Youth Championship, in the category Youth A. In August 2019, he took bronze medals at the Lead Climbing and Combined Climbing Youth World Championships, in the category Youth A. A month later, Ginés also won a bronze at the Lead Climbing European Youth Championships, in the same category.

On 6 October 2019, Ginés won a silver medal at the Lead Climbing European Championships. Later that month, he finished second in the Lead Climbing World Cup, winning medals in two of its six events: a bronze in Kranj and a silver in the last event, held in Inzai. In November, Ginés qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He won gold in the men's combined event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Rankings

Climbing World Cup Discipline 2019 2025 Lead 2 1

World Championships Discipline Hachioji2019 Bern2023 Seoul2025 Lead 31 24 4 Boulder 31 30 - Combined 36 29 -

Climbing European Championships Discipline 2019 2022 2026 Lead 2 3 1

Number of medals in the Climbing European Youth Cup Lead Season Category Gold Silver Bronze Total2017 Youth B 2 1 1 42018 Youth A 1 1 22019 Youth A 2 1 3Total 5 1 3 9

Bouldering Season Category Gold Silver Bronze Total2017 Youth B 2 22018 Youth A 1 1 22019 Youth A 1 1 2Total 4 2 0 6

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup Lead Season Gold Silver Bronze Total2019 1 1 22023112025 3 3 62026 1 2 3Total 1 6 5 12

Notable ascents

Redpointed routes : El Bon Combat – Cova de L'Ocell (ESP) – February 2026 – First ascent by Chris Sharma. Graded 9a+ by Ginés.

: Open your Mind Direct – Santa Linya (ESP) – October 2024. JoeDan – Santa Linya (ESP) – December 2023. Jungle Speed – Siurana (ESP) – December 2023. Victimes del Futur – Margalef (ESP) – April 2018. Second ascent after Ramón Julián.

Boulder problems : Dreamtime – Cresciano (SUI) – November 2025.

: Off the Wagon – Val Bavona (SUI) – January 2023.

Alberto Ginés

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