Bassa Mawem (born 9 November 1984) is a French professional speed climber who specialises in competition climbing. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] He also qualified for the 2024 Olympics.[2]
 Bassa Mawem in 2022. | |||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Jean | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1984 Nouméa, New Caledonia | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Houssen, France | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional climber | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1997–present | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of climber | Competition climbing, Speed climbing | ||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Sylvain Chapelle | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHe won the overall title in the speed climbing event at the 2018 and 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup.
On 3 August 2021, Mawem established the first Olympic Record of 5.45s during the Speed Qualifications but was unable to compete in the final due to an injury.[3]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Mawem won by 0.01 seconds his heat against Ukraine's Yaroslav Tkach in the elimination round of qualifications. Mawem ended up in seventh place after losing in the quarterfinals to Indonesia's Veddriq Leonardo, the eventual gold medalist.
Personal life
editHis younger brother Mickaël is also a professional climber.
Major results
editOlympic Games
edit| Discipline | 2020 | 2024 |
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| Speed | — | 7 |
| Combined | 8 | — |
World championships
edit| Discipline | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 |
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| Speed | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | — | 13 |
| Bouldering | — | — | — | 116 | 67 | — | — |
| Lead | — | — | — | 105 | 60 | — | — |
| Combined | — | — | — | 14 | 28 | — | — |
World Cup
edit| Discipline | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Speed | 63 | 16 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 41 |
| Combined | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51 | — | 19 | — | — | — |
European championships
edit| Discipline | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 |
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| Speed | 14 | 13 | — | — | — | 5 |
References
edit- ^ Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Sport climbing; International Federation of Sport Climbing, 15 March 2018
- ^ "MIROSLAW, MAWEM SECURED THEIR TICKET TO PARIS 2024 IN ROME". 2023-09-16.
- ^ "Aomi Urban Sports Park, Sport Climbing, Results, TUE 3 AUG 2021, Speed Qualification" (PDF). The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2021-08-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-03.
External links
edit- Bassa Mawem at IFSC
- Bassa Mawem at Olympics.com
- Bassa Mawem at Olympedia
- Bassa Mawem at the International World Games Association
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