Christian Core
Christian Core is an Italian professional sport climber and rock climber. He is known for being the first person in the world to climb an boulder, in 2008. He won the Bouldering World Cup twice, in 1999 and 2002 and a Bouldering World Championship in 2003.Biography
In 1999 Core stopped competing in the Lead Climbing World Cup and started participating in the Bouldering World Cup, organized by UIAA in that year for the first time in history. He immediately won the Cup.
In 2002, he did it again.
In 2003, he earned the title of World Champion in Bouldering.
He ascended several very hard boulders in Italy near Bobbio Pellice, Varazze and Triora. In 2008, he climbed Gioia, an boulder that was considered, for 8 years, the most difficult boulder ever climbed in history. Adam Ondra repeated the ascent and confirmed the grade three years later.
In 2009 he married the climber Stella Marchisio.Rankings
Climbing World Cup
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
Lead | 10 | 11 | 9 | 17 |
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
Bouldering | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 54 | 26 | 54 | 32 |
Climbing World Championships
| 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Lead | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bouldering | - | - | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
Climbing European Championships
| 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2007 | 2008 | 2010 |
Lead | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bouldering | - | - | 1 | - | 16 | 10 | 7 |
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
Bouldering
Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1999 | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
2000 | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2001 | | 1 | | 1 |
2002 | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
2003 | | | 1 | 1 |
2004 | | 1 | | 1 |
2005 | | 1 | | 1 |
2006 | | | 1 | 1 |
2010 | | | 1 | 1 |
Total | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
Redpointed routes
Core redpointed and onsighted routes.Boulder problems
Core redpointed and flashed boulder problems.
8C+/V16:
8C/V15:
8B+/V14:Film
- i Core, my climbing family – 2012 – Regia di Angelo Poli – 45'
Bibliografia
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