Stefano Ghisolfi
Stefano Ghisolfi is an Italian professional rock climber and sport climber. He participates in international competitions in three disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed, obtaining his best results in Lead climbing. On rock, he redpointed, onsighted and solved a boulder problem.
In December 2018, by climbing Perfecto Mundo, he became the fourth climber in history to redpoint a route.Biography
In 2007, Ghisolfi participated in his first international competition: the IFSC European Youth Cup.
Both in 2010 and 2011, he won the bronze medal in Lead climbing at the IFSC World Youth Championships.
In the same years, he also participated in the IFSC World Championships as a senior competitor, for all disciplines and placed tenth in the overall ranking.
On October 13, 2012 he first got on podium in the World Cup, obtaining a bronze medal in Xining, China. He obtained gold medals in the World Cup stages at Wujiang, in 2014, Xiamen, in 2016, and then again at Wujiang, in 2017.
On November 2, 2015 he first ascended Lapsus in Andonno, a 70 hold route for which he proposed a grade.
On December 7, 2018, by climbing the impressive route Perfecto Mundo, he became the fourth climber in history to redpoint a route at that grade, after Adam Ondra, Chris Sharma, and Alex Megos.Rankings
Youth
| Discipline | 2008
Youth B | 2009
Youth A | 2010
Youth A | 2011
Juniors | 2012
Juniors |
| Lead | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Speed | 5 | 6 | 5 | - | 17 |
Adult
| Discipline | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 |
| Lead | 27 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| Bouldering | 25 | 16 | | | |
| Speed | 30 | 33 | | | |
Youth
| Discipline | 2012
Juniors |
| Lead | 3 |
Adult
| Discipline | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 |
| Lead | 37 | 16 | 7 | 10 |
| Bouldering | 37 | 35 | 35 | - |
| Speed | 18 | 32 | 26 | - |
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
Lead
Number of medals in the Climbing European Youth Cup
Lead
Speed
Rock climbing
Redpointed">Redpoint (climbing)">Redpointed routes
Ghisolfi climbed five and two boulder problems.
He won the 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions of Melloblocco.
