# Aries Susanti Rahayu

Aries Susanti Rahayu (born 21 March 1995) is a competition climber athlete from Indonesia who specializes in competition speed climbing competitions. She has been nicknamed "Spiderwoman". She was the world record holder for women in speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup. Also, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds.

## Biography

As a child, she used to climb trees at home and parks. In 2007, she was introduced to sport climbing by her teacher when she was still a junior high school student.
In 2017, she competed in the Climbing World Cup for the first time and got her first medal (silver) at the World Cup in Xiamen. In the 2017 Asian Championships in Tehran, she was third in speed.
In 2018, she got her first gold medal at the Climbing World Cup in Chongqing. Then, she got one bronze in Tai'an and two more gold medals at the World Cups in Wujiang and Xiamen, all in China. At the end of the 2018 season, she was second in the overall ranking in the speed discipline. In the same year, at the Asian Championships in Kurayoshi, she was third after she false-started in the semifinal.
In 2019, she became the women's world record holder in competition speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup. As well, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds.
Also in 2019, she was on the Forbes Asia's 30 Under 30 list.
Aries is a Muslim and wears hijab while she competes.

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Result |
| Golden Award SIWO PWI | 2019 | Best Female Athlete | Won |
| Golden Award SIWO PWI | 2020 | Favorite Female Athlete | Won |
| Indonesian Sport Awards | 2018 | Favorite Female Athlete | Nominated |
| Forbes | 2019 | 30 Under 30 Asia (Entertainment and Sports) | Placed |

## Achievements
### Asian Games

Women's speed
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
| 2018 | Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia | Puji Lestari | 7.612 - 7.980 | Gold | |
Women's speed relay
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
| 2018 | Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia | Fitriyani Puji Lestari Rajiah Sallsabillah | Deng Lijuan Niu Di Pan Xuhua | 25.452–fall | Gold | |

### Asian Championships

Women's speed
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
| 2017 | Mega Pars Complex, Tehran, Iran | Santi Wellyanti | 9.100–10.070 | Bronze | |
| 2018 | Kurayoshi, Japan | Nurul Iqamah | 7.816–9.717 | Bronze | |
Women's speed relay
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
| 2017 | Mega Pars Complex, Tehran, Iran | Puji Lestari Santi Wellyanti | Fitriyani Rajiah Sallsabillah Dhorifatus Syafi'iyah | 27.97–fall | Gold | |

### IFSC Climbing World Cup

Women's speed
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time (s) | Result |
| 2017 | Xiamen, China | Anouck Jaubert | 10.150–7.780 | Silver |
| 2018 | Chongqing, China | Elena Timofeeva | 7.510–9.010 | Gold |
| 2018 | Tai'an, China | Anna Brozek | 8.860–9.170 | Bronze |
| 2018 | Wujiang, China | Anouck Jaubert | 7.740–8.010 | Gold |
| 2018 | Xiamen, China | Iuliia Kaplina | 7.532–fall | Gold |
| 2019 | Wujiang, China | Aleksandra Rudzinska | 7.607–7.313 | Silver |
| 2019 | Xiamen, China | Song Yiling | 6.995–9.032 | Gold |

## World records

Women's World Record History :
| Date | Time (s) | Location | Competition |
| October 19, 2019 | 6.99 | Xiamen, China | World Cup |

## Rankings
### Climbing World Cup

| Discipline | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Speed | 13 | 2 | 3 |

### Asian Championships

| Discipline | 2017 | 2018 |
| Speed | 3 | 3 |

## Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
### Speed

| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 2017 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |