# Veddriq Leonardo

Veddriq Leonardo (born 11 March 1997) is an Indonesian competition speed climber. He has held the world record for the discipline for about a year twice, first after setting it en route to winning the men's speed climbing event at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City, and again at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul. He is the current Olympic champion, having won speed climbing in 2024, thus becoming the first Indonesian non-badminton Olympic gold medalist.
He was first introduced to competition speed climbing in his first year of high school. In 2014, he participated in his first national championship in Tanjung Balai Karimun, where he was finished the top eight. In 2016, he won his first medal (bronze) in the junior national championship in Bangka Belitung. His first international event was 2018 Moscow World Cup where he placed third.

## Achievements
### Olympic Games

Men's speed
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
| 2024 | Le Bourget, Paris, France | Wu Peng | 4.75–4.77 | Gold | |

### World Games

Men's speed
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
| 2022 | Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States | Kiromal Katibin | 7.230–fall | Gold | |

### Asian Games

Men's speed
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
| 2022 | Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China | Wu Peng | 4.955–5.119 | Bronze | |
Men's speed relay
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
| 2018 | Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia | Muhammad Hinayah Rindi Sufriyanto Abudzar Yulianto | Muhammad Fajri Alfian Aspar Jaelolo Sabri Septo Wibowo Siburian | 18.686–fall | Gold | |
| 2022 | Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China | Kiromal Katibin Rahmad Adi Mulyono Aspar Jaelolo | Wang Xinshang Wu Peng Zhang Liang Long Jinbao | FS–W | Silver | |

### Asian Championships

Men's speed
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
| 2019 | Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia | Kiromal Katibin | 5.460–5.547 | Gold | |
| 2022 | Seoul, South Korea | Lee Seung-beom | 6.04–5.91 | Silver | |
Men's speed relay
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
| 2019 | Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia | Kiromal Katibin Zaenal Aripin | Sabri Rahmad Adi Mulyono Fatchur Roji | fall–23.492 | Silver | |

### IFSC Climbing World Cup

Men's speed
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time (s) | Result |
| 2018 | Moscow, Russia | Muhammad Hinayah | wc–fs | Bronze |
| 2021 | Salt Lake City, United States | Kiromal Katibin | 5.208–fall | Gold |
| 2021 | Villars, Switzerland | Dmitri Timofeev | 5.329–7.35 | Gold |
| 2022 | Seoul, South Korea | Kiromal Katibin | 6.965–fall | Gold |
| 2022 | Salt Lake City (I), United States | Ludovico Fossali | 5.595–fall | Bronze |
| 2022 | Salt Lake City (II), United States | Tobias Plangger | 6.330–fall | Gold |
| 2023 | Seoul, South Korea | Long Jinbao | 5.01–5.12 | Gold |
| 2023 | Salt Lake City, United States | Wu Peng | 4.95–6.99 | Gold |

### NEOM Beach Games

Men's speed
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time (s) | Result | Ref |
| 2023 | Gayal Beach, Neom, Saudi Arabia | Yaroslav Tkach | 5.077–5.347 | Gold | |

## World records

Men's World Record History :
| Date | Time (s) | Location | Competition |
| April 28, 2023 | 4.90 | Seoul, South Korea | World Cup |
| April 28, 2023 | 4.984 | Seoul, South Korea | World Cup |
| May 28, 2021 | 5.20 | Salt Lake City, United States | World Cup |

## Rankings
### Climbing World Cup

| Discipline | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Speed | 1 | 1 | 1 |

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

| Season | Gold | Bronze | Total |
| 2018 | | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | | 2 |
| Total | 6 | 2 | 8 |

## Awards & nominations

| Awards | Year | Category | Nominee/work | Result | Ref. |
| Santini JebreeetMedia Awards | 2024 | Favorite Male Athlete | Veddriq Leonardo | Nominated | |
| The World Games | 2024 | Athlete of the Year | Veddriq Leonardo | Won | |