# Stefano Ghisolfi

Stefano Ghisolfi (born February 18, 1993) is an Italian professional rock climber, who specializes in competition climbing, sport climbing, and bouldering. In competition climbing, he completes in competition lead climbing, competition bouldering, and competition speed climbing, with lead being his strongest discipline. As a sport climber, he has redpointed sport climbing routes of grade 9b+ (5.15c), onsighted routes of 8c (5.14b), and solved boulder problems at grade 8B+ (V14). In December 2018, after climbing Perfecto Mundo, he became the fourth climber in history to redpoint a 9b+ (5.15c) route.

## Climbing career
### Competition climbing

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 (lead, bouldering, and speed) and placed tenth in the overall ranking.
On October 13, 2012, he first got on the podium in the World Cup, obtaining a bronze medal in Xining, China. He obtained gold medals in the World Cup stages at Wujiang (China), in 2014, Xiamen (China), in 2016, and then again at Wujiang (China), in 2017.

### Rock climbing

On November 2, 2015, he made the first free ascent (FFA) of Lapsus, in Andonno (Italy), a 70-hold sport climbing route for which he proposed a grade of 9b (5.15b).
On December 7, 2018, after climbing the 9b+ (5.15c) sport route Perfecto Mundo (Margalef, ESP), he became the fourth climber in history to redpoint a route at that grade, after Adam Ondra, Chris Sharma, and Alex Megos.
On September 2, 2020, he made the second ascent of Change [fr] 9b+ (5.15c), in Flatanger Municipality, Norway; the first-ever 9b+ route in history, established by Adam Ondra in 2012.
On August 24, 2021, he made the second ascent of Bibliographie 9b+ (5.15c), in Céüse, France. Originally graded with a proposed 9c (5.15d) rating, the route was first established by Alex Megos. Ghisolfi then downgraded it to 9b+.
On February 2, 2023, made the FA of Excalibur, in Arco, in Italy, for which he proposed a grade of 9b+ (5.15c).

## Rankings
### Climbing World Cup

| Discipline | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 |
| Lead | | 21 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Bouldering | | 65 | 83 | | | 30 | | | | | 41 | |
| Speed | 17 | 30 | 38 | | | | | | | | | |
| Combined | | 10 | 10 | | | 4 | | | 9 | | | |

### Climbing World Championships

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 | | | |

### Climbing European Championships

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

| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 2012 | | | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | | | | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | | | 1 |
| 2015 | | | | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| 2019 | | | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | | | | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |

## Number of medals in the Climbing European Youth Cup
### Lead

| Season | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 2011 | Juniors | 1 | | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | Juniors | | 1 | | 1 |
| Total | Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |

### Speed

| Season | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 2011 | Juniors | | | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

## Rock climbing
### Redpointed routes

9b+ (5.15c):
   * Perfecto Mundo - Margalef (ESP) - December 7, 2018 - First repeat, first ascent was by Alex Megos, 2018
   * Change [fr] - Flatanger (NOR) - September 29, 2020 - First repeat, first ascent was by Adam Ondra, 2012
   * Bibliographie - Céüse (FRA) - August 24, 2021 - First repeat, first ascent was by Alex Megos, 2020. Originally 9c, Ghisolfi proposed 9b+ instead.
   * Excalibur - Arco (ITA) - February 5, 2023 - First ascent.
9b (5.15b):
   * Move Hard - Flatanger (NOR) - September 16, 2022 - First ascent by Adam Ondra, 2017
   * L'Arenauta - Sperlonga (ITA) - February 10, 2022 - First ascent.
   * The Lonely Mountain - Arco (ITA) - December 17, 2021 - First Ascent.
   * Erebor - Arco (ITA) - January 11, 2021 - First Ascent. Originally graded 9b/+, downgraded by Adam Ondra.
   * La Capella - Siurana (ESP) - January 12, 2018 - First ascent by Adam Ondra, 2011
   * One Slap - Arco (ITA) - November 22, 2017 - First ascent by Adam Ondra, 2017
   * First Round, First Minute - Margalef (ESP) - January 30, 2017
   * Lapsus - Andonno (ITA) - November 2, 2015 - First ascent
9a+ (5.15a):
   * La Rambla - Siurana (ESP) - March 20, 2017
   * First Ley - Margalef (ESP) - January 2017
   * Ultimatum - Massone (Arco, (ITA)) - December 19, 2016
   * Jungle Boogie - Céüse (FRA) - October 2, 2016
   * Realization - Céüse (FRA) - June 21, 2015 - First ascent by Chris Sharma, 2001
   * Demencia senil - Margalef (ESP) - March 14, 2015 - First ascent by Chris Sharma, 2009
   * La moustache qui fàche - Entraygues (FRA) - August 23, 2014
9a (5.14d):
   * Thunder Ribes - Massone (Arco, (ITA)) - December 16, 2016 - Combination of the routes Reini's Vibes, Ultima Pietra, and Stonehenge.
   * L'Attimo - Covolo (ITA) - October 11, 2015 - First ascent by Silvio Reffo, 2012
   * Underground - Massone (Arco, (ITA)) - July 5, 2014 - First ascent by Manfred Stuffer, 1998
   * Biologico - Narango (Arco, (ITA)) - June 8, 2014 - First ascent by Adam Ondra, 2012
   * TCT - Gravere (ITA) - May 31, 2014 - First ascent
   * Grandi Gesti - Grotta dell'Arenauta (Sperlonga, ITA) - December 30, 2013 - First ascent by Gianluca Daniele, 2009
   * Ground Zero - Tetto di Sarre (ITA) - June 9, 2013 - First ascent by Alberto Gnerro, 2002

### Onsighted routes

8c (5.14b):
   * Fish Eye - Oliana (ESP) - January 8, 2017
8b+ (5.14a):
   * Falconeti - Montsant (ESP) - January 2013
   * L-mens - Montsant (ESP) - January 2013

### Boulder problems

Ghisolfi climbed five 8B (V13) and two 8B+ (V14) boulder problems.
He won the 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions of Melloblocco.