Anak Verhoeven

Anak Verhoeven
Anak Verhoeven
Anak Verhoeven at the 2013 European Championships, Chamonix
Personal information
Nationality Belgium
Born (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996
Belgium
Residence Schriek
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Website www.anakverhoeven.be
Climbing career
Type of climber Sport climbing (Lead)
Highest grade
Known for Winning World Games and European Championships in 2017[1]
Medal record
World Cup
2016Lead
2017Lead
World Championships
2016Lead
World Games
2017Lead
European Championships
2017Lead
Belgian Championships
2016Lead
2017Lead
Updated on November 13, 2017.

Anak Verhoeven (born 15 July 1996) is a Belgian sport climber. Since 2013, she has repeatedly won the Belgian National Championship in lead climbing. In 2016, she ranked first on the IFSC World Ranking List. In 2017, she won both the World Games and IFSC Climbing European Championships.[1]

Biography

Verhoeven started to climb when she was 4 years old.[2] In 2012, when she was sixteen years old, she started participating in the Lead Climbing World Cup.

In 2014, she became the Junior European Champion at the Championships in Edinburgh.[3]

In 2015, she won the World Youth Championship in Italy, where she competed for the last time as a junior.[4] In the same year, she also participated in the Lead Climbing World Cup, where she ranked fourth.

In 2016, she competed at the World Championships in Paris. During the finals, she managed to top the route but fellow competitor Janja Garnbret also topped and won gold due to countback. In the same year, she also ranked second in the Lead Climbing World Cup. Verhoeven ended the 2016 competition season as number 1 on the IFSC World Ranking List.[5]

In 2017, she won both the World Games and IFSC Climbing European Championships.[1] Later in the year she did the first ascent of Sweet Neuf at Pierrot Beach in France, suggesting a 9a+ (5.15a) rating. With this ascent she became the second woman to climb a 9a+ route and the first to claim a first ascent of it.

Rankings

Climbing World Cup[6]

Discipline 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Lead 34 9 4 4 2 3
Combined - - - - - 7

Climbing World Championships

Youth[1]

Discipline 2010
Youth B		 2011
Youth B		 2012
Youth A		 2013
Youth A		 2015
Juniors
Lead 2 4 2 2 1

Adult[1]

Discipline 2012 2014 2016
Lead 22 6 2

Climbing European Championships

Youth[1]

Discipline 2012
Youth A		 2013
Youth A		 2014
Juniors		 2015
Juniors
Lead 3 2 1 2

Adult[1]

Discipline 2013 2015 2017
Lead 19 4 1

Number of medals in the Climbing European Youth Cup

Lead[1]

Season Category Gold Silver Bronze Total
2011Youth B55
2012Youth A325
2013Youth A112
2014Juniors11
Total103013

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Lead[1]

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
2014224
2015134
2016235
20171124
Total37717

Trivia

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IFSC, ed. (July 20, 2017). "Verhoeven's profile and rankings". Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Anak | Anak Verhoeven". www.anakverhoeven.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  3. ↑ "European Youth Championship Lead". nl.belclimb.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  4. ↑ "Verhoeven is wereldkampioene muurklimmen bij de junioren". sporza (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  5. ↑ "Anak Verhoeven klimt naar het zilver op WK". sporza (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  6. ↑ IFSC, ed. (July 20, 2017). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved July 20, 2017.
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