COLEMAN Nathaniel

United States of America
Sport Climbing
1 Jan 1997
24
Male
1.82/5'11''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CLB Sport Climbing Men's Combined 2 Silver Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Aomi Urban Sports Park
Men's Combined, Speed Qualification
Finished
Aomi Urban Sports Park
Men's Combined, Bouldering Qualification
Finished
Aomi Urban Sports Park
Men's Combined, Lead Qualification
Finished
Aomi Urban Sports Park
Men's Combined, Speed Final
Finished
Aomi Urban Sports Park
Men's Combined, Bouldering Final
Finished
Aomi Urban Sports Park
Men's Combined, Lead Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships
YearLocationCombinedSpeedBoulderLead
2019Hachioji, JPN12341730
2018Innsbruck, AUT26542753
2016Paris, FRA--35-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
YearSpeedBoulderLead
20211 x 27th, 1 x 45th1 x 5th, 1 x 6th, 1 x 10th1 x 22nd, 1 x 45th
20191 x 37th, 1 x 39th, 1 x 44th1 x 8th, 1 x 12th, 2 x 17th1 x 12th, 1 x 14th, 1 x 23rd
2018-1 x 16th, 1 x 17th, 1 x 26th-
2017-1 x 29th-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventLocation
52021BoulderMeiringen, SUI
62021BoulderInnsbruck, AUT
82019BoulderVail, CO, USA
102021BoulderSalt Lake City, UT, USA
122019BoulderWujiang, CHN
122019Men's LeadChamonix, FRA
142019Men's LeadBriancon, FRA
162018BoulderVail, CO, USA
172019BoulderChongqing, CHN
172019BoulderMeiringen, SUI
172018BoulderMeiringen, SUI
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Captain America. (olympicchannel.com, 14 Jan 2021)
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Spending time with friends, listening to music, video gaming. (climbing.com, 31 May 2018; gognarly.com, 18 Aug 2019)
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Athlete
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English
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He suffered a partial A4 pulley [ligament] tear in his left ring finger in early 2017. He recovered in time to win gold at the 2017 US National Bouldering Championships in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America several weeks later. (climbing.com, 06 Feb 2017)
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He began climbing at age nine in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (petzl.com, 22 Dec 2017)
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He was introduced to indoor climbing by a friend at a local club. "I think I'm suited to climbing because of my natural athletic tendencies. You need a lot of coordination, fast-twitch reactions, fast thinking and problem-solving." (petzl.com, 22 Dec 2017; olympicchannel.com, 14 Jan 2021)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympicchannel.com, 14 Jan 2021)
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US climbers Daniel Woods and Alex Honnold. (deseret.com, 05 Jul 2016; gognarly.com, 18 Aug 2019)
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Coaches Kyle O'Meara, Palmer Larsen and Steven Jeffrey. (utahoutside.com, 02 Aug 2016)
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He wears lucky underwear for the finals of competitions. (utahoutside.com, 02 Aug 2016)
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"Having a goal of a placement in a competition doesn't really help you much. You could be the best climber out there, but still not take first. I set my goals more towards personal perfection and how I feel about my climbing after the competition. It's a really nice balance of a physical and mental challenge. It has such an element of problem solving, and in order to be mentally prepared for that you need to be calm-minded but also kind of fierce at times I think." (rockandice.com, 07 Feb 2017; byu.edu, 07 Dec 2018
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In 2016 he received the North Face Young Gun Award from USA Climbing. (snewsnet.com, 11 Feb 2016)

General Interest

Preferred discipline
Bouldering (petzl.com, 22 Dec 2017)

General
OLYMPIC FORMAT
Of the three Olympic climbing disciplines he prefers lead and bouldering. "The fact that you have to compete in all three disciplines [at the Olympic Games] is not ideal. I think I'm not alone in the climbing community when I say I'm speed climbing because I have to." (byu.edu, 07 Dec 2018)

STUDIES ON HOLD
He began studying computer science at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America, but dropped out after two semesters to pursue climbing full-time. "Essentially I just wasn't doing well enough to justify going to school at that time so I told myself I'll pursue climbing for now and maybe later in my life I'll have a better drive, a better discipline, to go to school and do well." (27 Jun 2018)

Legend
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Silver Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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