FOSSALI Ludovico

Date of Birth: 21 May 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.85/6'0''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sport Climbing	Men's Combined	19

Schedule

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	Combined	Speed	Boulder	Lead
2019	Hachioji, JPN	9	1	61	70
2018	Innsbruck, AUT	22	14	99	119
2016	Paris, FRA	-	13	-	-

World Games

Year	Location	Speed
2017	Wroclaw, POL	12

European Championships

Year	Location	Speed
2019	Edinburgh, GBR	5
2017	Campitello di Fassa, ITA	4

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Speed	Boulder	Lead
2021	1 x 9th, 1 x 25th	1 x 47th, 1 x 52nd, 1 x 77th	1 x 62nd, 1 x 92nd
2019	1 x 3rd, 1 x 9th, 1 x 14th	1 x 65th, 1 x 75th, 1 x 93rd	1 x 75th, 1 x 91st
2018	1 x 2nd, 2 x 6th, 1 x 10th	2 x 73rd	1 x 86th
2017	1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 2 x 4th	-	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2017	Men's Speed	Edinburgh, GBR
2	2018	Men's Speed	Wujiang, CHN
3	2019	Men's Speed	Wujiang, CHN
3	2017	Men's Speed	Arco, ITA
4	2017	Men's Speed	Xiamen, CHN
4	2017	Men's Speed	Villars-sur-Ollon, SUI
6	2018	Men's Speed	Chamonix, FRA
6	2018	Men's Speed	Moscow, RUS
9	2021	Men's Speed	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
9	2019	Men's Speed	Villars-sur-Ollon, SUI
9	2017	Men's Speed	Wujiang, CHN

World Youth Championships

Year	Location	Combined	Speed	Boulder	Lead
2016	Guangzhou, CHN	13	1	44	33

Ludo (Facebook profile, 25 Aug 2019)

Being with family, skiing. (csain.it, 01 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Armed Forces, Athlete

Exercise Science - University of Parma, Italy

Languages spoken:

English, Italian

Centro Sportivo Esercito [Italy]

He first tried climbing at age five in Modena, Italy. He began focusing solely on sport climbing in 2016. (Facebook page, 09 Feb 2020; modenasportiva.it, 19 Sep 2019)

His parents enrolled him in classes. (up-climbing.com, 12 Sep 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook page, 09 Feb 2020)

He trains twice a day. On weekends he either rests or climbs outside. (up-climbing.com, 12 Sep 2019)

Winning gold in the speed event at the 2019 World Championships in Hachioji, Japan. (modenatoday.it, 24 Sep 2019)

In 2019 he received the Collare d'Oro [Golden Necklace] Award from the Italian National Olympic Committee [CONI]. (gazzettadellaspezia.it, 17 Dec 2019)

General Interest

Preferred discipline
Speed (csain.it, 01 Jan 2020)

General
ENDURANCE FOCUS
In the lead-up to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he made the decision to focus on improving his endurance, rather than relying on his speed. "I'm training for the endurance, that means to go slow for longer time, which is exactly the opposite of my speciality. Bouldering and mainly lead require strength and endurance. My weakest point is the strength in my fingers. There are some holds which are so narrow and in this aspect the fingers are crucial." (csain.it, 01 Jan 2020)

Milestones

He became the first Italian sport climber to win gold in the speed event at the world championships when he was victorious at the 2019 edition in Hachioji, Japan. (SportsDeskOnline, 26 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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