COSSER Christopher

South Africa
Sport Climbing
12 Dec 2000
20
Male
1.78/5'10''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CLB Sport Climbing Men's Combined 16

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

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African Championships
YearLocationCombined
2020Cape Town, RSA1

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
YearSpeedBoulderLead
20211 x 22nd1 x 46th, 1 x 51st-
20191 x 57th, 1 x 69th, 1 x 78th1 x 88th, 1 x 99th1 x 62nd, 1 x 63rd, 1 x 76th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventLocation
222021Men's SpeedSalt Lake City, UT, USA
462021BoulderSalt Lake City, UT, USA
512021BoulderSalt Lake City, UT, USA
572019Men's SpeedVillars-sur-Ollon, SUI
622019Men's LeadBriancon, FRA
632019Men's LeadVillars-sur-Ollon, SUI
692019Men's SpeedMoscow, RUS
762019Men's LeadChamonix, FRA
782019Men's SpeedChamonix, FRA
882019BoulderMoscow, RUS

World Youth Championships
YearLocationCombinedSpeedBoulderLead
2019Arco, ITA14307531
2017Innsbruck, AUT-649353
2016Guangzhou, CHN21483440
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Chris (Instagram profile, 31 Dec 2020)
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Athlete
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English
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He suffered a growth plate fracture in a finger on his left hand in January 2018 and was unable to climb until April that year. He sustained another growth plate fracture in a finger in June 2018, and was sidelined for a further two months. (Instagram profile, 17 Jan 2018, 07 Apr 2018, 12 Jun 2018, 02 Aug 2018)
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He took up climbing in 2012, and began competing two years later. (gymclimber.com, 22 Dec 2020; 8a.nu, 01 Jan 2020)
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"Once school finished I started to climb five times a week at CityROCK Johannesburg [South Africa] where I really started to push my training as the Olympic goal became a focus. Since then I've been working toward the dream and kept trying to grow in the sport." (8a.nu, 24 Dec 2020)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (8a.nu, 24 Dec 2020)
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He has five climbing sessions per week at the CityROCK Johannesburg gym in South Africa. (8a.nu, 24 Dec 2020)
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"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you can't." (Instagram profile, 31 Dec 2020)

General Interest

General
SPEED STRENGTH
He enjoys the speed climbing discipline, and believes it is a strength for South African climbers in general. "Speed is quite a cool one for me because it is homologated around the world which makes it even for everyone training it. Unlike the other two disciplines [lead and bouldering], South Africa is very far behind in terms of ability but with speed we are competitive, is it exposures or talent? For my personal speed training, I've just put hours in on the wall and have watched other athletes to see how they have trained speed." (8a.nu, 24 Dec 2020)

TRAINING ABROAD
He says his time spent training away from South Africa has been particularly valuable in his development. "Training in South Africa is difficult as the facilities don't currently [2020] cater for high-end training. I've spent a few months travelling around Europe both for competitions and training. In those months I truly understood what's required to close the gap between Africa and the rest of the world. Now my objective is to do just that. The Olympics is the next set." (8a.nu, 24 Dec 2020)

Legend
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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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