McCOLL Sean

Date of Birth: 3 Sep 1987

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.69/5'6''

Place of birth: NORTH VANCOUVER, BC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : VANCOUVER, BC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sport Climbing	Men's Combined	17

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	Speed 10m
2019	Hachioji, JPN	10	37	14	5	-
2018	Innsbruck, AUT	43	65	80	37	-
2016	Paris, FRA	1	38	14	6	-
2014	Munich, GER	-	-	9	-	-
2014	Gijon, ESP	1	26	-	6	-
2012	Paris, FRA	1	43	4	2	-
2011	Arco, ITA	-	53	11	13	-
2009	Xining, CHN	-	-	6	5	43
2007	Aviles, ESP	-	-	25	41	-

World Games

Year	Location	Boulder	Lead
2017	Wroclaw, POL	11	3
2013	Cali, COL	-	5

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

Year	Speed	Boulder	Lead
2021	1 x 33rd	1 x 19th, 1 x 33rd	-
2019	1 x 37th, 1 x 40th, 1 x 41st	1 x 6th, 1 x 14th, 1 x 21st	1 x 4th, 1 x 5th, 1 x 6th
2018	1 x 48th, 1 x 49th, 2 x 50th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 16th, 1 x 20th	1 x 5th, 1 x 13th, 1 x 32nd
2017	1 x 30th, 1 x 32nd	1 x 18th, 1 x 21st, 1 x 37th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 6th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
2	2018	Boulder	Chongqing, CHN
2	2017	Men's Lead	Briancon, FRA
4	2019	Men's Lead	Kranj, SLO
5	2019	Men's Lead	Briancon, FRA
5	2018	Men's Lead	Kranj, SLO
6	2019	Boulder	Vail, CO, USA
6	2019	Men's Lead	Inzai, JPN
6	2017	Men's Lead	Chamonix, FRA
7	2019	Men's Lead	Chamonix, FRA
13	2018	Men's Lead	Briancon, FRA

Problem solving, playing games, reading, piano. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Computer Science - British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC, CAN

Languages spoken:

English, French

Joe Rockhead's Indoor Rock Climbing [Toronto, ON, CAN]

Andrew Wilson [national]; Ben Sporer [personal]; Libor Hroza [personal, speed], CZE

He sustained a hand injury in 2017. (cbc.ca, 26 Nov 2019)

He took up climbing in 1997 at age 10, at a friend's birthday party. He began competing professionally in 2010. (cbc.ca, 26 Nov 2019; seanmccoll.com, 16 Mar 2016; sportpsychsolutions.co.uk, 19 Nov 2014; Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

"I fantasised about being a track athlete when I was younger, but I'm not quite tall enough, maybe. I played soccer [football] when I was young as well, but then I discovered climbing and I instantly loved it. I remember being a kid and being on the jungle gym and wanting to climb trees. When I started climbing it was almost a free pass to go climb things, so for me I was like a kid in a candy shop." (cbc.ca, 26 Nov 2019; climbing.com, 13 Feb 2018; sportpsychsolutions.co.uk, 19 Nov 2014)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook profile, 15 Dec 2019; CBC Sports YouTube channel, 06 Sep 2019; climbing.com, 13 Feb 2018)

Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Austrian rock climber Kilian Fischhuber. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Canadian rock climber Mike Doyle. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"In climbing we are never really competing directly against another competitor. Something I tell someone is never going to hurt me. It might make that climber stronger, and if I can help them get there, then that's great." (olympic.org, 25 May 2019)

In 2012 he received the Golden Piton Award from US publication Climbing Magazine. (climbing.com, 13 Feb 2018)

General Interest

General
FRENCH STINT
He lived in Toulouse, France, from 2011 to 2016. "When I moved to France, I knew that just being closer to the competition circuit was going to be awesome and yes, it definitely helps. I need the gyms in Europe and being in this atmosphere all the time has really helped me raise my level of climbing to where I am today." (climbing.com, 13 Feb 2018; seanmccoll.com, 16 Mar 2016; planetmountain.com, 15 Sep 2012)

AMERICAN NINJA
He competed for Team Europe in the US sports entertainment television special 'American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World' in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. (cbc.ca, 26 Nov 2019; ctvnews.ca, 07 Oct 2019; seanmccoll.com, 16 Mar 2016)

COMMISSION PRESIDENT
In 2016 he was elected president of the International Federation of Sport Climbing [IFSC] Athletes' Commission. (ifsc-climbing.org, 02 Sep 2019, 21 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/seanmccoll1987
https://instagram.com/mccollsean
https://twitter.com/mccollsean
Athlete Website: http://seanmccoll.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/climbermcg

Legend

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

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