(1993-02-05) February 5, 1993 (age 31) Brno, Czech Republic
Education
Masaryk University
Occupation
Professional rock climber
Height
186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight
70 kg (154 lb)
Spouse
Iva Ondra
Website
www.adamondra.com
Climbing career
Type of climber
Sport climbing
Bouldering
Competition climbing
Big wall climbing
Ape index
+1cm (0.4 in)
Highest grade
Redpoint: 9c (5.15d)
On-sight: 9a+ (5.15a) (as flash)
Bouldering: 8C+ (V16)
Known for
First to climb consensus sport 9b+ (5.15c) and 9c (5.15d)
First to flash consensus sport 9a+ (5.15a)
First to win the World Championship in bouldering and lead climbing in single year
First to win the World Cup in bouldering and lead climbing
First ascents
Silence (9c, 2017)
La Dura Dura (9b+, 2013)
Change (9b/9b+, 2012)
Terranova (V16, 2011)
Medal record
Men's competition climbing
Representing Czech Republic
World Championships
2011 Arco
Overall
2014 Gijón
Lead
2014 Munich
Bouldering
2016 Paris
Lead
2019 Hachiōji
Lead
2009 Xining
Lead
2011 Arco
Bouldering
2016 Paris
Bouldering
2018 Innsbruck
Lead
2018 Innsbruck
Combined
2011 Arco
Lead
2012 Paris
Lead
World Cup
2009
Lead
2009
Combined
2010
Bouldering
2010
Combined
2015
Lead
2015
Combined
2019
Lead
2019
Bouldering
European Championships
2019 Edinburgh
Lead
2022 Munich
Lead
2010 Imst/Innsbruck
Lead
2010 Imst/Innsbruck
Bouldering
2015 Chamonix
Lead
2015 Innsbruck
Bouldering
2017 Campitello di Fassa
Lead
2022 Munich
Combined
2022 Munich
Bouldering
Updated on April 19, 2021.
Adam Ondra (born February 5, 1993) is a Czech professional rock climber, specializing in lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing. In 2013, Rock & Ice described Ondra as a prodigy and the leading climber of his generation.[1] Ondra is the only male athlete to have won World Championship titles in both disciplines in the same year (2014) and is one of the two male athletes (alongside Sorato Anraku in 2023) to have won the World Cup series in both disciplines (lead climbing in 2009, 2015, and 2019 and bouldering in 2010).
At age 13, Ondra redpointed his first graded 9a (5.14d) sport route. Rock & Ice noted that by 2011, he was "onsighting 5.14c's by the handful", and by 2013, had "more or less repeated every hard route in the world—easily".[1] By end 2018, Ondra had climbed 1,550 sport routes between grades 8a (5.13b) and 9c (5.15d), of which one was a 9c (5.15d), three were 9b+ (5.15c), and three were onsights of 9a (5.14d).[2]
Ondra is the first climber to redpoint a route with a proposed grade of 9c (5.15d) (Silence, 2017),[3] the first-ever climber to redpoint a 9b+ (5.15c) route (Change, 2012),[4] the first-ever to flash a 9a+ (5.15a) route (Supercrackinette, 2018), and the second ever to onsight a 9a (5.14d) route (Cabane au Canada, 2013).[5] According to The Economist, Ondra is "regarded as possibly the best climber ever to fondle rock".[6]
^ abBisharat, Andrew (27 November 2013). "Perfect Play: What It Took to Climb La Dura Dura (5.15c) – The World's Hardest Route". rockandice.com. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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^"Climbing without ropes: A series of remarkable feats increases the appeal of a niche sport". The Economist. June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
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