Hannes Van Duysen
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| Born | 4 September 2004 Vinderhoute, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hannes Van Duysen (born 2004) is a Belgian rock climber who specialises in competition climbing, competition in both the lead climbing and bouldering events.[1]
Climbing career
[edit]Competition climbing
[edit]Youth
[edit]Van Duysen began competing at IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships in 2018.[2] At age 16, he won the boulder title at the 2021 Youth World Championships.[3] He won a second consecutive boulder title at the 2022 Youth World Championships.[4] In 2023, he placed third in boulder and first in Lead respectively at the Youth World Championships in Seoul.[5][6]
Senior
[edit]Van Duysen began competing in senior competitions at age 16, entering the World Cups in 2021.[1] In 2023, Van Duysen made his first IFSC World Cup bouldering final in Hachioji, finishing in second place.[7] In 2024, he won the bronze medal at the Keqiao bouldering World Cup.[8] Van Duysen secured his berth to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris through the Olympic Qualifier Series.[9] At the Olympics, he finished in fourteenth place in the semifinals of the combined event and did not advance to the finals.[10] In 2025, he advanced to the finals in three of the six bouldering World Cups, notably placing third in Innsbruck.[11][12]
Rock climbing
[edit]In 2024, Van Duysen made the 6th ascent of the famous 9a+ (5.15a) graded deep-water soloing route, Es Pontàs.[13][14][15]
Rankings
[edit]| Discipline | Shanghai 2024 |
Budapest 2024 |
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| Boulder & Lead | 6 | 4 |
| Discipline | Bern 2023[16] |
Seoul 2025[17] |
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| Boulder | 25 | 15 |
| Lead | 29 | - |
| Boulder & Lead | 32 | - |
| Discipline | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Boulder | 72 | 8 | 21 | 5 |
| Lead | 70 | 70 | 35 | 17 |
| Discipline | 2021 Youth A |
2022 Juniors |
2023 Juniors |
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| Boulder | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Lead | 6 | 10 | 1 |
Notable ascents
[edit]8B+ (V14):
Redpointed routes
[edit]9a+ (5.15a):
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hannes VAN DUYSEN". World Climbing.
- ^ "Hannes VAN DUYSEN". IFSC Climbing Result Service.
- ^ "IFSC - Climbing Youth World Championships (B,L,S) - Voronezh (RUS) 2021". World Climbing.
- ^ "IFSC - Climbing Youth World Championships (B,S,L) - Dallas (USA) 2022". IFSC Climbing Result Service.
- ^ "VAN DUYSEN AND COPAR TAKE FINAL YOUTH WORLDS LEAD TITLES". World Climbing.
- ^ "SEKIGUCHI AND ELHADJ MIMOUNE TAKE U20 BOULDER WORLD TITLES". World Climbing.
- ^ "Raboutou and Schalck win IFSC Boulder World Cup Hachioji 2023". UKClimbing. 24 April 2023.
- ^ "NARASAKI MOVES UP ON ALL-TIME LIST WITH KEQIAO WIN". World Climbing. 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Olympic Qualifier Series Budapest - Report". UKClimbing. 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Sport Climbing Men Boulder & Lead Results". Olympics.
- ^ "Sport Climbing World Cup Innsbruck 2025: Olympic champ Toby Roberts claims men's boulder title". Olympics. 27 June 2025.
- ^ "Innsbruck Boulder World Cup Report and Analysis". Inside Climbing. 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Hannes Van Duysen repeats Es Pontas, legendary Deep Water Solo on Mallorca". PlanetMountain. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Belgian Hannes Van Duysen only becomes the 6th climber to conquer the legendary rock in Mallorca: "A life goal"" [fr]. Sporza (in French). 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ Loury, Charles (23 October 2024). "Hannes Van Duysen on the top of « Es Pontas », the legendary deep-water route in Mallorca" [fr]. Planet Grimpe (in French). Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "IFSC World Championships Bern 2023 - Boulder MEN General Result". IFSC Results Service.
- ^ "IFSC World Championships Seoul 2025 - Boulder MEN General Result". IFSC Results Service.
- ^ a b "Hannes Van Duysen". climbing-history.org.
- ^ "Hannes Van Duysen repeats Es Pontas, legendary Deep Water Solo on Mallorca". Planet Mountain. 22 October 2024.