Aries Susanti Rahayu

Aries Susanti Rahayu (born 21 March 1995) is an Indonesian competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing competitions. She has been nicknamed "Spiderwoman". She was the world record holder for women in speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup. Also, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds.

Biography As a child, she used to climb trees at home and parks. In 2007, she was introduced to sport climbing by her teacher when she was still a junior high school student.

In 2017, she competed in the Climbing World Cup for the first time and got her first medal (silver) at the World Cup in Xiamen. In the 2017 Asian Championships in Tehran, she was third in speed.

In 2018, she got her first gold medal at the Climbing World Cup in Chongqing. Then, she got one bronze in Tai'an and two more gold medals at the World Cups in Wujiang and Xiamen, all in China. At the end of the 2018 season, she was second in the overall ranking in the speed discipline. In the same year, at the Asian Championships in Kurayoshi, she was third after she false-started in the semifinal.

In 2019, she became the women's world record holder in competition speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup.

Aries is a Muslim and wears hijab while she competes.

Awards and nominations

Achievements

Asian Games Women's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2018 Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia Puji Lestari 7.612 - 7.980 Gold

Women's speed relay Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2018 Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia Fitriyani Puji Lestari Rajiah Sallsabillah Deng Lijuan Niu Di Pan Xuhua 25.452–fall Gold

Asian Championships Women's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2017 Mega Pars Complex, Tehran, Iran Santi Wellyanti 9.100–10.070 Bronze 2018 Kurayoshi, Japan Nurul Iqamah 7.816–9.717 Bronze

Women's speed relay Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2017 Mega Pars Complex, Tehran, Iran Puji Lestari Santi Wellyanti Fitriyani Rajiah Sallsabillah Dhorifatus Syafi'iyah 27.97–fall Gold

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Women's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2017 Xiamen, China Anouck Jaubert 10.150–7.780 Silver 2018 Chongqing, China Elena Timofeeva 7.510–9.010 Gold 2018 Tai'an, China Anna Brozek 8.860–9.170 Bronze 2018 Wujiang, China Anouck Jaubert 7.740–8.010 Gold 2018 Xiamen, China Iuliia Kaplina 7.532–fall Gold 2019 Wujiang, China Aleksandra Rudzinska 7.607–7.313 Silver 2019 Xiamen, China Song Yiling 6.995–9.032 Gold

Other international competitions Women's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2018 The Belt and Road International, Huai'an, China He Cuilian 7.93–8.86 Gold

World records

+Women's World Record HistoryDateTime (s)LocationCompetitionOctober 19, 20196.99 Xiamen, ChinaWorld Cup

Rankings Climbing World Cup Discipline 2017 2018 2019 Speed 13 2 3

Asian Championships Discipline 2017 2018 Speed 3 3

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup Speed Season Gold Silver Bronze Total2017 1 12018 3 1 42019 1 1 2 Total 42 1 7