Artimes Farshad Yeganeh

Artimes Farshad Yeganeh (, born 27 May 1981 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian rock climber who has specialized in both competition climbing (lead and bouldering), and outdoor sport climbing and bouldering. He has been climbing for 30 years as a professional climber, a member of the Iranian National climbing team for many years, as a route setter in many national, continental, and world cups and championships, and Head Coach of the Iranian National climbing team for 6 years. He also participates in sport climbing and bouldering competitions and is one of the most famous Iranian climbers.

Biography

Artimes was elected as one of the five members among competition climbing experts over Tehran province to make Tehran climbing league's statute. He later participated as a first Iranian Alpine Club's representative in bouldering world cup of 2009 in France. As he is mostly well known for lead climbing, he also solo climbed two routes. Currently, Artimes and Amin Abbasi are the only Iranian Continental route setters. He became IFSC JUNIOR Route setter in 2019 and Asian Chief Route Setter. He also became International Route Setter in 2020.He is only Iranian International Route Setter.

Positions Here are some positions he has held:

2007Tehran Mountaineering and Sport climbingEducational Consultant 2008Tehran Mountaineering and Sport climbingEducational Consultant 2009Tehran League founding member 2009Tehran Mountaineering and Sport climbingEducational Consultant 2010Tehran Mountaineering and Sport climbingEducational Consultant 2011Tehran Mountaineering and Sport climbingEducational Consultant 2013Tehran Rebolting Committee 2014Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationSport Climbing CommitteeRoute Setting Director 2014Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationSport Climbing CommitteeRoute Setting Director 2015Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationSport Climbing CommitteeRoute Setting Director 2015Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationNational Team CommitteeHead Coach of Youth Team 2016Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationNational Team CommitteeHead Coach of Youth Team 2016Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationSport Climbing CommitteeRoute Setting Director 2017 — Member of Sport Department ACC of IFSC – Asian Continental Council 2017Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationSport Climbing CommitteeRoute Setting Director 2017Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationNational Team CommitteeHead Coach of Youth Team 2018 – Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation–Sport Climbing Committee–Route Setting Director 2018Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationHead Coach of Combined Team 2019 – Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation–Sport Climbing Committee–Route Setting Director 2019Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing FederationHead Coach of Combined Team 2020 – Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation–Sport Climbing Committee–Route Setting Director 2020 — IFSC International Route Setter – International Sport Climbing Route Setter 2021 — Member of Route Setting Commission of IFSC – International Sport Climbing Federation 2021 — Member of Route Setting Commission of ACC of IFSC – Asian Continental Council 2021 — Chair of Coaching Commission Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation 2023 - Head of Sport Climbing Department Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation 2024 - Head of Sport Climbing Department Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation 2025 - Head of Sport Climbing Department Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation 2025— Member of Route Setting Commission of IFSC – International Sport Climbing Federation

Coaching

Coaching certificates IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationSport Climbing Coach Grade 1 IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationSport Climbing Coach Grade 2 IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationSport Climbing Coach Grade 3 Rock Climbing Federation of GermanySport Climbing Coach Level 1, Level 2 and Level C1

Coaching experience Gym Time Emam Ali University 2003-2006 Army 2005-2006 Davoudi 2005-2008 Tarbiat Modarres University Climbing Gym 2005-current ArmenianClimbing Gym Sipan 2012-current Payam Climbing Gym 2015-current Raspina Welness Climbing Gym 2016-2018 MSFI Sport Climbing National Team Head Coach 2010-2019

Route setting Certificate and Experiences

Route Setting certificates IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationSport Climbing Route Setter Level 1 IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationSport Climbing Route Setter Level 2 IRI Sport Climbing and Mountaineering FederationNational Sport Climbing Route Setter ACC of IFSCContinental Sport Climbing Route Setter Member of Sport Department ACC of IFSC Asian Continental Council 2017 IFSC Junior International Sport Climbing Route Setter IFSC International Route Setter International Sport Climbing Route Setter Member of Route Setting Commission of IFSC International Sport Climbing Federation 2021 Member of Route Setting Commission of ACC of IFSC Asian Continental Council 2021 IFSC International Chief Route Setter International Sport Climbing Route Setter 2023

Route setting experiences 2005 - Chief Route Setter National Championships 2006Chief Route SetterUniversity Student National Championship 2007Chief Route SetterJunior and Youth National Championship 2007Chief Route SetterUniversity Student National Championship 2009Chief Route SetterNational Championship 2011Route SetterIFSC Master Cup International Cup 2013Route Setter IFSC Asian Championships Tehran, Iran 2015Route Setter IFSC Asian Youth Championship Malaysia 2016Route Setter IFSC Asian Youth Championship Tehran, Iran 2016Route SetterIFSC World Cup Munich, Germany 2017Route Setter IFSC Asian Championship Tehran, Iran 2017Route SetterIFSC Youth World Championship Innsbruck, Austria 2017Route Setter IFSC Asian Cup Wanxianchan, China 2018Route SetterIFSC FISU World University Championships Slovakia 2018Chief Route Setter IFSC Asian Championship Totori, Japan 2019Route SetterIFSC World Cup bouldering Munich, Germany 2019Route SetterIFSC China open Guanzhuo, China 2019Route Setter IFSC Asian Youth Championship Combined Chongqing, China 2019Chief Route Setter IFSC Asian Youth Championship Bengaloru, India 2020 Route Setter IFSC European Championships Moscow, Russia 2021 Route Setter IFSC Youth World Championships Voronezh, Russia 2022 Route Setter IFSC World Cup Innsbruck, Austria 2022 Route Setter IFSC European Championships Munich, Germany 2022 Chief Route Setter IMSCF National Championships Tehran, Iran 2022 Chief Route Setter IFSC Asian Championships Seoul, Korea 2022 – Chief Route Setter – IMSCF Training Camp Tehran, Iran 2022Chief Route Setter IFSC Asian K Championships Jamshedpur, India 2023Chief Route SetterChinese Team Training Camp Beijing, China 2023Chief Route Setter Asian Games Test Event Hangzhou, China 2023 Chief Route Setter IMSCF National Championships Tehran, Iran 2023 Chief Route Setter IFSC Youth World Championships Seoul, Korea 2023 Chief Route Setter IMSCF Training Camp Tehran, Iran 2023Chief Route Setter 19th Asian Games Hangzhou, China 2024- Head Route Setter West Asia Cup Riakh, Saudi Arabia 2024- Route Setter IFSC World Cup Briancon, France 2024- Head Route Setter IFSC Youth World Championships Guiyang, China 2025 Head Route Setter IMSCF National Championships Tehran, Iran 2025- Route Setter IFSC Youth World Championships Helsinki, Finland

Ranks and medals

IFSC Climbing Worldcup

2009 2007 Bouldering 29 Lead 26

UIAA Asian Championships 2005 2006 Lead 19 10

Fajr championships 1998 2002 2006 Lead 3 3 2

National championships 2002 2006 Lead 3 1

Tehran Province championships 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 Lead 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Lead 2

Groups Cup 2000 Lead 2

Solo

Mashalah, 7c, 20 meters, Overhanging & Roof, Kermanshah, Iran, 2006, first ascent Gordefa, 7a+, 25 meters, Polokhab, Iran, 2006, first ascent

Climbing Here are some of his Tops & First Ascent climbs:

Year Name Grade 1999 Mashallah 7c 1999 Alen 7b+/7c 2000 Iran Gate (SA) 8a+ 2001 Safeh 8a 2002 Ghoul 7c+ 2002 Nemat 7c 2002 Speed(FA) 7c 2002 Ashiane(FA) 8a 2003 Iran(FA) 7c+ 2004 Iran Swiss 8a 2005 Khashol(FA) 7c 2006 Khoke chamosh(FA) 7c 2007 Ashianedoe(FA) 8a 2009 Solo(FA) 8a+ 2010 Tehran Guy(FA) 7c 2011 Father & Son(FA) 7b+ 2018 Marmolak 8a+ 2018 Bargrizan 8a 2018 Ghij 7c+ 2018 Shahin(Flash) 7c 2018 Push your must(FA) 7c+ 2018 Pishadul(FA) 7c+ 2019 Vampire(FA) 8b+ 2019 Grezzly (FA) 8b 2019 Colony(FA) 8b+ 2020 Sourkhpoost(Indian) 8a+ 2020 Gladiator 8b+ 2020 Merry Jain (FA) 8a+,8b 2020 Karimz(SA) 8b+ 2021 Blue(TA) 8a

Roc Trips

Petzl 2008 Petzl 2009 Petzl 2014

Filmography

Mashalla

Routes Bolted Here are some of the routes he bolted:

Year Name Grade 2006 Khashol 7c 2006 Pichol 8b 2007 Khoke chamosh 7c+ 2009 O+ 7c 2008 Solo 8b 2008 Toxic 8a+ 2009 Emperor project ? 2010 Tehran guys 8a 2011 Gladiator 8b+/8c 2011 Father and Son 7c 2013 Vampire 8b+ 2014 Ati 7b+ 2018 Colony 8b+ 2018 Pishadul 7c+ 2019 Surkhpoost (Indian) 8a 2020 Merry Jain 8a+ 2020 Kingdom project 2033In the Name of Freedom Project