Bassa Mawem

Bassa Mawem (born 9 November 1984) is a retired French professional speed climber who specialised in competition climbing. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also qualified for the 2024 Olympics.

Career He won the overall title in the speed climbing event at the 2018 and 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup.

On 3 August 2021, Mawem established the first Olympic Record of 5.45s during the Speed Qualifications but was unable to compete in the final due to a bicep injury.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Mawem won by 0.01 seconds in his race against Ukraine's Yaroslav Tkach in the elimination round of qualifications. Mawem ended up in seventh place after losing in the quarterfinals to Indonesia's Veddriq Leonardo, the eventual gold medalist. Bassa retired from the sport after the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.

Personal life His younger brother Mickaël is also a professional climber.

Major results Olympic Games Discipline 2020 2024 Speed 7 Combined 8 —

World championships Discipline 2012 2014 2016 2018 2019 2021 2023 Speed1774 213—13 Bouldering———11667—— Lead———10560—— Combined———1428——

World Cup Discipline 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 Speed 63 16 36 5 5 4 19 1 1 — — 19 41 Combined — — — — — — 51 — 19 — — —

European championships Discipline 2013 2015 2017 2019 2020 2022 Speed 14 13 — — — 5