Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi

Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi (born 24 January 2001) is an Indonesian competition climber specializing in competition speed climbing. In November 2023, Desak was named to the BBC's 100 Women list.

Competition climbing career

Desak finished tenth overall in speed at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup and has two World Cup podium finishes overall. She finished as runner-up at 2022 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships in Seoul, South Korea. She won the gold medal in the women's speed event at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships in August 2023.

At the 2024 Olympics, Desak won her heat against Piper Kelly in the elimination round of qualifications with the time of 6.38. She ended up in sixth place after losing 0.003 seconds to Deng Lijuan of China in the quarterfinals setting a personal best with a time of 6.369.

Personal life Desak began attending Ganesha University of Education in 2019.

Achievements

World Championships

Women's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2023 PostFinance Arena, Bern, Switzerland Emma Hunt 6.49–6.67 Gold

Asian Games Women's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China Deng Lijuan 6.364–6.435 Gold

Women's speed relay Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China Nurul Iqamah Alivany Ver Khadijah Rajiah Sallsabillah Deng Lijuan Niu Di Zhang Shaoqin Wang Shengqin 23.506–20.925 Silver

Asian Championships Women's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2022 Seoul, South Korea Nurul Iqamah 9.22–9.00 Silver 2026 Meishan, China Zhou Yafei 6.07–6.47 Gold

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Women's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2022 Villars, Switzerland Anna Brozek 7.06–7.39 Bronze 2022 Chamonix, France Rajiah Sallsabillah 6.82–6.90 Bronze 2023 Seoul, South Korea Aleksandra Kałucka 6.60–6.71 Bronze 2023 Jakarta, Indonesia Aleksandra Mirosław 6.52–6.43 Silver 2023 Salt Lake City, United States Aleksandra Mirosław 6.82–6.43 Silver 2025 Kraków, Poland Emma Hunt 6.27–7.56 Gold 2025 Chamonix, France Aleksandra Mirosław 6.46–6.19 Silver 2026 Wujiang, China Natalia Kałucka 6.17–6.39 Bronze 2026 Kraków, Poland Natalia Kałucka 6.54–6.62 Gold 2026 Chamonix, France Giulia Randi 6.22–6.51 Gold

Women's speed relay Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2026 Kraków, Poland Rajiah Sallsabillah Leslie Adriana Romero Pérez Carla Martínez Vidal 13.14–13.52 Bronze

Mixed speed relay Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2026 Kraków, Poland Antasyafi Robby Al Hilmi Samuel Watson Emma Hunt 11.30–10.89 Silver

NEOM Beach Games Women's speed Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref 2023 Gayal Beach, Neom, Saudi Arabia Rajiah Sallsabillah 6.88–6.726 Silver

Rankings IFSC Climbing World Cup Discipline 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Speed 10 10 4 69 3