Jernej Kruder Explained

Jernej Kruder (born December 5, 1990) is a Slovenian rock climber who specializes in competition climbing, bouldering and sport climbing. In 2018, he won the IFSC Climbing World Cup in competition bouldering.^[1]

Climbing career

In 2016 Jernej completed the graded deep-water soloing route Es Pontàs in Mallorca. The route was originally established by Chris Sharma in 2006. Jernej was only the second climber to repeat it. It took him 16 days and 39 attempts to finish the route.^[2] Jernej initially graded the route . Jan Hojer, who got the third ascend on the route, downgraded it to 9a+.^{[3] [4]}

In September 2018, he managed to get the first ascent on the boulder, Metafizika, near Celje, Slovenia. It has a bouldering grade of, and was only the second boulder of that difficulty in Slovenia.^{[5] [6]}

On 31 December 2018, Jernej made the first ascent of Dugi rat at the crag Vrulja close to Omiš in Croatia. With a grade of it is the hardest sport climbing route in the country. Jernej bolted the route himself and had been working on it for 4 years. The name Dugi rat means "long cape/horn" in Croatian.^[7]

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Lead		65								55
Bouldering	64	33	15	21	10	11	8	21	10	9	1
Speed
Combined		17								24

Climbing World Championships

Youth

Discipline	2004 Youth B	2005 Youth B	2006 Youth A	2007 Youth A	2008 Juniors	2009 Juniors
Lead	26	32	50		19	19
Bouldering
Speed		2	4		14	13

Adult

Discipline	2009	2011	2012	2014	2016
Lead
Bouldering	27	25	31	2	11
Speed	37
Combined

Rock Master

Discipline	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Lead	38
Duel
KO Boulder	16				1		5	7	3

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Bouldering

Season	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2017			1	1
2018	1	3		4
2019	1			1
Total	2	3	1	6

External links

• Kruder's profile on Digitalrock.de

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190710200707/https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/competitions/miho-nonaka-and-jernej-kruder-win-bouldering-world-cup-2018.html . Miho Nonaka and Jernej Kruder win Bouldering World Cup 2018 . planetmountain.com . Jul 10, 2019.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190710195524/https://www.klettern.de/szene/jernej-kruder-wiederholt-sharmas-es-pontas/ . Jernej Kruder wiederholt Sharmas 'Es Pontas' . Jul 10, 2019 . klettern.de.
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190802074428/https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/interview-jan-hojer-on-his-third-ascent-of-es-pontas-5-15a-deep-water-solo/. Interview: Jan Hojer on His Third Ascent of "Es Pontas" (5.15a Deep Water Solo). 8 October 2018 . RockAndIce. Aug 2, 2019.
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190710200249/https://www.hardclimbs.info/climbers/jernej-kruder. Jernej Kruder . hardclimbs.info . Jul 10, 2019.
5. Web site: Jernej Kruder gelingt die Erstbegehung des 8c-Boulders Metafizika in Slowenien. https://web.archive.org/web/20190802083324/https://www.lacrux.com/bouldern/jernej-kruder-gelingt-die-erstbegehung-des-8c-boulders-metafizika-in-slowenien/. 4 October 2018. lacrux.com . Aug 2, 2019.
6. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190802083548/https://gripped.com/news/jernej-kruder-sends-metafizika-new-v15/. Jernej Kruder Sends Metafizika, New V15. Aug 2, 2019 . Gripped Magazine . 27 September 2018 .
7. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190802080240/https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/jernej-kruder-climbs-croatia-hardest-dugi-rat-at-omis.html. Jernej Kruder climbs Croatia's hardest, Dugi rat at Omiš . Aug 2, 2019. January 2019 . planetmountain.com.