Ryo Omasa

Ryo Omasa
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (2002-06-26) June 26, 2002
Ehime, Japan
EducationMatsuyama University
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Climbing career
Type of climberCompetition speed climbing
Medal record
Men's competition climbing
Representing  Japan
World Cup (Event)
Silver medal – second place Bali 2025 Speed
Bronze medal – third place Kraków 2025 Speed
Bronze medal – third place Wujiang 2023 Speed
Bronze medal – third place Villars 2023 Speed

Ryo Omasa (大政 涼 Omasa Ryo; born June 26, 2002)[1] is a Japanese competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing.

Career

Omasa collected his first IFSC World Cup medal, winning bronze at the 2023 Villars World Cup.[2] In September 2023, he won another bronze medal at the Wujiang World Cup.[3]

In 2025, Omasa won his first silver medal at the Bali World Cup and a bronze medal at the Kraków World Cup.[4][5]

Achievements

Asian Youth Championships

Lead Youth A

Year Venue Result
2018[6] Chongqing, China 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Men's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result
2025[7] Bali, Indonesia United States Samuel Watson fs–4.64 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
2025[8] Kraków, Poland United States Zach Hammer 5.49-fall 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
2023[9] Wujiang, China South Korea Euncheol Shin 5.11-5.16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
2023[10] Villars, Switzerland United States Samuel Watson 5.30-fall 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze

Rankings

Discipline 2022 2023 2024
Speed 26 10 10
Discipline 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Speed 20 9 11 1 5 9 2

References

  1. ^ "Ryo Omasa". IFSC. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Sport Climbing World Cup 2023 Villars: Natalia Kalucka and Long Jianguo win speed contests". Olympics. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Japan and China dominate IFSC World Cup Lead and Speed - Wujiang 2023". UKClimbing. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Bali Did Not Disappoint: World Cup Review & Analysis". Inside Climbing. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  5. ^ "大政涼が3位 今季2個目のメダル獲得【スピードW杯2025 第4戦クラクフ大会】". CLIMBERS (in Japanese). Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  6. ^ "Asian Youth Championships 2018". IFSC. 8 July 2025.
  7. ^ "IFSC World Cup Bali 2025". IFSC. 8 July 2025.
  8. ^ "IFSC World Cup Krakow 2025". IFSC. 8 July 2025.
  9. ^ "IFSC World Cup Wujiang 2023". IFSC. 8 July 2025.
  10. ^ "IFSC World Cup Villars 2023". IFSC. 8 July 2025.