Chaehyun Seo

Chaehyun Seo is an Olympic sport climber who won the overall World Cup title in her debut season and continues to achieve top rankings in lead and bouldering events. After securing the Lead World Cup season title in her debut year, Chaehyun Seo went on to establish herself as an Olympic sport climber consistently achieving top rankings in lead and bouldering events. Seo began her professional competitive climbing career in 2017, quickly demonstrating her elite talent. By 2018, she redpointed ‘Bad Girls Club’, a challenging 9a (5.14d) graded sport climbing route located at the Wicked Cave near Rifle, Colorado, a significant early career milestone.

In 2019, Seo made a remarkable debut in the IFSC Climbing World Cup, where she secured the coveted Lead World Cup season title, earning four gold medals, one silver, and one bronze. That same year, she dominated the Asian Championships, capturing gold medals in both the lead and bouldering disciplines. Her exceptional performance in the combined event at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships further solidified her status, qualifying her for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Seo competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing eighth overall in the women’s combined event, and subsequently won the IFSC World Championship in lead climbing in 2021.

Seo maintained her high-level performance into 2023, finishing third in lead at the World Championships and securing a silver medal in the women’s combined competition at the 2022 Asian Games. She continued to represent South Korea on the global stage, competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics where she placed sixth overall in the women’s combined event, consistently demonstrating her prowess at the pinnacle of international climbing competitions.