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Sam Watson Paris Olympic 2024

In 2022 he won a speed gold medal at the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Edinburgh, Scotland, becoming the youngest climber to do so. Also in 2022, Watson won the speed gold medal at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships in Voronezh, Russia. Won a silver medal, a bronze medal in the Youth A category of the IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships in Dallas, Texas, and first place at the US National Speed ​​Climbing Championships.

In 2023, Watson set a US and Pan American speed climbing record of 5.02 seconds at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul, Korea. At the Pan American Games that year, he won the gold medal and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in speed climbing.

Samuel Watson is an American professional rock climber who specializes in competitive speed climbing and represents the United States at the IFSC Climbing World Cup. He currently holds the world record of 4.75 seconds, which was achieved at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.