Jamshedpur, December 26, 2023: Athletes from Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) Sport Climbing Academy participated in the 27th National Sport Climbing Championship 2023 organised by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) in association with Gethnaa (General Thimayya National Academy of Adventure) at Bangalore from December 21 to 24.
Athletes from various parts of the country participated in the competition in all three categories of sport climbing (Lead, Speed and Boulder).
TSAF athletes made Jamshedpur proud by winning 22 medals, out of which there were 11 Gold, 7 Silver and 4 Bronze medals. East Zone was declared overall national champions during the competition and all the medals of east zone were won by athletes from TSAF. We have been named the overall national champions for the third consecutive time therefore continuing the winning streak. TSAF Athletes representing East Zone secured 51 points in total beating West, South, North, Northeast, Services & Police Zone. Total 160 athletes from 7 different zones across the country participated in the event and TSAF contingent was of 26 athletes.
National Sport Climbing Championship 2023
Zone – Points
East – 51
West – 17
South – 14
North – 14
North-East – 9
Services – 3
Total – 108
Noteworthy performances from TSAF Athletes include:
– Joga Purty won 3 Gold medals in all 3 disciplines i.e., Lead, Bouldering & Speed in Junior Girls Category
– Savitri Samad clinched 2 Gold medals in Lead & Bouldering and 1 Silver medal in Speed in sub–Jr Girls Category. Savitri started climbing from Pipla Masti Ki Pathshala
– Anisha Verma secured clinched 2 Gold medals in Lead & Bouldering and & 1 Silver medal in Speed in women’s category.
– Rajesh Honhoga secured 2 Gold Medals in Bouldering and Silver in Speed in Sub Jr Boys category. Rajesh started climbing from Rajnagar Masti Ki Pathshala
– Ronit Bandra secured 2 Silver medals in Bouldering & Lead in Jr Boys category.
– Amar Khandwal won 2 Bronze medals in Bouldering & Lead in Sub Jr Boys category. Amar started climbing from Rajnagar Masti Ki Pathshala
TSAF Sport Climbing Academy is supported by Tata Steel Foundation and JCAPCPL
The following table shows the medal winners from TSAF:
Category Wise Medal Winners
Sub Junior Girls Lead
Junior Girls Boulder
Savitri Samad- Gold
Joga Purty – Gold
Sub Junior Boys Lead
Junior Boys Boulder
Harpreet Yadav – Gold
Ronit Bandra – Silver
Amar Khandwal– Bronze
Women’s Boulder
Junior Girls Lead
Anisha Verma – Gold
Joga Purty – Gold
Kiran Singh Thakur – Bronze
Sub Junior Girls Speed
Savitri Samad – Silver
Junior Boys Lead
Ronit Bandra – Silver
Sub Junior Boys Speed
Sudarshan Murmu – Gold
Men’s Lead
Rajesh Honhoga – Silver
Aman Verma – Silver
Junior Boys Speed
Women’s Lead
Bhoj Birua – Gold
Anisha Verma – Gold
Abhishek Rawat – Silver
Sub Junior Boys Boulder
Junior Girls Speed
Rajesh Honhoga – Gold
Joga Purty – Gold
Amar Khandwal– Bronze
Women’s Speed
Sub junior Girls Boulder
Anisha Verma – Gold
Savitri Samad – Gold
Muskan Bandra- Bronze
