Sport Climber
Indonesia
Indonesian sport climber Aries is known at home as ‘Spiderwoman’. Aries made media headlines in May when she won a gold medal in the women’s speed category of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup, held in Chongqing, China. Taking just 7.51 seconds to complete her climb, Aries beat the runner-up by just over a second. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games recording a time of 7.84s. She has won numerous bronze, silver and gold medals as an individual competitor and in relays at the national, Asian and world series levels.