Melody Sekikawa
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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | July 30, 2007 Aomori, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Melody Sekikawa (関川 愛音 Sekikawa Melody; born July 30, 2007)[1] is a Japanese competition climber who specializes in competition bouldering.
Climbing career
[edit]Competition climbing
[edit]Sekikawa made her senior international competition climbing debut in 2023.[2]
In June 2025, Sekikawa finished on the podium for the first time at the World Cup event in Prague, collecting the bronze medal.[3][4]
In 2025, Sekikawa's consistent showing in 5 of the 6 bouldering World Cup finals secured her 4th place in the Overall World Cup Ranking. Sekikawa was also ranked second-highest in Japan's highly competitive women's national team.[5][6]
Rankings
[edit]| Discipline[7] | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Bouldering | 18 | 12 | 4 |
| Discipline[8] | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Bouldering | 3 | 7 | 2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "MELODY SEKIKAWA". IFSC. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "MELODY SEKIKAWA". IFSC. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Sport climbing: Mejdi Schalck and Oriane Bertone come out top in Prague". UKClimbing. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "BERTONE WINS ONCE MORE IN PRAGUE". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "WORLD CUP RANKING PRESENTED BY EUROHOLDS". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "中村真緒が自己最高2位でフィニッシュ【ボルダーW杯2025｜女子年間ランキング】" (in Japanese). climbers-web.jp. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ "Melody Sekikawa". IFSC Results Service. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Sekikawa Melody". Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association. Retrieved 4 July 2025.