Melloblocco

Melloblocco is an international bouldering competition, which is held annually in Val Masino and Val di Mello since 2004.

History

The 2011 edition, the eighth time the competition was hosted, had 2600 participants from 22 different countries.[1] The competition usually takes place the first weekend in May and lasts three days. The bouldering problems are plotted in the three to four months before the meeting by Simone Pedeferri.[2] The problems are of varying difficulty, but only the most difficult, usually eight men and the same for women, are counted for the prize. On the last day, rewards are given to athletes who are able to climb as many of the boulders as possible during the competition.

Winners
Year Men Women
2004[3] United States Chris Sharma Italy Stefania De Grandi
2005[4] - -
2006[5] Italy Mauro Calibani
France Anthony Lamiche		 Austria Barbara Zangerl
2007[6] Italy Mauro Calibani Italy Stefania De Grandi
Italy Anita Manachino
2008[7] Czech Republic Adam Ondra Austria Barbara Zangerl
2009[8] Czech Republic Adam Ondra Russia Yulia Abramchuk
Russia Olga Bibik
Russia Alexandra Balakireva
Russia Anna Gallyamova
Belgium Chloé Graftiaux
Czech Republic Silvie Rajfovà
2010[9] Czech Republic Adam Ondra Belgium Chloé Graftiaux
2011[1] Czech Republic Adam Ondra
Italy Gabriele Moroni		 Austria Barbara Zangerl
2012[10] Italy Michele Caminati
Finland Anthony Gullsten
Russia Alexey Rubtsov		 United Kingdom Shauna Coxsey
2013[11] Italy Stefano Ghisolfi Austria Barbara Zangerl
2014[12] Italy Stefano Ghisolfi
Italy Gabriele Moroni
Italy Marcello Bombardi
Finland Anthony Gullsten
Russia Alexey Rubtsov
Italy Michael Piccolruaz
Japan Sachi Amma		 Russia Yulia Abramchuk
France Mélissa Le Nevé
2015[13] Czech Republic Adam Ondra
Finland Anthony Gullsten
Czech Republic Martin Stráník
Italy Stefano Ghisolfi		 Slovenia Janja Garnbret
2016[14] Italy Stefano Ghisolfi Italy Jenny Lavarda

References
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  2. "Simone Pedeferri". ragnilecco.com. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  3. "Melloblocco: a great success!". planetmountain.com. 11 May 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. Vinicio Stefanello (9 May 2005). "A thousand and one Mellobloccos". planetmountain.com. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. "Melloblocco 2006". infoboulder.com. 7 May 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  6. "Melloblocco 2007 facts and figures". planetmountain.com. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  7. "Melloblocco... bouldering galore!". planetmountain.com. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  8. "Immagini dal Melloblocco '09". up-climbing.com. 11 May 2009. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  9. "Si è concluso il Melloblocco 2010". up-climbing.com. 11 May 2010. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  10. "Melloblocco 2012 and the desire to be there". planetmountain.com. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  11. "Melloblocco 2013: day ten, goodbye to the Valley". planetmountain.com. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  12. "Melloblocco 2014". planetmountain.com. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  13. "Melloblocco 2015". planetmountain.com. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  14. "Melloblocco 2016". planetmountain.com. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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