Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi
Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi is an Indonesian competition climber specializing in competition speed climbing. In November 2023, Desak was named to the BBC's 100 Women list.
Competition climbing career
Desak finished tenth overall in speed at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup and has two World Cup podium finishes overall. She finished as runner-up at 2022 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships in Seoul, South Korea. She won the gold medal in the women's speed event at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships in August 2023.At the 2024 Olympics, Desak won her heat against Piper Kelly in the elimination round of qualifications with the time of 6.38. She ended up in sixth place after losing 0.003 seconds to Deng Lijuan of China in the quarterfinals setting a personal best with a time of 6.369.
Personal life
Desak began attending Ganesha University of Education in 2019.Achievements
World Championships
Women's speed| Year | Venue | Opponent | Time | Result | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | PostFinance Arena, Bern, Switzerland |  gold1Asian GamesWomen's speed
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gold1
silver2
bronze3