2001 UIAA Climbing World Championships
uiaa climbing world championship th edition held winterthur switzerland september organized union internationale de association dalpinisme uiaa championship consisted lead speed bouldering event bouldering added new event yearold frenchman gérome pouvreau lead world champion title tomáš mrázek although reached pouvreaus highpoint final route placed second due countback semifinal result françois petit claimed bronze medal martina cufar lead world champion title muriel sarkany placed second chloé minoret placed third mauro calibani became first ever male bouldering world champion frédéric tuscan christian core placed second third respectively myriam motteau became first ever female bouldering world champion sandrine levet nataliya perlova placed second third respectively maksym styenkovyy claimed speed world champion title vladimir zakharov tomasz oleksy placed second third respectively olena ryepko claimed speed world champion title mayya piratinskaya svetlana sutkina placed second third respectively