Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi

Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi
Desak in 2023
Personal information
NicknameRita
NationalityIndonesian
Born (2001-01-24) 24 January 2001
Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia
Home townSingaraja, Bali, Indonesia
EducationGanesha University of Education
Years active2018–present
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Climbing career
Competition speed climbing
Sport
Coached byHendra Basir
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing  Indonesia
World Games
Gold medal – first place2025 ChengduSpeed single 4
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 BernSpeed
World Cup (Overall)
Third place2025Speed
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouSpeed
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouSpeed relay
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 MeishanSpeed
Silver medal – second place2022 SeoulSpeed
Asian Beach Games
Gold medal – first place2026 SanyaSpeed relay

Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi (born 24 January 2001) is an Indonesian competition climber specializing in competition speed climbing.[1] In November 2023, Desak was named to the BBC's 100 Women list.[2]

Competition climbing career

Desak finished tenth overall in speed at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup and has two World Cup podium finishes overall.[3] She finished as runner-up at 2022 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships in Seoul, South Korea.[4] She won the gold medal in the women's speed event at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships in August 2023.[5]

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.[6]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2023 PostFinance Arena, Bern, Switzerland United States Emma Hunt 6.49–6.67 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [7]

Asian Games

Women's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China China Deng Lijuan 6.364–6.435 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold

Women's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2022 Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre,
Shaoxing, China		 Indonesia Nurul Iqamah
Indonesia Alivany Ver Khadijah
Indonesia Rajiah Sallsabillah		 China Deng Lijuan
China Niu Di
China Zhang Shaoqin
China Wang Shengqin		 23.506–20.925 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver

Asian Championships

Women's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2022 Seoul, South Korea Indonesia Nurul Iqamah 9.22–9.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [8]
2026 Meishan, China China Zhou Yafei 6.07–6.47 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [9]

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Women's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2022 Villars, Switzerland Poland Anna Brozek 7.06–7.39 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze [10]
2022 Chamonix, France Indonesia Rajiah Sallsabillah 6.82–6.90 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze [11]
2023 Seoul, South Korea Poland Aleksandra Kałucka 6.60–6.71 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze [12]
2023 Jakarta, Indonesia Poland Aleksandra Mirosław 6.52–6.43 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [13]
2023 Salt Lake City, United States Poland Aleksandra Mirosław 6.82–6.43 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [14]
2025 Kraków, Poland United States Emma Hunt 6.27–7.56 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [15]
2025 Chamonix, France Poland Aleksandra Mirosław 6.46–6.19 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [16]
2026 Wujiang, China Poland Natalia Kałucka 6.17–6.39 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze [17]
2026 Kraków, Poland Poland Natalia Kałucka 6.54–6.62 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [18]
2026 Chamonix, France Italy Giulia Randi 6.22–6.51 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold [19]

Women's speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2026 Kraków, Poland Indonesia Rajiah Sallsabillah Spain Leslie Adriana Romero Pérez
Spain Carla Martínez Vidal		 13.14–13.52 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze [20]

Mixed speed relay

Year Venue Partner Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2026 Kraków, Poland Indonesia Antasyafi Robby Al Hilmi United States Samuel Watson
United States Emma Hunt		 11.30–10.89 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [21]

NEOM Beach Games

Women's speed

Year Venue Opponent Time (s) Result Ref
2023 Gayal Beach, Neom, Saudi Arabia Indonesia Rajiah Sallsabillah 6.88–6.726 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver [22]

Rankings

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Discipline 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Speed 10 10 4 69 3

References

  1. ↑ Handyan, Bayu (18 June 2023). "Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi, Asa Baru Panjat Tebing Indonesia". RRI. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "BBC 100 Women 2023: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CUP 2022 RESULTS". IFSC. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Indonesia kuasai medali speed putri Kejuaraan Asia Panjat Tebing 2022". Antara. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Four tickets punched to Paris 2024 at IFSC Climbing World Champs". International Olympic Committee. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Desak Rita, Mahasiswa Undiksha Raih Medali Perak Ajang Panjat Tebing di Amerika Serikat". Ganesha University of Education. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "IFSC – CLIMBING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (B, L, S, B&L) – BERN 2023 – GENERAL RESULT SPEED WOMEN". IFSC. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "IFSC ASIA - CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (B, L, S, B&L) - REPUBLIC OF KOREA 2022". IFSC Climbing. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "World Climbing Asia Championship Meishan 2026". World Climbing. 9 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "IFSC World Cup Villars 2022". IFSC. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "IFSC World Cup Chamonix 2022". IFSC. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "IFSC World Cup Seoul 2023". IFSC. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "IFSC World Cup Jakarta 2023". IFSC. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  14. ↑ "IFSC World Cup Salt Lake City 2023". IFSC. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  15. ↑ "IFSC World Cup Krakow 2025". IFSC. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "IFSC World Cup Chamonix 2025". IFSC. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "IFSC World Cup Wujiang 2026". IFSC. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "IFSC World Cup Krakow 2026". IFSC. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "World Climbing Series Chamonix 2026". World Climbing. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "World Climbing Series Krakow 2026". World Climbing. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "World Climbing Series Krakow 2026". World Climbing. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  22. ↑ "IFSC MASTERS NEOM 2023". IFSC. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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