Aries Susanti Rahayu (born 21 March 1995) is a sport climbing athlete from Indonesia. She is mainly active in speed climbing competitions. She has been nicknamed "Spiderwoman". She was the world record holder for women in speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup. Also, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds.
Biography
As a child, she used to climb trees at home and parks. In 2007, she was introduced to sport climbing by her teacher when she was still a junior high school student.
In 2017, she competed in the Climbing World Cup for the first time, and got her first medal (silver) at the World Cup in Xiamen. In the 2017 Asian Championships in Tehran, she was third in speed.
In 2018, she got her first gold medal at the Climbing World Cup in Chongqing. Then, she got one bronze in Tai'an and two more gold medals at the World Cups in Wujiang and Xiamen, all in China. At the end of the 2018 season, she was second in the overall ranking in the speed discipline. In the same year, at the Asian Championships in Kurayoshi, she was third after she false started in the semifinal.
In 2019, she became the women's world record holder in speed climbing, which she achieved by clocking a time of 6.995 seconds at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup. As well, this made her the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds.
Also in 2019, she was on the Forbes Asia's 30 Under 30 list.
Aries is a Muslim and wears hijab while she competes.