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SOH WAI CHING – FIRST ASIAN WINNER OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING RUN UP SINCE 1978
He is also currently Rank No. 1 in the World for Towerrunning Sport (Since Apr 2022).

Born in year 1994, a bachelor’s degree holder in Sports Science major in Exercise Science from University
of Malaya (Graduated in 2018). Other than towerrunning, he is excelling in trail, track, and road running.

He is also a firmed strong self-believer, passionate, determine, inspirational, consistent, independent athlete.

He got featured by multiple international media: CNBC New York, Channel News Asia, Al Jazeera, BBC
Channel, Spiegel Panorama, Turkish TV, EPOCH, Frankfurter Allgemeine, 7 News, Euro News, NTV, …
Skills: Inspiring and Transforming Speaker, Sports Scientist, World Athletics Coach, Event Organizing
Currently: Founder and Vice President of Malaysia Towerrunning Association, Professional Athlete

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Favorite Quote: Dream Big, Believe It, Plan It, Execute It!

Achievement Highlights Remark
No. Title 2021: Champion
1. First Asian to Win the Empire State Building Run Up since 1978 (86 2019: 2nd (11:14 min)
2021: Champion with
Floors, 1576 Steps, 322 Meters in 10:46 min) New Course Record
2. First Asian to Win SkyRise Chicago at Willis Tower (105 Floors, 2159 2020: Champion

Steps, 422 Meters in 12:57 min) 2019: Champion with
3. Beating World No. 1 at Vertical Run Almas Tower (70 Floors, 1450 New Course Record
2019: Champion
Steps, 245 Meters in 7:59 min)
4. First Malaysian to Win the Overall Champion at KL Tower International 2019: Double
Champions with Two
Towerthon Challenge since 1998 (1582 Steps, 267 Meters in 9:07 min) New Course Records
5. Lotte World International Sky Run at Lotte Tower (123 Floors, 2917 2021: Champion with
New Course Record
Steps, 500 Meters in 16:37 min)
6. Double Champions with Double New Course Records at Macau Tower 2021: Champion with
New Course Record
Run Up (Half: 31 Floors, 649 Steps, 112 Meters in 3:33 min | Full: 62 Year 2017 – 2019 *1st
Floors, 1298 Steps, 223 Meters in 7:04 min) Overall in 2019
7. Overall Champion of Trail Half Marathon at Spartan World 5000m: Gold (16:56)
Championship 2021 at Liwa Desert, Abu Dhabi, UAE (24km, ~900 10000m: Gold (36:46)
Meters Elevation Gained in 3:02:56 hour)
8. Overall Champion of 10KM Trail at Spartan Trail at Hatta, Dubai, UAE
(10KM, ~300m Elevation Gained in 38:28 min)
9. 3-Times Fastest Malaysian in KL Standard Chartered Marathon (10KM)
(2017 – 35:41 min, 2018 – 33:37 min, 2019 – 34:02 min)
10. Best Male Athlete (Double Gold Medalist for both 5,000m and 10,000m)
at Malaysia University Track & Field Championship (MASUM) 2018

Previous and Upcoming Personal Goals
2019: Achieve World No. 1 by end of the Year (Achieved unofficially in Mid Nov)
2020: Guinness World Record (Greatest Vertical Height Stair Climbing in One Hour)
2021: Win All Towerrunning Races (Win All 6 Towerrunning Races in 2021)
2022: Win All Towerrunning Races (On 19 Winning Streaks since Dec 2019) and more
to come and to defend the title of winning the Empire State Building Run Up!

Previous Sponsors (Year 2021)
Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Greenacre Capital, Turkish Airlines Malaysia

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Target Sponsors In 2022

1. Airline Sponsorship
2. Any other international company around the World or in Malaysia

Goals in Year 2022
1. I will be taking part in a total of 10 to 15 Towerrunning Races or more with the aim to Win all of it and at the
same time, targeting for the Course Record.
2. Other than Towerrunning Races, I will also be taking part in about 5 Trail Running Races, and 5 Road Races.
3. I am going to base myself in Dubai from 4th February onwards until the end of the year as it will be easier for
me to train, travel and compete around the world.
4. I want to inspire and transform many, to share with them about my towerrunning journey, get them to start
doing towerrunning or any other sport or any other industry and dream big, believe on it and put in the effort
to be the best version of themselves.
5. To fly our “Jalur Gemilang” and sponsorship logo high on every place I travel to and take part in many
international exhibitions whenever there is an opportunity.
6. I want to promote Towerrunning sport around the world and get everyone to know about the sport.
7. Attempt two to three Guinness World Records in year 2022 to challenge the human limit.

Upcoming Races in Year 2022

No. Name of the Event Date & Venue Remark

1. Media 1 Run Up 5th Feb, Media One Tower, Dubai, UAE Champion

2. Scale the Strat 27th Feb, The Strat Tower, Las Vegas, US Champion
3. Gate River Run 5th Mar, Jacksonville, US New PR –

51:41

4. Big Climb Dallas 26th Mar, Bank of America Plaza, Dallas, US Champion

5. Big Climb Seattle 27th Mar, Columbia Center, Seattle, US Champion

6. Big Climb Houston 2nd Apr, 333 Allen Center, Houston, US Champion

7. Fight For Air Climb 9th Apr, 555 California St, San Francisco, US Champion

8. Towerrunning European 21st May, Rondo 1, Warsaw, Poland 2nd Place

Championship – Bieg Na Szczyt

9. Tunnel to Towers Tower Climb 5th June, One World Trade Center, New York, Champion

New York City US

10. Fight For Air NYC (Going) 11th June, Penn 1, New York, US Champion

11.

12. KönTurm Treppenlauf (Going) 29th Aug, Cologne, Germany Towerrunning

13. Tokyo SkyTree (Going) 11th Sept, Tokyo, Japan Towerrunning
14. The Top International Tower TBC – Sept, Penang, Malaysia Towerrunning

Run (Komtar) - TBC

15.

16. YMCA Stair Climb for LA 30th Sept, US Bank Tower, LA, US Towerrunning

17. Base 2 Space Space Needle 2nd Oct, Seattle, US Towerrunning
Towerrunning
18. Empire State Building Run Up TBC – Oct, New York, US

19. Tunnel To Towers Tampa 8th Oct, One Tampa City Center, Tampa US Towerrunning

20. Osaka Harukas Sky Run 6th Nov, Harukas Tower, Japan Towerrunning

21. Towerrunning Asia / Oceania TBC, 13th Oct, Venue TBC Towerrunning

Championship

22. Sky Rise Chicago TBC (Nov), Chicago, US Towerrunning

23. Tallinn TV Tower Run Teletorni TBC (Dec), Tallinn, Estonia Towerrunning

Trepijooks

24. CN Tower Run Up TBC (Dec), Canada Towerrunning

*IVM – International Vertical Marathon

*All the above races are not confirmed as there are many different kind of travel restrictions from country to

country. Status of many races are still not confirmed due to the recent omicron variant, but Wai Ching will

do his best to take part in many towerrunning races when it is possible for him to do it, he will.

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*One of the most iconic races will be the Empire State Building Run Up whereby Wai Ching is the First
Asian Winner of it for year 2021 edition. ESBRU is the longest running event since 1978 and Wai Ching
won it on their 43rd Edition. He will be back to New York to defend his title and win it once again!
*Wai Ching Longest Winning Streak: 19 Consecutive Wins for all Towerrunning Races from Dec 2019 till
Apr 2022.

Reference for latest Race Update on social media (Year 2022):
1. https://guangming.com.my/%E7%B4%90%E7%B4%84%E5%B8%82%E9%AB%98%E5%A1%94%E7%A
B%B6%E9%80%9F%E8%B3%BD-
%E8%98%87%E7%82%BA%E6%85%B6%E9%80%BE3%E5%88%86%E9%90%98%E5%84%AA%E5%
8B%A2%E5%A5%AA%E5%86%A0 (GuangMing – 6th June)
2. https://www.kwongwah.com.my/20220606/%E5%A4%87%E6%88%98%E4%B8%8D%E8%B6%B3%E4%
BE%9D%E7%84%B6%E6%97%A0%E6%95%8C-
%E8%8B%8F%E4%B8%BA%E5%BA%86%E7%A7%B0%E9%9C%B8%E7%BA%BD%E5%9C%B0%E6
%A0%87%E8%B5%9B/ (KwongWah – 6th June)
3. https://www.sinchew.com.my/20220606/%E5%A4%87%E6%88%98%E4%B8%8D%E8%B6%B3%E6%97
%A0%E7%A2%8D%E5%BC%BA%E5%8A%BF%E8%A1%A8%E7%8E%B0-
%E8%8B%8F%E4%B8%BA%E5%BA%86%E7%A7%B0%E9%9C%B8%E7%BA%BD%E7%BA%A6%E
9%AB%98%E5%A1%94%E7%AB%9E%E9%80%9F%E8%B5%9B/ (SinChew – 6th June)
4. https://www.chinapress.com.my/20220606/%E2%97%A4%E9%AB%98%E5%A1%94%E7%AB%9E%E9%
80%9F%E2%97%A2%E7%BA%BD%E7%BA%A6%E5%9C%B0%E6%A0%87%E6%AF%94%E8%B5%9
B-%E8%8B%8F%E4%B8%BA%E5%BA%86%E7%A7%B0%E7%8E%8B/ (ChinaPress – 6th June)
5. https://abc7ny.com/tunnel-to-towers-one-world-trade-911-climb/11929009/ (abc7 New York – 5th June)
6. https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/eeuu-11s_vuelve-la-carrera-por-las-escaleras-del-one-world-trade-center-de-
nueva-york/47650514 (Swiss Info - 5th June)
7. https://www.elperiodicousa.com/regresa-carrera-al-one-world-trade-center-de-nueva-york/ (el Periodico USA
– 5th June)
8. https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/others/2022/05/16/tower-runner-wai-ching-is-world-no-1 (TheStar – 16th
May)
9. https://www.chinapress.com.my/20220515/%E2%97%A4%E9%AB%98%E5%A1%94%E7%AB%9E%E9%
80%9F%E2%97%A2%E8%8D%A3%E7%99%BB%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%8
0%E5%90%8D-%E8%8B%8F%E4%B8%BA%E5%BA%86%E8%A6%81%E5%BD%9310%E5%B9%B4/
(China Press – 15th May)
10. https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/others/2022/04/30/soh-to-take-on-world-no-1-in-race-to-the-top (TheStar -
30th Apr)
11. https://www.chinapress.com.my/20220430/%E2%97%A4%E9%AB%98%E5%A1%94%E7%AB%9E%E9%
80%9F%E2%97%A23%E5%B9%B4%E6%9D%A5%E9%A6%96%E6%AC%A1%E7%8E%8B%E8%A7%
81%E7%8E%8B-
%E8%8B%8F%E4%B8%BA%E5%BA%86%E6%BB%A1%E6%80%80%E6%9C%9F%E5%BE%85/
(China Press – 30th Apr)
12. https://www.bharian.com.my/sukan/lain-lain/2022/04/944473/wai-ching-dalam-kelas-tersendiri (Berita
Harian - 10th Apr)
13. https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/others/2022/04/04/wai-ching-conquers-houston-50-storey-building-in-
record-time (TheStar - 4th Apr)
14. https://www.bharian.com.my/sukan/lain-lain/2022/04/941895/wai-ching-lebarkan-rekod-tanpa-kalah-18-kali
(Berita Harian - 4th Apr)
15. https://www.sinchew.com.my/20220403/%E8%B1%AA%E5%A4%BA%E5%9B%BD%E9%99%85%E8%B
5%9B18%E8%BF%9E%E5%86%A0-
%EF%BC%88%E8%8B%8F%E4%B8%BA%E5%BA%86%EF%BC%89%E5%BB%B6%E7%BB%AD%E
6%97%A0%E6%95%8C%E5%8A%BF%E5%A4%B4/ (SinChew Newspaper – 4th Apr)
16. https://www.chinapress.com.my/20220403/%E4%BC%91%E6%96%AF%E6%95%A6%E9%AB%98%E5%
A1%94%E7%AB%9E%E9%80%9F%E8%B5%9B-

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%E8%8B%8F%E4%B8%BA%E5%BA%86%E5%A4%BA18%E8%BF%9E%E5%86%A0/ (China Press –
3rd Apr)

17. https://www.chinapress.com.my/20220328/%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD%E8%BF%9E%E5%A4%BA2%E5
%86%A0-
%E8%8B%8F%E4%B8%BA%E5%BA%86%E4%B9%A6%E5%86%9917%E8%BF%9E%E5%86%A0/
(28th Mar)

18. https://www.hmetro.com.my/arena/lain/2022/03/825798/wai-ching-tiada-tandingan (Harian Metro - 27th Mar)
19. https://www.hmetro.com.my/arena/lain/2022/03/825639/wai-ching-tepati-ramalan-ungguli-big-climb-dallas

(Harian Metro - 27th Mar)
20. https://www.hmetro.com.my/arena/lain/2022/03/825193/wai-ching-cari-penaja-baharu (Harian Metro - 25th

Mar)

21. https://www.biztoday.news/2022/03/20/fujairah-hosts-spartan-trail-and-tough-mudder-international-sports-
event/ (BizToday – 20th Mar)

22. https://www.gulftoday.ae/sport/2022/03/20/fujairah-historic-spartan-trail-and-tough-mudder-events-ends-on-
high-note (GulfToday - 20th Mar)

23. https://www.facebook.com/ohmedianetwork/posts/10162930753589572 (Featured on Oh Media Page – 7.7k
Likes, 562 Comments, 300 Shares)

24. https://www.facebook.com/TeamMalaysia/posts/5204404286271403 (Featured on Team Malaysia Page –
6.2k Likes, 303 Comments, 165 Shares)

25. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=450788256760794&set=a.297765768729711 (My own Facebook
Page – 2.1k Likes, 173 Comments, 18 Shares)

26. https://www.hmetro.com.my/arena/lain/2022/02/815274/wai-ching-kuasai-scale-
strat?fbclid=IwAR2zJddY4CAiVJACJ2ONiwCbvq6Ahi-ID80wZTfvVvT8P5XdMxB0ThDjVEQ (Featured
on Harian Metro – 28th Feb)

27. https://www.hmetro.com.my/arena/lain/2022/02/812423/mimpi-wai-ching-jumpa-mo-farah-jadi-kenyataan
(Featured on Harian Metro – 20th Feb)

28. https://www.hmetro.com.my/arena/lain/2022/02/807541/wai-ching-sukar-digugat-kekal-juara-m1 (Featured
on Harian Metro – 5th Feb)

29. https://www.chinapress.com.my/20220228/%E6%8B%89%E6%96%AF%E7%BB%B4%E5%8A%A0%E6%

96%AF%E9%AB%98%E5%A1%94%E7%AB%9E%E9%80%9F-
%E8%8B%8F%E4%B8%BA%E5%BA%86%E7%A7%B0%E7%8E%8B/
https://www.chinapress.com.my/20220228/%E6%8B%89%E6%96%AF%E7%BB%B4%E5%8A%A0%E6%
96%AF%E9%AB%98%E5%A1%94%E7%AB%9E%E9%80%9F-
%E8%8B%8F%E4%B8%BA%E5%BA%86%E7%A7%B0%E7%8E%8B/ (Featured on China Press – 28th

Feb, 3801 Reads)
30. https://www.chinapress.com.my/20220204/%e8%99%8e%e5%b9%b4%e6%ad%a5%e6%ad%a5%e9%ab%9

8%e5%8d%87%e3%80%80%e8%8b%8f%e4%b8%ba%e5%ba%86%ef%bc%9a%e5%8f%ab%e6%88%91%
e4%b8%96%e7%95%8c%e7%ac%ac%e4%b8%80%e7%ad%89/ (Featured on China Press – 4th Feb, 647

Reads)
31. https://youtu.be/vm2XjOH_wPU (6th Feb - Selamat Pagi Malaysia – Live from Dubai)
32. https://youtu.be/Xog1BQ0uL0U (4th Feb - Selamat Pagi Malaysia – Before Flying to Dubai)

Past Viral News Reference:

1. https://says.com/my/news/malaysian-tower-runner-soh-wai-ching-wins-empire-state-building-run-up-in-new-
york (Says.com Online News – 28th Oct 2021)

2. https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2021/10/28/malaysias-soh-wai-ching-first-asian-to-win-empire-state-
building-run-up-but/2016654 (Malaymail – 28th Oct 2021)

3. https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/athletics/2021/10/28/malaysia039s-soh-wai-ching-wins-race-up-empire-
state-building-and-meets-winter-soldier (TheStar – 28th Oct 2021)

4. https://worldofbuzzofficial.tumblr.com/post/666264956598190080/this-man-won-the-race-marvels-
winter?is_related_post=1 (World Of Buzz – 28th Oct 2021)

5. https://youtu.be/CWftB-lWmX0 (FlyFM – 3rd Nov 2021)

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6. https://youtu.be/0hTsyzrNXog (TheStar TV – 27th Oct 2021)
7. https://youtu.be/PLEp6ygUJ-s (Buletin TV3 – 18th Nov 2020)
8. https://youtu.be/Abc223hMQu4 (FreeMalaysiaToday – 10th Nov 2020)
9. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/2021-empire-state-building-run-up-returns/3354048/ (NBC New York –

27th Oct 2021)

Reference: Country Rank
Wai Ching Towerrunning Achievements since 2017 (Updated Apr 2022) Malaysia 2nd
No. Date Event Name and Venue China 5th
1. 14/5/17 KL Tower International Towerthon Challenge / KL Tower Malaysia *1st
2. 26/8/17 Beijing Vertical Run / China World Summit Wing China 5th
3. 24/9/17 Stairathon One Mont Kiara / One Mont Kiara Malaysia *1st
4. 22/10/17 Shanghai Vertical Run: Race to IFC / IFC Japan 8th
5. 5/11/17 Melaka Hatten Vertical Run / Hatten Hotel Hong Kong 6th
6. 12/11/17 Harukas SkyRun / Abeno Harukas
7. 3/12/17 Hong Kong Vertical Run: Race to ICC / ICC China 16th

2 Wins and 2 Course Records in 2017 Malaysia *1st
8. 13/1/18 Towerrunning Tour Final 2017: IVM Changsha / International France 9th
Taiwan 10th
Finance Square China 8th
9. 11/3/18 Sibu Tower Run / Wisma Sanyan China 1st
10. 15/3/18 La Verticale de la Tour Eiffel / Eiffel Tower Philippine 3rd
11. 5/5/18 Towerrunning World Championship: Taipei 101 Run Up Russia 4th
12. 20/5/18 IVM ShenZhen / PingAn Finance Center Malaysia 4th
13. 9/6/18 ITGP ChongQing / World Financial Center China 4th
14. 8/7/18 Kerry Sports Vertical Run / Shangri-La at the Fort Czech 7th
15. 21/7/18 Ostankino Tower Run / Ostankino Tower Republic
16. 19/8/18 KL Tower International Towerthon Challenge / KL Tower Slovakia 10th
17. 25/8/18 Beijing Vertical Run / China World Summit Wing China 6th
18. 8/9/18 AZ Tower Run / AZ Tower China 7th
China 3rd
19. 8/9/18 UFO Vertical Run / UFO Tower China 2nd
20. 14/10/18 Shanghai Vertical Run: Race to IFC / IFC China 6th
21. 14/10/18 ITGP Shanghai / White Magnolia Plaza China 1st
22. 17/10/18 Changsha ICC / ICC China 3rd
23. 21/10/18 IVM ChongQing / WFC
24. 25/11/18 Towerrunning Tour Final: Shanghai Tower Run / Shanghai Tower Malaysia *1st
25. 2/12/18 Canton Tower Run Up / Canton Tower France 4th
26. 2/12/18 ITGP GuangZhou / Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre UK 1st
South 1st
3 Wins and 1 Course Record in 2018 Korea
27. 10/3/19 Sibu Tower Run / Wisma Sanyan Malaysia *1st
28. 13/3/19 La Vertical de la Tour Eiffel / Eiffel Tower Taiwan 4th
29. 14/3/19 Vertical Rush / Tower 42 US 2nd
30. 6/4/19 Lotte World Tower International Sky Run / Lotte Tower

31. 21/4/19 KL Tower International Towerthon Challenge / KL Tower
32. 4/5/19 Taipei 101 Run Up
33. 14/5/19 Empire State Building Run Up

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34. 18/5/19 Way Up High Blue Vertical Marathon China *1st

35. 19/5/19 ITGP NanChang / 303 NanChang Greenland Central Plaza China 2nd
36. 26/5/19 IVM ShenZhen / PingAn Finance Center China 3rd
37. 1/6/19 ITGP Beijing / Central TV Tower China 2nd

38. 2/6/19 ITGP WuXi / IFS China 2nd

39. 8/6/19 Carrera Vertical El Ejido / Torre Laguna Spain 1st
40. 15/6/19 Subida Vertical Gran Hotel Bali / Gran Hotel Bali Spain 2nd
41. 24/8/19 Ostankino Tower Run / Ostankino Tower Russia 2nd

42. 15/9/19 Penang Top International Tower Run / Komtar Tower Malaysia *1st

43. 12/10/19 Pink Charity Eiffel Tower Run / Iconic Half-scale Eiffel Tower Macau *1st
44. 13/10/19 OxFam Tower Run Half Sprint / Macau Tower Macau *1st

45. 13/10/19 OxFam Tower Run Full Sprint / Macau Tower Macau *1st

46. 9/11/19 Yayasan TM International Tower Run / TM Tower Malaysia *1st

47. 17/11/19 Eureka Stair Climb / Eureka Tower Australia 2nd
5th
48. 24/11/19 Towerrunning Tour Final: Shanghai Tower Run / Shanghai Tower China

49. 1/12/19 Exchange 106 Run Up to 106 Sky Run Malaysia *1st

50. 8/12/19 IVM GuangZhou / CTF Finance Centre China *1st
51. 31/12/19 Terengganu DrawBridge Tower Run / Terengganu DrawBridge Malaysia *1st

14 Wins and 11 Course Records in 2019

52. 2/2/20 Vertical Run Almas Tower / Almas Tower UAE 1st

53. 15/2/20 M1 Run / Media One Hotel UAE 1st
54. 8/3/20 Sibu Tower Run / Wisma Sanyan Malaysia *1st

55. 14/3/20 Loros Tower Run / Loros Tower UK *1st

4 Wins and 2 Course Records in 2020 Germany 1st
56. 29/8/21 German Towerrunning Championship: KölnTurm staircase run /

Kölnturm Treppenlauf

57. 26/10/21 Empire State Building Run Up / Empire State Building US 1st
*1st
58. 6/11/21 Gift of Adoption Fund Michigan Stair Climb / 3000 Town Center US

59. 6/11/21 Gift of Adoption Fund Michigan Power Hour / 3000 Town Center US *1st

60. 7/11/21 SkyRise Chicago / Willis Tower US *1st
61. 18/12/21 Carrera Vertical Towerrunning / Mexico WTC Mexico 1st

6 Wins and 3 Course Records in 2021

62. 5/2/22 M1 Run / Media One Hotel UAE 1st

63. 27/2/22 Scale The Strat / The Strat Tower US 1st
64. 26/3/22 Big Climb Dallas / Bank of America Plaza US *1st
65. 27/3/22 Big Climb Seattle / Columbia Center US *1st

66. 2/4/22 Big Climb Houston / Three Allen Center US *1st

67. 9/4/22 Fight For Air Climb San Francisco / 555 California St US 1st
68. 21/5/22 European Towerrunning World Championship: Bieg Na Szczyt / Poland 2nd

69. 5/6/22 Rondo 1 US 1st
70. 11/6/22 Tunnel 2 Towers Tower Climb NYC / One World Trade Center US *1st
Fight For Air Climb New York City / Penn 1 Plaza

8 Wins and 3 Course Records so far in 2022

70 Races with 37 Wins and 23 Course Records since 2017

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*IVM – International Vertical Marathon | *ITGP – International Towerrunning GrandPrix | *IFC –
International Finance Center | *ICC – International Commerce Center | *WFC – World Financial Center |
*IFS – International Finance Square
“ * ” next to the ranking means New Course Record
*In Year 2021, Wai Ching becoming the First Asian Winner of the Empire State Building, and he managed

to take a photo with Sebastian Stan aka Bucky or Winter Soldier after the race and that post on social media

went viral and gained a lot of views and likes from public. Wai Ching also got invited to attend the Closing

Bell Ceremony on 25th Oct 2021.

News Reference to Empire State Building Run Up:
Main News Coverage by NBC New York: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/2021-empire-state-building-
run-up-returns/3354048/
https://de.euronews.com/2021/10/27/1576-stufen-empire-state-building-run-up-in-new-york-city-2021
https://www.aa.com.tr/sq/bota/new-york-mbahet-vrapimi-n%C3%AB-empire-state-building-i-sponsorizuar-
nga-turkish-airlines/2404361
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/usa-empire-state-treppenlauf-da-rennen-sie-wieder-a-5a5095ac-50e2-
41c8-9e3a-fb10b36eb1c8
https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/dunyadan-spor/new-yorkta-empire-state-kosusu-thy-sponsorlugunda-
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News Reference on Wai Ching Profile:

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-tower-running-soh-wai-ching-stair-climb-empire-state-

building-2308581 (English Version)

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-tower-running-soh-wai-ching-stair-climb-empire-state-

building-2323561 (Malay Version)

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2021/09/727686/soh-runner-towering-personality (New Straits Times)

https://www.towerrunning.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Ranking-April-2022.xlsx (Towerrunning

World Association Ranking Update)

Pleasure to meet Sebastian Stan, AKA Bucky Barnes
or Winter Soldier from Marvel

Photo Gallery:

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Year 2021

29th Aug 2021 - KolnTurm Treppenlauf 26th Oct 2021 – Empire State Building
Germany Towerrunning Championship Run Up (First Asian Winner since 1978

(Overall Champion) + Overall Champion)

6th Nov 2021 - Michigan Gift of Adoption 7th Nov 2021 – SkyRise Chicago
Stair Climb (Double Champion in Full (Overall Champion + New
Run Up + Power Hour) Course Record Holder)

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20th Nov 2021 – Spartan Trail 4th Dec 2021 – Spartan World
Hatta, UAE (10KM Trail Run – Championship 24KM Trail Run

Overall Champion) (Overall Champion)

18th Dec 2021 – Carrera Vertical 18th Dec 2021 – Carrera Vertical
Towerrunning Mexico WTC Towerrunning Mexico WTC
(Overall Champion) (Age Group Champion)

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Year 2022

5th Feb 2022 – M1 Tower 27th Feb 2022 – Scale the Strat,
Run (Overall Champion) Las Vegas, US (Overall Champion)

19th Mar 2022 – Spartan Trail Al Fujairah 26th Mar 2022 – Big Climb
(3rd Placing Overall) (Overall Champion + New Course

Record Holder)

27th Mar 2022 – Big Climb Seattle, US
(Overall Champion)

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2nd Apr 2022 – Big Climb Houston, US 9th Apr 2022 – Fight For Air Climb
(Overall Champion) San Francisco, US (Overall Champion)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folde
rs/12SWfpwghsGXnG_XuzFpKd316J1

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21st May 2022 – Towerrunning European 5th June 2022 – Tunnel To Towers
Championship Bieg Na Szczyt / Rondo 1 Tower Climb NYC / One World Trade

(2nd Place, fastest single Run Up Time) Center (Overall Champion)

11th June 2022 – Fight For Air Climb
New York City at 1 Penn Plaza

(Overall Champion + New Course Record)