| From: | Italy 🇮🇹 |
| Date of birth: | 17th November 1995 |
| Age: | 30 years old |
| Gender: | Male |
| Hardest Boulder (Worked): | 9A+ |
Elias is an Italian boulderer and arguably the worlds strongest.
In 2021/22 he made ascents of Gioia and Ganesh both at 8C+.
He was shot into the limelight in early 2024 with the fourth ascent of Burden of Dreams, using a unique beta. In 2025 Elias first ascented Italys hardest boulder in The Big Slamm giving it 9A/V17, taking him around 35 sessions.
In late 2025 Elias established Exodia, the first proposed 9A+/V18 in the world. He spent over 200 sessions on the boulder starting in 2021.
19 recorded ascents.
| Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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| Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade | |
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| Exodia | 9A+ | Boulder | worked | 10th Nov 2025 | 9A+ | |
| First ascent. 211 sessions. | |||||
References[2] https://www.escalade-alsace.com/articles-escalade/news/exodia-9a-plus-bloc-fa-elias-iagnemma- [3] https://www.instagram.com/p/DRKaKTwjOvx/ [4] https://brazz.it/en/blog/outdoor/exodia-the-forbidden-boulder [5] https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ4J8ThITN4/ [6] https://www.instagram.com/p/C7sJ1Fpt-Wl/ [7] https://www.instagram.com/p/C5wMZSWt1ZP/ [8] https://www.climbing.com/news/the-worlds-first-v18-just-went-down-the-backstory-is-even-cooler/ [9] https://www.8a.nu/news/elias-9a+-interview-and-font-9a-plans-himug |
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| Burden of Dreams | 9A | Boulder | worked | 26th Mar 2024 | 9A | |
| Fourth ascent. 25 sessions. | |||||
Interestingly Ellias used very different beta to the other ascentionists: after sticking the first move he uses a heel hook to establish on the final hold, then instead of dynoing for the last hold he does a paddle dyno to the top edge of the problem. References[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C49dbMFoL34/ [2] https://www.8a.nu/news/elias-iagnemma-repeats-burden-of-dreams-9a |
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| The Big Slamm | 9A | Boulder | worked | Jan 2025 | ||
| First ascent. 35 sessions. | |||||
| Ganesh | 8C+ | Boulder | worked | 2nd Feb 2022 | ||
| First ascent. | |||||
| Ephyra | 8C+ | Boulder | worked | Feb 2025 | ||
| 9 sessions. | |||||
| Kryptos | 8C | Boulder | worked | 20th Jan 2021 | 8C | |
| Der Mit dem Fels Tanzt | 8C | Boulder | worked | 29th Jan 2021 | ||
| Gioia | 8C | Boulder | worked | 13th Feb 2021 | 8C/8C+ | |
| Kimera | 8C | Boulder | worked | 9th Aug 2021 | ||
| Second ascent. | |||||
| Ziqqurat | 8C | Boulder | worked | 24th Oct 2021 | ||
| Third ascent. | |||||
| Ninja Skills SDS | 8C | Boulder | worked | 7th Jan 2022 | ||
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| Utopia | 8C | Boulder | worked | Nov 2022 | 8C/8C+ | |
| First ascent. | |||||
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| Skadoosh | 8B+ | Boulder | worked | 20th Jan 2021 | 8B | |
| The Kingdom | 8B+ | Boulder | worked | 20th Jan 2021 | 8C | |
| Afrodite | 8B+ | Boulder | worked | 30th Jun 2025 | ||
| First ascent. | |||||
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| Mellon | 8B+ | Boulder | worked | Before 1st Jan 2026 | ||
| First ascent. 5 sessions. | |||||
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| Power of Now | 8B+ | Boulder | |||
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Blockland Indoor |
8B | Boulder | worked | 24th Jan 2022 | ||
| First ascent. | |||||
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The hardest boulder he had done on the Moon Board up to the send References |
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| Grond | 8A+ | Boulder | worked | 17th Mar 2025 | ||
| First ascent. | |||||
| Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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| Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade | |
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| Blockland | 8B | Boulder | worked | 24th Jan 2022 | ||
| First ascent. | |||||
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The hardest boulder he had done on the Moon Board up to the send References |
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