(1999-03-12) 12 March 1999 (age 25) Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia[2]
Occupation
Professional rock climber
Website
janja-garnbret.com
Climbing career
Type of climber
Competition climbing
Sport climbing
bouldering
Highest grade
Redpoint: 9a (5.14d)
On-sight: 8c (5.14b)
Bouldering: V15 (8C)[1]
Known for
First-ever female Olympic gold medalist in climbing
Winning 8 IFSC World Championships
Winning the most IFSC gold medals in history
First-ever female to onsight 8c (5.14b)
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing Slovenia
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
Combined
World Championships
2016 Paris
Lead
2018 Innsbruck
Bouldering
2018 Innsbruck
Combined
2019 Hachiōji
Lead
2019 Hachiōji
Bouldering
2019 Hachiōji
Combined
2023 Bern
Bouldering
2023 Bern
Combined
2018 Innsbruck
Lead
2023 Bern
Lead
World Games
2017 Wrocław
Lead
European Championships
2017 Munich
Combined
2022 Munich
Lead
2022 Munich
Bouldering
2022 Munich
Combined
2015 Chamonix
Lead
2017 Munich
Bouldering
Updated on 14 April 2024.
Janja Garnbret (born 12 March 1999) is a Slovenian professional rock climber who specializes in sport climbing and competition climbing, and who has won multiple competition lead climbing and competition bouldering events. In 2021, she became the first-ever female Olympic gold medalist in climbing and is widely regarded as one of the greatest competition climbers of all time.[3][4][5] She is also the world's first-ever female climber to onsight an 8c (5.14b) graded sport climbing route.
Garnbret won her first international title at the 2014 World Youth B Championships in lead. In July 2015, after turning 16, she entered the senior category of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in lead climbing. In 2016, aged 17, Garnbret won the World Cup seasonal titles in lead and combined, World Championships in lead climbing, and World Youth A Championships in both lead climbing and bouldering. From 2016 to 2018, she was awarded the seasonal title in both lead climbing and combined disciplines. In both 2018 and 2019, she won the World Championships in bouldering and combined and also reclaimed the lead title in 2019. The same year, Garnbret became the first athlete to win all bouldering World Cup events in a season.
As of April 2024, Garnbret has won the most IFSC gold medals of any competitive climber in history. In the lead climbing World Cup, she missed the podium only four times, winning 27 matches. In addition, she has won 16 bouldering World Cup events for a total of 43 victories at the World Cup level.[6]
^Pardy, Aaron (12 May 2024). "Janja Garnbret Climbs V15 in Austria, Twice". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^"Podelitev Bloudkovih priznanj za leto 2018" (PDF). gov.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^"Why is Janja Garnbret the best competition climber ever". 5c Climbers. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^Jiwani, Rory (12 August 2019). "Janja Garnbret: "When I am on the wall nothing else matters."". olympics.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^Burgman, John (7 July 2021). "What If Janja Garnbret Loses At the Olympics? Unthinkable? Let's Think About It". Climbing Magazine. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^Cite error: The named reference IFSC profile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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