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| Nationality | Slovenian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1999 Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional rock climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | janja-garnbret.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Janja Garnbret (born 12 March 1999) is a Slovenian professional rock climber who specializes in sport climbing and competition climbing. She has won multiple competition lead climbing and competition bouldering events, two Olympic gold medals, and is widely regarded as the greatest competition climber of all time.[4][5][6] In 2021, Garnbret became the first-ever female Olympic gold medalist in climbing, and successfully defended her title in 2024. With two gold medals, she is the most successful Slovenian athlete at the Summer Olympics. 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 September 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 29 matches. In addition, she has won 17 bouldering World Cup events for a total of 46 victories at the World Cup level.[7]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "GARNBRET Janja". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Why is Janja Garnbret the best competition climber ever". 5c Climbers. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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.
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