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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 11, 1998[1] Boulder, Colorado, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional rock climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Margo Hayes (born February 11, 1998)[1] is an American professional rock climber from Boulder, Colorado. In 2016, she won both the competition bouldering and the competition lead climbing events at the IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships in Guangzhou (China). In 2017, she became the first woman in history to climb a 9a+ (5.15a) graded route, and in 2019, became the first woman to complete the "9a+ Trilogy".
- ^ a b Gates, Zoe (May 17, 2017). "By the Numbers: Margo Hayes and the Road to 5.15". Climbing.
On her 18th birthday in February 2016