Janja Garnbret
.jpg) Garnbret at the 2017 Boulder Worldcup in Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Slovenian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
March 12, 1999 Šmartno pri Slovenj Gradcu, Slovenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional rock climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Climbing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of climber | Sport climbing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Known for | Winning both World Cup and Championships in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Janja Garnbret (born March 12, 1999 in Šmartno pri Slovenj Gradcu) is a Slovenian rock climber and sport climber who has won multiple lead climbing and bouldering events.
In July 2015, just after turning 16, she started competing in the senior category of the Lead Climbing World Cup. Since then, she participated in 23 Lead Climbing World Cup events and she missed podium only in one of them (Imst, 2016), where she ranked fifth.[1][2][3][4] In 2016, she was the World Champion in Lead climbing and the World Youth Champion both in Lead and Bouldering. In the same year, she was also awarded the World Cup both in Lead and Combined disciplines, titles that she defended in 2017. In 2018, she was World Champion in both Bouldering and Combined, and runner up in the Lead Climbing World Championships.
Competitions
In 2015, her first year of eligibility for the IFSC Climbing World Cup, she placed fourth in the overall lead climbing standings.[5] In the same year, she also placed first in a notable Swedish bouldering event, the "La Sportiva Legends Only", ahead of Shauna Coxsey, Mélissa Le Nevé, Juliane Wurm, and Anna Stöhr.[6]
In 2016, she won most of the IFSC competitions in which she participated. She won the World Cup in Lead and Combined disciplines, the World Championships in Lead, and the World Youth Championships in Lead and Bouldering.[7] Garnbret also won the German top-class Adidas Rockstars 2016 invitational bouldering contest, defeating Jessica Pilz in the super final.[8]
In 2017, she won the World Cup in Lead and Combined disciplines, the Combined title in the European Championships, and she ranked second in Bouldering both at the World Cup and European Championships.
In 2018, she was World Champion in both Bouldering and Combined. Moreover, she almost won the Lead Climbing World Championships as well, where she earned the silver medal by powerfully topping the final route in 4 minutes and 38 seconds, just 11 seconds slower than the World Champion Jessica Pilz.
Rock climbing
In addition to her competition climbing career, Janja Garnbret is also an accomplished outdoor climber, completing the ascents of various extremely difficult routes.
In 2015 she on-sighted the route Avatar, an 8b (5.13d) route in Pandora, Croatia.[9] The same year she successfully climbed her first 8c+ (5.14c), Miza za šest at Kotecnik in her home country of Slovenia.[10] The next year she flashed La Fabelita at Santa Linya in Spain, an 8c (5.14b) sports climbing route. She was given advice by her countrywoman Mina Markovic and climbed the route without apparent struggle in less than 15 minutes.[11] In 2017 she went one step further and clipped the anchor of her first 9a (5.14d), Seleccio Natural, again at Santa Linya.[12]
Rankings
Climbing World Cup[13]
| Discipline | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Bouldering | - | 17 | 2 |
| Combined | - | 1 | 1 |
Climbing World Championships
Youth[14]
| Discipline | 2013 Youth B |
2014 Youth B |
2015 Youth A |
2016 Youth A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bouldering | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Speed | - | - | 23 | 28 |
| Combined | - | - | 2[15] | 2[16] |
Adult[14]
| Discipline | 2016 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 1 | 2 |
| Bouldering | - | 1 |
| Speed | - | 49 |
| Combined | - | 1 |
Climbing European Championships[14]
Youth[14]
| Discipline | 2013 Youth B |
2014 Youth B |
2015 Youth A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bouldering | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Adult[14]
| Discipline | 2015 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 2 | 4 |
| Bouldering | - | 2 |
| Speed | - | 32 |
| Combined | - | 1 |
Number of medals in the Climbing European Youth Cup
Lead[14]
| Season | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Youth B | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2015 | Youth A | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2016 | Youth A | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
Lead[14]
| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Total | 13 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
Bouldering[14]
| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
References
- ↑ IFSC, ed. (September 30, 2018). "2015 Lead Climbing World Cup - Full results". Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- ↑ IFSC, ed. (September 30, 2018). "2016 Lead Climbing World Cup - Full results". Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- ↑ IFSC, ed. (September 30, 2018). "2017 Lead Climbing World Cup - Full results". Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- ↑ IFSC, ed. (September 30, 2018). "2018 Lead Climbing World Cup - Full results". Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- ↑ Murray, Emma (July 25, 2016), "Janja Garnbret Dominates Lead World Cup, Again", Rock & Ice .
- ↑ Ketchum, Chris (November 30, 2015), "Janja Garnbret Dominates La Sportiva Legends Only", Rock & Ice .
- ↑ Athlete profile, International Federation of Sport Climbing, retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ↑ Adidas ROCKSTARS 2016, retrieved 2017-10-19.
- ↑ "Janja Garnbret climbs 8b onsight in Croatia". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
- ↑ http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/janja-garnbret-climbs-8c-at-kotecnik-in-slovenia.html>
- ↑ "Janja Garnbret flashes second 8c at Santa Linya". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
- ↑ "Janja Garnbret climbs her first 9a at Santa Linya in Spain". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ↑ IFSC, ed. (July 20, 2017). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IFSC, ed. (April 26, 2018). "Garnbret's profile and rankings". Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ↑ Combined results WYCH 2015
- ↑ Combined results WYCH 2016
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