Janja Garnbret

[4][5][6] In 2021, Garnbret became the first-ever female Olympic gold medalist in climbing, and successfully defended her title in 2024.

She is also the world's first-ever female climber to onsight an 8c (5.14b) graded sport climbing route.

[9][10] The same year, she also placed first in a Swedish bouldering event, the "La Sportiva Legends Only", ahead of Shauna Coxsey, Mélissa Le Nevé, Juliane Wurm, and Anna Stöhr.

In 2018, she defended her World Cup titles in lead and combined disciplines and placed fourth in bouldering by winning two golds and one silver, after participating in just 3 out of 7 events (due to school commitments).

The same year, Garnbret won three out of four disciplines at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships, taking gold in lead, bouldering, and combined.

[21] In 2021, she began the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup season with a win in bouldering at Meiringen in April before finishing second in Salt Lake City, ending her streak of bouldering World Cup wins at nine.

[30] The same year, she successfully climbed her first 8c+ (5.14c) graded route by redpointing Miza za šest at Kotečnik in her home country of Slovenia.

[32] In 2017, she went a step further and clipped the anchor of her first 9a (5.14d) graded sport route, Seleccio Natural, in Santa Linya, Spain.

[35] In March 2022, Garnbret made the first female ascent of Bügeleisen, an 8B+ (V14) graded bouldering problem in Maltatal, Austria.

[36] On 12 May 2024, she returned to Maltatal and made the first female ascent of Bügeleisen SDS, a sit start variation that is graded at 8C (V15).

Garnbret as the 2017 European champion in combined discipline
Garnbret climbing at the 2017 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Munich, Germany
Garnbret with the gold medal from the 2020 Summer Olympics