Petra Klingler

Petra Klingler (born 14 February 1992) is a Swiss rock climber who specializes in competition climbing.

She was good at horse riding as a youth, but outgrew local competitions at 13 and began focusing on climbing instead.

[4] In 2017, she finished with a bronze medal in the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup despite injuring her knee halfway up the final route.

[14] The next year, she announced her intent of trying to qualify for the 2024 Olympics as her last goal in competition, making the 2023 World Championships her last.

[15] At the 2024 Olympics Klingler served as analyst for the English language broadcast of the Sport Climbing discipline.

Klingler at the 2022 European Sports Climbing championship