Janja Garnbret


Quick Info

From: Slovenia 🇸🇮
Date of birth: 12th March 1999
Age: 26 years old
Gender: Female
Height: 164 cm
Hardest Boulder (Worked): 8C
Hardest Boulder (Flash): 8A+
Hardest Sport (Worked): 9a
Hardest Sport (Onsight): 8c
Hardest Sport (Flash): 8c+

The most successful competition climber of all time and first gold medalist in climbing in the Tokyo 2020 olympics.

References

[1] A profile of Janja from Reel Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_W2hT-HDY

[2] Winning the olympic gold medal in Tokyo 2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CSPRpH_l81i/

[3] Interview with Natalie Berry for UKClimbing.com, 3rd May 2022 https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/climb_for_gold_-_janja_garnbret_olympic_champion-14458

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmlSSD7jDSI

[5] Interview with John Bergman for climbing.com, August 2024 https://www.climbing.com/people/janja-garnbret-post-olympic-2024-interview/

[6] Video with Magnus Midtbø, July 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EsdeUBBVNM

Contributors
265 contributions since 4th August 2021.
9 contributions since 12th November 2025.
8 contributions since 9th November 2025.
8 contributions since 24th October 2025.

Quick Info

From: Slovenia 🇸🇮
Date of birth: 12th March 1999
Age: 26 years old
Gender: Female
Height: 164 cm
Hardest Boulder (Worked): 8C
Hardest Boulder (Flash): 8A+
Hardest Sport (Worked): 9a
Hardest Sport (Onsight): 8c
Hardest Sport (Flash): 8c+

The most successful competition climber of all time and first gold medalist in climbing in the Tokyo 2020 olympics.

References

[1] A profile of Janja from Reel Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_W2hT-HDY

[2] Winning the olympic gold medal in Tokyo 2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CSPRpH_l81i/

[3] Interview with Natalie Berry for UKClimbing.com, 3rd May 2022 https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/climb_for_gold_-_janja_garnbret_olympic_champion-14458

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmlSSD7jDSI

[5] Interview with John Bergman for climbing.com, August 2024 https://www.climbing.com/people/janja-garnbret-post-olympic-2024-interview/

[6] Video with Magnus Midtbø, July 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EsdeUBBVNM

Contributors
265 contributions since 4th August 2021.
9 contributions since 12th November 2025.
8 contributions since 9th November 2025.
8 contributions since 24th October 2025.

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Notably Janja didn't use knee pads where they are commonly used on the route, meaning it is likely harder without.

Michele Caminati:

It was not the best beta for her size and she had to improvise almost everything... Looked more like an onsight than a flash 😅. She just asked for the lower Crux but then she ended up improvising. We didn't give her any beta while climbing. She skipped a big rest on a tufa as well. In the upper Crux she tried a few things and she ended up doing the right thing at the end. She also managed to clip two quickdraws everybody is skipping 😂

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DQM0JMDjGpR/

[2] https://www.8a.nu/news/janja-garnbret-flashes-puro-dreaming-8c+-9a-3yg5c

[3] https://www.instagram.com/p/DQM0YaxCARk/

[4] https://www.instagram.com/p/DQAevdjDE_U/

[5] https://www.instagram.com/p/DQM4-FijF1i/

[6] https://www.instagram.com/p/DQOVUV2jKO8/

[7] https://www.instagram.com/p/DQReizsjNyh/?img_index=2

La Fabelita 8c Lead | flash Between 3rd Jan 2016 and 3rd Jan 2017

I felt super good, very relaxed and focused. I didn’t panic if I didn’t see a sequence right away, I was super chilled. I think I climbed pretty fast, and rested where I thought was appropriate. I took some time on the last slabby section because there was no chalk anywhere and I really didn’t want to fall there. [2]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CV0GzOEthqv/

[2] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/interviews/janja-garnbret-the-first-female-8c-onsight-interview.html

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Broke an important hold

Janja actually climbed it twice in the same day as she wasn't happy with the footage of the first go.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/reel/C64WOKzs9kc/

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/C9hqgS_ihJa/

An hour or so working the moves in the first session, then second try on her second session. [1]

References

[1] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,10607.msg682629.html#msg682629

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/CyT0Mr9MNp4/=

All the big 5 in a day.

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVgCdN24xD8

All the big 5 in a day.

All the big 5 in a day.

All the big 5 in a day.

All the big 5 in a day.

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