| From | Slovenia 🇸🇮 |
| Date of birth | 12th Mar 1999 |
| Age | 27 years old |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 164 cm |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Boulder (Worked) | 8C |
| Hardest Boulder (Flash) | 8A+ |
| Hardest Sport (Worked) | 9b+ |
| Hardest Sport (Onsight) | 8c |
| Hardest Sport (Flash) | 8c+ |
| Olympics | |
| 🥇 | 2 |
| Appearances | 2 |
| World Cups | |
| 🥇 | 50 |
| 🥈 | 17 |
| 🥉 | 5 |
| Appearances | 75 |
Janja Garnbret is widely considered one of the most successful competition climbers of all time. She won the first Olympic gold medal in climbing at the Tokyo 2020 Games, a feat she then repeated at Paris 2024. Throughout her competition career she has been remarkably dominant and consistent. As of 2026, she has competed in 75 World Cup events and placed on the podium 72 times (96% of appearances). This includes 50 gold medals (66% of appearances).
While primarily focused on competitions, her achievements on rock are also highly impressive. She has made quick ascents of hard Swiss boulder testpieces, flashed 8c+, and redpointed 9b+ with her ascent of Bibliographie in June 2026, making her the second woman to have climbed this grade (after Brooke Raboutou).
[1] A profile of Janja from Reel Rock (YouTube) /library/external/youtube/Yu_W2hT-HDY
[2] Winning the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo 2020 (Instagram) /library/external/instagram/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] (YouTube) /library/external/youtube/JmlSSD7jDSI
[5] Interview with John Bergman for climbing.com, August 2024 /library/external/climbing/people/janja-garnbret-post-olympic-2024-interview
[6] Video with Magnus Midtbø (YouTube), July 2025 /library/external/youtube/-EsdeUBBVNM
| From | Slovenia 🇸🇮 |
| Date of birth | 12th Mar 1999 |
| Age | 27 years old |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 164 cm |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Boulder (Worked) | 8C |
| Hardest Boulder (Flash) | 8A+ |
| Hardest Sport (Worked) | 9b+ |
| Hardest Sport (Onsight) | 8c |
| Hardest Sport (Flash) | 8c+ |
| Olympics | |
| 🥇 | 2 |
| Appearances | 2 |
| World Cups | |
| 🥇 | 50 |
| 🥈 | 17 |
| 🥉 | 5 |
| Appearances | 75 |
Janja Garnbret is widely considered one of the most successful competition climbers of all time. She won the first Olympic gold medal in climbing at the Tokyo 2020 Games, a feat she then repeated at Paris 2024. Throughout her competition career she has been remarkably dominant and consistent. As of 2026, she has competed in 75 World Cup events and placed on the podium 72 times (96% of appearances). This includes 50 gold medals (66% of appearances).
While primarily focused on competitions, her achievements on rock are also highly impressive. She has made quick ascents of hard Swiss boulder testpieces, flashed 8c+, and redpointed 9b+ with her ascent of Bibliographie in June 2026, making her the second woman to have climbed this grade (after Brooke Raboutou).
[1] A profile of Janja from Reel Rock (YouTube) /library/external/youtube/Yu_W2hT-HDY
[2] Winning the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo 2020 (Instagram) /library/external/instagram/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] (YouTube) /library/external/youtube/JmlSSD7jDSI
[5] Interview with John Bergman for climbing.com, August 2024 /library/external/climbing/people/janja-garnbret-post-olympic-2024-interview
[6] Video with Magnus Midtbø (YouTube), July 2025 /library/external/youtube/-EsdeUBBVNM