Strong British Female Sport Climbers

The best British female sport climbers.

This list aims to list any female British sport climber who has climbed 8a or harder. It attempts to be definitive in terms of the people included but does not attempt to enumerate every relevant ascent.

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134 entries on the list.

Climber Grade Climbs
1 Emma Twyford 9a Big Bang
2 Hazel Findlay 9a Esclatamàsters
3 Jo Neame 8c+ Progress
4 Lucy Mitchell 8c+ José Pine le Gardien Dans la Cave
5 Molly Thompson-Smith 8c La Fabelita, Rollito Sharma Extension, Roof Warrior, Intercooler, New Orleans Heavyweight Division, Father and Son
6 Jennifer Wood 8c Stay as You Are, Paklinski Waves, Adventure Time, The Pirate, Pixam
7 Mina Leslie-Wujastyk 8c Mecca Extension, Bat Route, Nordic Plumber, Raining Bats and Dogs
8 Rhoslyn Frugtniet 8c The Death Star, Mecca Extension, Bat Route, All Out
9 Prudence Morgan-Wood 8c Espacío Tiempo, Mind Control, T1 Full Equip
10 Maddy Cope 8c Bat Route, Mind Control
11 Anna Wild 8c True North, Bat Route
12 Zoë Peetermans 8c Pal Este
13 Katy Whittaker 8b+ China Crisis, Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis
14 Frances Bensley 8b+ Kale Borroka, Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis
15 Ella Russell 8b+ Cringer, Nordic Flower L1
16 Lucy Creamer 8b+ Kale Borroka
17 Karin Magog 8b+ Mundo Feliz
18 Holly Rees 8b+ Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis
19 Anna Soligo 8b+ Verbrecher
20 Gwyneth Uttley 8b+ Kale Borroka
21 Rachel Pearce 8b+ Troppo
22 Michaela Tracy 8b Love Amongst the Butterflies, Ramadán
23 Naomi Buys 8b Wicked Gravity, Stolen
24 Thea Cameron 8b Austrian Oak, Full Tilt
25 Charlotte Garden 8b Lightning, The Beer Will Taste Good
26 Ruth Jenkins 8b Zeke the Freak
27 Jenny Woodward 8b Predator
28 Lucinda Whittaker 8b Austrian Oak
29 Jules Littlefair 8b Predator
30 Natalie Berry 8b SatanX
31 Shauna Coxsey 8b El Koala R1
32 Wendy Coles 8b Eurofighter
33 Leah Crane 8b Revelations
34 Hannah Toward 8b Les Chacals
35 Hazel Dearlove 8b Love Amongst the Butterflies
36 Willow Petrobelli 8b Putas Clekas
37 Roxy Elgar 8b Watermark Extension
38 Alice Thompson 8b Stolen
39 Rosa Kellaway 8b Zeke the Freak
40 Silvia Fitzpatrick 8b Golpe de Calor
41 Jemma Powell 8b The Brute
42 Lisa Alhadeff 8b Predator
43 Tanya Meredith 8b Austrian Oak
44 Dalvinder Sodhi 8b Stolen
45 Flo Tilley 8a+ Bullet, La Montaña Mágica, Urgent Action
46 Zoe Wood 8a+ Romocop, Cazafantasma, Tirali Valent
47 Anna Gilyeat 8a+ G.B.H., Cross 'n Angry
48 Rae Cowie 8a+ Caviar, Boot Boys
49 Debbie Birch 8a+ In Brine
50 Ruth Smitton 8a+ Supercool
51 Cherry Bedford 8a+ Pet Cemetry
52 Mia Stacey 8a+ Flix Flax
53 Harriet Ridley 8a+ 100 Proof
54 Nicola Taylor 8a+ Supercool
55 Holly Murray 8a+ Flow
56 Molly Shep 8a+ Oh Saint Léger Fait Moi Monter au Relais
57 Emma Futcher 8a+ Wargames
58 Jessica Sakura Ward 8a+ Chimes of Freedom
59 Mhairi Thorburn 8a+ Las Clochas de Targa
60 Amanda Lyons 8a+ Moby Dick
61 Julie Pearson 8a+ Supercool
62 Katie Keeley 8a+ Turkish Airways
63 Ako Shillitoe 8a+ Supercool
64 Kate Gascoyne 8a+ Supercool
65 Helen Dudley 8a+ Path of Excess Power
66 Emma Ransome 8a Bon Vitage, Watermark, Defcon 3, The Bulge
67 Hannah Kerr 8a Ching, Sufferance, Doctor Feelgood, Rodillar
68 Alison Martindale 8a Raindogs, Elite Syncopations, Mediterraneo
69 Rachel Slater 8a Coliseum, Latido del Miedo, Bon Vitage
70 Emily Johnson 8a Pesadillo, El Salto del Tigre, Defcon 3
71 Lucy Ross 8a Sufferance, Stanton Stereotype, Salva Mea
72 Katherine Schirrmacher 8a Raindogs, Powerplant
73 Gill Peet 8a Toadal Recall, Soft Option
74 Natalie Tanzer 8a El Desafío, Me Cago en el Amor
75 Llinos Cassidy 8a Storm Warning Variation, Vennerne
76 Rebekah Drummond 8a Transilvania, Shimmy Sham
77 Emma Hommard 8a Sticky Wicket-The Ashes, The Bulge
78 Beth Davies 8a Minimal Techno, Ouijaboard
79 Connie Rawlins 8a Ching, La Cuca
80 Charlotte Warner 8a La Cuca, Pinza Time
81 Koon Morris 8a Ching, Axiom
82 Lis Espin 8a Just Call Me Helmet, Hang Ten
83 Rachel Farmer 8a Raindogs
84 Lucy Ellis 8a Raindogs
85 Kitty Wallace 8a Daniboy
86 Zoe Ogden 8a Raindogs
87 Harriet Hall 8a The Best Off
88 Emily Allen 8a Aberration
89 Sophie Whyte 8a El Salto del Tigre
90 Laura Smitton 8a Ouijaboard
91 Becca Lounds 8a Aberration
92 Ferdia Earle 8a The Invisible Girl
93 Kim Mountney 8a Le Lapin
94 Glenda Huxter 8a The Shining
95 Anna Moutney 8a Complete Control
96 Megan Willmott 8a The Sissy
97 Steph Ward 8a Dark Energy
98 Sophie Keltie 8a Reloaded
99 Jemima Churchhouse 8a Aberration
100 Hannah Williams 8a The Bulge
101 Molly Hymes 8a The Thumb
102 Anna Healy 8a The Medium
103 Katie Landon 8a Aberration
104 Nicky Brierly 8a Aberration
105 Nettie McLanaghan 8a Air Bahal
106 Kate Harrison 8a Mediterranean Dream
107 Charlie Low 8a Le Llamaban Moñas
108 Kirsty Crawshaw 8a Mediterraneo
109 Mimi White 8a Slimey Sex
110 Pippa Froggatt 8a Storm Warning Variation
111 Lily Keal 8a Storm Warning Variation
112 Nat Fenech 8a El Rompebragas
113 Heather Florence 8a Chryssalida
114 Sarah Pashley 8a La Tuerie d'Oriol
115 Airlie Anderson 8a Rêve du Papillon
116 Anne Arran 8a Cauchemar de l'Élephant
117 Lou Wilkinson 8a El Salto del Tigre
118 Alison Cowley 8a Johnnie Walker
119 Felicity Butler 8a Statement of Youth
120 Tessa Silvestre le Lyon 8a Sombre del Viento
121 Frances Taylor 8a Defcon 3
122 Emily Philips 8a La Cucina Dell'Inferno
123 Sarah Black 8a Vennerne
124 Claudie Dunn 8a Powerplant
125 Gwen Morgan 8a Vennerne
126 Charlotte Telfer 8a Le Lapin
127 Rebecca Kinghorn 8a Daniboy
128 Rose Merrett 8a El Guardià
129 Katy Piddock 8a Pren Nota
130 Vicki Hau 8a Gracias Fina
131 Rachel Morrison-Elliot 8a La Perdonavidas
132 Karen Whitehouse 8a Aberration
133 Fran Brown 8a Lobos
134 Jessica Mccaskey 8a Sufferance