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Janja Garnbret
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Key facts
- Nationality
- Slovenian
- Born
- ( 1999-03-12 ) 12 March 1999 (age 27) , Slovenj Gradec , Slovenia
- Occupation
- Professional rock climber
- Height
- 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
- Website
- janja-garnbret.com
- Type of climber
- Competition climbing Sport climbing bouldering
- Ape index
- +7 cm (2.8 in)
- Highest grade
- Redpoint : 9b+ (5.15c) Onsight/Flash : 8c (5.14b) Bouldering : V15 (8C)
- Known for
- First-ever female Olympic gold medalist in climbing Winning 10 IFSC World Championships Winning the most IFSC gold medals in history First-ever female to onsight 8c (5.14b)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Slovenia
- Place of birth
- Šmartno pri Slovenj Gradcu
- Languages spoken
- Slovene
- Sport
- rock climbing
- Country for sport
- Slovenia
- Official website
- www.janja-garnbret.com
- Image
- Svečana podelitev nagrad za osvojene olimpijske medalje v Parizu 2024 (Janja Garnbret cropped).jpg
- Height
- 164
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- date of birth
- 1999-03-12
- Commons category
- Janja Garnbret
- sports discipline competed in
- bouldering
- sponsor
- Red Bull GmbH
- name in native language
- Janja Garnbret
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Encyclopedic overview
Updated on 9 May 2026
Janja Garnbret (born 12 March 1999) is a Slovenian professional rock climber who specializes in sport climbing and competition climbing. She has won multiple competition lead climbing and competition bouldering events, two Olympic gold medals, and is widely regarded as the greatest competition climber of all time. In 2021, Garnbret became the first-ever female Olympic gold medalist in climbing, and successfully defended her title in 2024. With two gold medals, she is the most successful Slovenian athlete at the Summer Olympics. She is also the world's first-ever female climber to onsight an 8c (5.14b) graded sport climbing route.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Janja Garnbret” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.