Janja Garnbret

Profile Overview

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 female Olympic gold medalist in climbing, and defended her title in 2024. With two gold medals, she is the most successful Slovenian athlete at the Summer Olympics. She is also the first female climber to onsight an 8c (5.14b) graded sport climbing route.
Garnbret won her first international title at the 2014 World Youth B Championships in lead. In July 2015, after turning 16, she entered the senior category of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in lead climbing. In 2016, aged 17, Garnbret won the World Cup seasonal titles in lead and combined, World Championships in lead climbing, and World Youth A Championships in both lead climbing and bouldering. From 2016 to 2018, she was awarded the seasonal title in both lead climbing and combined disciplines. In both 2018 and 2019, she won the World Championships in bouldering and combined and also reclaimed the lead title in 2019. The same year, Garnbret became the first athlete to win all bouldering World Cup events in a season.
As of September 2026, Garnbret has won the most IFSC gold medals of any competitive climber in history. In the lead discipline of the World Climbing Series, she has missed the podium only on four occasions, winning 33 times. In addition, she has also won 18 events in bouldering for a total of 51 victories in the World Climbing Series.