Anna Stöhr (born 25 April 1988 in

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) is a professional climber. She is a champion in bouldering

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. She won four Bouldering World Cups, in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and two

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, in 2007 and 2011. Notably, she dominated the 2013 Bouldering World Cup series, by winning seven events out of eight, losing one just by one attempt to Juliane Wurm.

Climbing career

Competition climbing

Stöhr started climbing with her parents when she was a child. In 2002, she started competing in the youth competition speed, competition lead, and competition bouldering disciplines. In 2002, she won the silver medal in speed Youth B at the

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. From 2002 to 2005, she competed in the IFSC European Youth Cup in lead, taking the third place in 2002, the second place in 2003, the fourth place in 2004 and the first place in 2005. In 2004, at age sixteen, she started to compete in the senior categories. In 2004 and 2005 she competed in both the lead and bouldering World Cup, and starting in 2006 she focused only on bouldering, where she achieved her greatest success. Her first podium came in 2005 in

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and her first victory in 2006 in

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. In 2007, she won her first World Championship title, in

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, and in 2008 her first Bouldering World Cup title. In 2011, Stohr won both the World Championship in

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, and the World Cup title. In 2012, she won her third World Cup Title and in 2013 her fourth title, winning seven events out of eight.

Rock climbing

In 2018, in Magic Wood in Switzerland, Stöhr achieved her highest

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on natural rock, with the ascent of ''New Base Line'' (V14/8B+). In 2010, she climbed ''The Riverbed'', , the second-ever female ascent of an boulder in history, after

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in August 2010.

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Climbing World Championships

Climbing European Championships

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Bouldering

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stohr, Anna Austrian rock climbers Living people 1988 births Austrian female climbers 20th-century Austrian women 21st-century Austrian women IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists Boulder climbers Austrian competition climbers