Jessica Pilz (born 22 November 1996) is an Austrian professional

rock climber Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and ...

. She started competing in 2010, both in lead climbing and bouldering. From 2011 to 2015, she won six international youth competitions in lead climbing. In 2014, she also won both the European Youth Cup and Youth Championships in bouldering. In 2017 she won the Winter Military World Games both in lead climbing and bouldering. In 2018, she won the Lead Climbing World Championships in

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

, by climbing the route a few seconds faster than the former World Champion,

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. She rarely climbs outdoor, but she does it with gratifying results. In January 2016, during a short trip to Oliana (Spain), she was able to redpoint two routes. In 2019 Pilz placed 10th in the Combined World Championships, qualifying her for the

2020 Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

, where she finished 7th.https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sport-climbing/athlete-profile-n1334489-pilz-jessica.htm

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Climbing World Championships

Youth Adult

Climbing European Championships

Youth Adult

Sport climbing at the Winter Military World Games

European Youth Cup

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Lead

Bouldering

Gallery

Image:Podium in sport climbing, lead, 3rd CISM WInter Military World Games.jpg, Pilz receiving gold medal in lead climbing at the 2017 Winter

Military World Games The Military World Games is a multi-sport event for military sportspeople, organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). They have been held since 1995, although championships for separate sports had been held for some years. A w ...

Image:JessicaPilz-2.JPG, Pilz competing at the

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

in Chamonix, 2013 Image:Jessica Pilz in Sochi.jpg, Pilz competing at the Winter

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, 2017 Image:Jessica Pilz AUT 2061.jpg, Pilz competing at the

Bouldering World Cup The IFSC Climbing World Cup is a series of climbing competitions held annually and organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The athletes compete in three disciplines: lead, bouldering and speed. The number of competit ...

in Munich, 2017

References

External links

Profile on Adidas-Rockstars.com
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pilz, Jessica Female climbers Living people 1996 births Austrian rock climbers Competitors at the 2017 World Games Sport climbers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Austrian women 21st-century Austrian women World Games gold medalists Competitors at the 2022 World Games