Anna Stöhr

Anna Stöhr (born 25 April 1988 in Reith im Alpbachtal, Austria) is a professional climber. She is a champion in bouldering climbing competitions. She won four Bouldering World Cups, in 2008,^[1] 2011,^[2] 2012^[3] and 2013^[4] and two World Championships, in 2007^[5] and 2011.^[6] 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.

Anna Stöhr

Stöhr competing in the bouldering Worldcup 2012 in Munich
Personal information
Born	(1988-04-25) 25 April 1988 (age 36) Reith im Alpbachtal, Austria
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Climbing career
Type of climber	Boulderer
Highest grade	Bouldering: 8B+ (V14)
Known for	Winning 4 World Cups and 2 World Championships
Medal record Women's competition climbing Representing  Austria World Championships 2007 Avilés Bouldering 2011 Arco Bouldering 2009 Xining Bouldering 2012 Paris Bouldering World Cup 2006 Bouldering Winner 2008 Bouldering 2009 Bouldering 2010 Bouldering Winner 2011 Bouldering Winner 2012 Bouldering Winner 2013 Bouldering 2014 Bouldering European Championships 2010 Bouldering 2013 Bouldering 2004 Bouldering 2008 Bouldering 2015 Bouldering Rock Master 2006 Bouldering 2007 Bouldering 2010 Bouldering
Updated on 31 July 2017

Climbing career

Competition climbing

Stöhr started climbing with her parents when she was a child.^[7]

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 IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships in Canteleu, France.^[8] From 2002 to 2005, she competed in the IFSC European Youth Cup in lead, taking the third place in 2002,^[9] the second place in 2003,^[10] the fourth place in 2004^[11] and the first place in 2005.^[12]

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 Moscow and her first victory in 2006 in Grindelwald. In 2007, she won her first World Championship title, in Avilés, Spain,^[13] and in 2008 her first Bouldering World Cup title.^[14]

In 2011, Stohr won both the World Championship in Arco, Italia,^[15] and the World Cup title.^[16] In 2012, she won her third World Cup Title^[17] and in 2013 her fourth title, winning seven events out of eight.^[4]

Rock climbing

In 2018, in Magic Wood in Switzerland, Stöhr achieved her highest grade on natural rock, with the ascent of New Base Line (V14/8B+).^[18] In 2010, she climbed The Riverbed, 8B (V13), the second-ever female ascent of an 8B (V13) boulder in history, after Angie Payne in August 2010.^[19][20]

Rankings

See also: Best IFSC results

Climbing World Cup

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Lead	18	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bouldering	22	5	3	20	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	8	12	15
Combined	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45

^[21]

Climbing World Championships

	2005	2007	2009	2011	2012	2014	2016
Lead	-	-	-	29	-	-	-
Bouldering	5	1	3	1	3	-	5
Speed	-	-	-	42	-	-	-

^[22]

Climbing European Championships

	2004	2008	2010	2013	2015
Bouldering	2	2	1	1	2

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Anna Stöhr on the podium while raising her third Bouldering World Cup

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Bouldering

Season	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2005		1	1	2
2006	1	1	1	3
2007		1		1
2008	4		1	5
2009	1		2	3
2010	2	2		4
2011	3	3	1	7
2012	2	2	1	5
2013	7	1		8
2014	1	2	2	5
2015	1			1
2016			1	1
Total	22	13	10	45

^[22]

See also

• List of grade milestones in rock climbing
• History of rock climbing
• Rankings of most career IFSC gold medals