Emma Hunt

Emma Hunt (born April 1, 2003) is an American competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing,^[1] and holds the American women's speed record with 6.301 seconds, set at the USA Climbing North American Cup in Salt Lake City in April 2024.^[2]

Emma Hunt

Hunt in 2019
Personal information
Nationality	United States
Born	(2003-04-01) April 1, 2003 (age 22) Woodstock, Georgia
Education	Kennesaw State University
Years active	2018–present
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Climbing career
Type of climber	Speed
Known for	United States women's speed record (6.30 sec)
Medal record Women's competition climbing Representing the  United States World Championships 2023 Bern Speed World Games 2022 Birmingham Women's speed Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Speed

Competition climbing career

Hunt finished second overall in speed at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup and has four World Cup podium finishes overall.^[3] She finished seventh at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships.^[4]

Hunt won her first senior event at the 2021 IFSC Pan-American Championships in Ibarra, Ecuador.^[1] She also won the gold medal in the women's speed event at the 2022 World Games in July 2022.^[5]

Hunt competed in speed climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[6] She won her heat against Manon Lebon of France in the elimination round of qualifications with a time of 6.38. Hunt ended up in fifth place after losing in the quarterfinals to Rajiah Sallsabillah of Indonesia.

Personal life

Hunt graduated a year early from high school and began attending Kennesaw State University in 2020.^[7]

Major results

Olympic Games

Discipline	2024
Speed	5

World championships

Discipline	2021	2023
Speed	7	2

World Cup

Discipline	2019	2021	2022	2023	2024
Speed	51	1	2	7	7

Pan American championships

Discipline	2020	2021
Bouldering	—	3
Speed	—	1
Combined	8	—

See also

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