Hannah Meul

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Hannah Meul
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Meul at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (2001-04-03) April 3, 2001 (age 22)
Frechen
Education Cologne University of Applied Sciences (2020–)
OccupationStudent
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
World Cup 030
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Munich Bouldering
Updated on 2023-04-26.

Hannah Meul (born April 3, 2001, in Frechen) is a German rock climber who specialises in competition bouldering and bouldering. She won the silver medal in bouldering at the 2022 IFSC Climbing European Championships and has placed second three times on the IFSC Climbing World Cup circuit.

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Career

Meul began climbing at age seven and entered her first competition at age 10. [1] In the 2015 season, she made her international debut, taking part in the European Youth Cup, European Youth Championships and IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships. [2] At her first IFSC Climbing World Cup at Meiringen in 2017, she advanced to the semifinal and placed 12th. [3] She was also the German lead champion that year. [4]

She placed fourth in lead at the 2020 European Championships in Moscow, and placed fifth in combined at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships, also in Moscow. [2]

During the 2022 season, Meul qualified for her first World Cup final, topping all the final boulders in Brixen and finishing second to Natalia Grossman on attempts. She repeated her second-place finish at the Innsbruck Bouldering World Cup, again finishing behind Grossman. [3] Meul then won the bouldering silver medal at the 2022 IFSC Climbing European Championships in Munich. [5] She also made her first lead World Cup final in 2022, finishing fourth in Jakarta. [6]

Meul began the 2023 season with a silver medal at the Bouldering World Cup in Hachioji, finishing behind Brooke Raboutou. On the podium, she paid tribute to her Germany teammate Christoph Schweiger, who had recently been killed in a traffic incident, by displaying his IFSC competitor badge. [7]

Personal

In 2020, she enrolled at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences. She has climbed boulders outdoors at Fontainebleau. [8]

Achievements

IFSC Climbing World Championships

Discipline 2021
Moscow
Lead22
Bouldering23
Speed33
Combined5

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Season rankings

Discipline 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022
Lead---2914
Bouldering364237255

Podiums

Bouldering
SeasonFirstSecondThirdTotal
20220202
20230101
Total0303

IFSC European Climbing Championships

Discipline Moscow 2020 Munich 2022
Lead47
Bouldering132
Speed18-
Combined74

Junior Olympics

Notable ascents

Bouldering

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References

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  6. Groom, Matt (27 September 2022). "IFSC Lead and Speed World Cup Jakarta: Report". UKC. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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