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Janja Garnbret first competed in the Climbing World Cup in 2015 in lead discipline at Chamonix, France where she won a silver medal. [1] In 2016, she started competing in bouldering and then won her first gold medal in the World Cup in Chamonix lead event. In 2018, she started competing in speed. In 2019, she became the first person to clean sweep a bouldering season, winning six out of six events. [2]
In lead, she missed finals twice in 2019 Chamonix and 2019 Kranj. She missed the podium four times in 2016 Imst, 2019 Chamonix, 2019 Kranj, and 2019 Xiamen.
In bouldering, she missed finals once in 2017 Vail. She missed the podium three times in 2016 Meiringen, 2017 Meiringen, and 2017 Vail.
In speed, she has advanced into finals twice in Salt Lake City and Villars, both in 2021.
Year | Date | Location | Rank | Discipline |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | July 10 | Chamonix, France | 2nd | Lead |
July 31 | Imst, Austria | 2nd | Lead | |
November 14 | Kranj, Slovenia | 3rd | Lead | |
2016 | April 15 | Meiringen, Switzerland | 5 | Boulder |
May 20 | Innsbruck, Austria | 2nd | Boulder | |
July 11 | Chamonix, France | 1st | Lead | |
July 15 | Villars, Switzerland | 1st | Lead | |
July 22 | Briançon, France | 1st | Lead | |
August 19 | Imst, Austria | 5 | Lead | |
August 26 | Arco, Italy | 3rd | Lead | |
October 22 | Xiamen, China | 1st | Lead | |
November 26 | Kranj, Slovenia | 3rd | Lead | |
2017 | April 7 | Meiringen, Switzerland | 6 | Boulder |
April 22 | Chongqing, China | 1st | Boulder | |
April 29 | Nanjing, China | 2nd | Boulder | |
May 6 | Hachioji, Japan | 1st | Boulder | |
June 9 | Vail, United States | 7 | Boulder | |
July 7 | Villars, Switzerland | 1st | Lead | |
July 12 | Chamonix, France | 1st | Lead | |
July 28 | Briançon, France | 1st | Lead | |
August 18 | Munich, Germany | 1st | Boulder | |
August 25 | Arco, Italy | 3rd | Lead | |
September 23 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 1st | Lead | |
October 7 | Wujiang, China | 1st | Lead | |
October 14 | Xiamen, China | 3rd | Lead | |
November 11 | Kranj, Slovenia | 1st | Lead | |
2018 | April 13 | Meiringen, Switzerland | 2nd | Boulder |
April 21 | Moscow, Russia | 1st | Boulder | |
July 6 | Villars, Switzerland | 36 | Speed | |
1st | Lead | |||
July 11 | Chamonix, France | 2nd | Lead | |
July 20 | Briançon, France | 1st | Lead | |
July 27 | Arco, Italy | 1st | Lead | |
August 17 | Munich, Germany | 1st | Boulder | |
September 29 | Kranj, Slovenia | 2nd | Lead | |
October 20 | Wujiang, China | 24 | Speed | |
1st | Lead | |||
October 27 | Xiamen, China | 32 | Speed | |
2nd | Lead | |||
2019 | April 5 | Meiringen, Switzerland | 1st | Boulder |
April 12 | Moscow, Russia | 40 | Speed | |
1st | Boulder | |||
April 26 | Chongqing, China | 27 | Speed | |
1st | Boulder | |||
May 3 | Wujiang, China | 51 | Speed | |
1st | Boulder | |||
May 18 | Munich, Germany | 1st | Boulder | |
June 8 | Vail, United States | 1st | Boulder | |
July 3 | Villars, Switzerland | 27 | Speed | |
1st | Lead | |||
July 10 | Chamonix, France | 30 | Speed | |
9 | Lead | |||
July 18 | Briançon, France | 2nd | Lead | |
September 29 | Kranj, Slovenia | 13 | Lead | |
October 20 | Xiamen, China | 4 | Lead | |
October 27 | Inzai, Japan | 2nd | Lead | |
2020 | August 22 | Briançon, France | 2nd | Lead |
2021 | April 17 | Meiringen, Switzerland | 1st | Boulder |
May 30 | Salt Lake City, United States | 15 | Speed | |
2nd | Boulder | |||
June 23 | Innsbruck, Austria | 1st | Lead | |
1st | Boulder | |||
July 3 | Villars, Switzerland | 13 | Speed | |
1st | Lead | |||
September 4 | Kranj, Slovenia | 1st | Lead | |
2022 | April 9 | Meiringen, Switzerland | 1st | Boulder |
June 26 | Innsbruck, Austria | 1st | Lead | |
July 2 | Villars, Switzerland | 1st | Lead | |
July 10 | Chamonix, France | 1st | Lead | |
July 23 | Briançon, France | 1st | Lead | |
September 3 | Koper, Slovenia | 2nd | Lead | |
September 11 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 2nd | Lead | |
September 26 | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1st | Lead | |
2023 | June 3 | Prague, Czech Republic | 2nd | Boulder |
June 15 | Innsbruck, Austria | 1st | Boulder | |
June 18 | Innsbruck, Austria | 1st | Lead | |
July 1 | Villars, Switzerland | 1st | Lead | |
September 8 | Koper, Slovenia | 1st | Lead | |
2024 | April 9 | Keqiao, China | 1st | Boulder |
April 13 | Wujiang, China | 1st | Lead | |
June 29 | Innsbruck, Austria | 1st | Lead | |
June 29 | Innsbruck, Austria | 1st | Boulder | |
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