The countdown is on: The European Climbing Championships will start in Munich in a week
From August 11th to 18th, 2022 the European Championships in Climbing will take place. The individual disciplines Speed, Bouldering and Lead will be held on the Königsplatz in Munich, as well as the new combination format Boulder & Lead, which will also be climbed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. These climbers from Switzerland, Germany and Austria are there.
From August 11th to 21st, the really big sport returns to Munich: nine different sports will be held at the European Championships Munich. This makes them the largest sporting event in the Bavarian capital since the 1972 Summer Olympics.
And there is climbing too. From August 11th to 18th, 286 athletes from 26 nations will compete in the individual disciplines speed, bouldering and lead as well as in the new combination format of the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris Boulder & Lead. We have compiled the nominees from the climbing associations in Switzerland, Germany and Austria for you.
youngsters and veterans
Liv Egli can certainly be considered one of the big hopes for young talent at the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC). At the European Youth Cup in Ostermundigen and in Imst she twice climbed to the top of the lead podium. And they were also able to be crowned winners at the Junior European Championships in Augsburg. On her debut at the Lead World Cup in Villars, she sensationally made it into the women’s semi-finals.
With Petra Klingler, an experienced athlete with a lot of experience in international competitions is at the start in the bouldering discipline. One of her career highlights is certainly the bouldering world champion in 2016. In 2017 she secured a strong third place at the European Climbing Championships in Munich.
Andrea Kümin competes in the Bavarian capital in the disciplines bouldering, lead and in the combination format bouldering & lead. The 24-year-old drew attention to herself at the season opener in Meiringen this year when she reached a World Cup final for the first time in her career and finished a sensational third behind Olympic champion Janja Garnbret and world champion Natalia Grossman.
For Sascha Lehmann, the competition season was not published quite as desired. After narrowly missing out on the finals in tenth place at the World Cup in Innsbruck, the 2020 lead European champion started in Villars with high expectations. In the end he had to settle for 19th place. He proved that he should not be underestimated at the World Games in Birmingham, where he secured the gold medal in lead climbing.
Nominations from the Swiss Alpine Club
- Andrea Kümin (F, M, station wagon F/L)
- Petra Klinger (B)
- Sofia Yokoyama (B)
- Liv Egli (L)
- Sascha Lehmann (B, L, station wagon B/L)
- Dimitri Vogt (L)
- Nils Favre (B)
- Julien Clemence (B)
- Nino Grünenfelder (L)
Competition-experienced DAV team
Yannick Flohé is considered by men to be perhaps the greatest German hope: In Brixen (ITA) he won the Boulder World Cup – he is currently fourth in the overall standings. He is the third DAV athlete to win in this discipline. Most recently, Jan Hojer succeeded in Munich in 2017. Flohé is also strong in the lead: He consistently climbed to the finals of every World Cup this year. His record: a seventh place, a fifth place and four times twice.
In addition to Yannick Flohé, Alexander Megos, ninth at the Olympics, will also be at the start in Munich. Megos recently won a bronze medal at the Lead World Cup in Briançon. In Innsbruck, the rock climbing legend reached 8th place.
Hannah Meul stands out among the women this season. They showed strong performances and won the silver medal at the World Cups in Brixen (ITA) and Innsbruck (AUT) in 2022! A World Cup podium has not been achieved by a woman for seven years since Jule Wurm. In Munich she will try to bring this performance to the boulder. She is also successful in the lead: With a 9th and 10th place she just missed the finals in Briançon and Innsbruck.
For Alma Bestvater, the year 2022 has not yet released as planned. An injury threw one of the official faces of the European Championships back for a long time. It is now celebrating its comeback at the European Championships! Bestvater has been part of the national squad since 2015 and won her first German championship in bouldering in 2018. In the 2020 season, she came fifth at the European Championships in her specialty bouldering.
Nominations from the German Alpine Club
- Alexander Megos (F, L, Combi F/L)
- Yannick Flohé (F, L, station wagon F/L)
- Philipp Martin (F, M, station wagon F/L)
- Max Kleesattel (B)
- Christoph Schwaiger (B)
- Hannah Meul (F, M, Combi F/M)
- Roxana Wienand (B)
- Afra Honey (B)
- Alma Bestfather (B)
- Leonie Lochner (B)
- Kathe Atkins (L)
- Philip Martin (L)
- Sebastian Halenke (L)
- Nuria Brockfeld (S)
- Julia Koch (S)
- Franziska Ritter (S)
- Anna Apel (S)
- Linus Bader (S)
- Leander Carmanns (S)
- Sebastian gap (S)
- Dorian Zedler (S)
Stronger appearance in Arco
With Jakob Schubert, Austria Climbing is sending an athlete who has impressively proven with his double gold at the Rock Master in Arco that he can be counted on both in the bouldering discipline and in the lead. The 31-year-old wasn’t quite able to fight for the podium places in the current World Cup season, but showed a solid performance in front of the home crowd in Innsbruck with the 5th place.
Team colleague Nikolai Uznik started the season opener in Meiringen with 11th place. At the Bouldering World Cup in Salt Lake City, just like recently at the World Games in Birmingham, he just missed the podium with fourth place.
With Jessica Pilz, an athlete has been nominated for the European Championships, who has already shown her form several times in the current season. She finished fourth at the Bouldering World Cup in Salt Lake City and returned home from the World Games in Birmingham with a gold medal from the lead competition. And at the prestigious Rock Masters, she was the big winner for women with gold in lead and bronze in bouldering.
Nominations of the Austrian Climbing Association
- Jessica Pilz (F, L, station wagon F/L)
- Franziska Sterrer (B)
- Johanna Farber (B)
- Eva Hammelmüller (B, L, station wagon B/L)
- Sandra Lettner (F, L, station wagon F/L)
- Mallea Potzi (L)
- Julia Fiser (L)
- Jakob Schubert (F, M, station wagon B/L)
- Nicolai Uznik (F, M, station wagon F/L)
- Jan Luca Posch (B)
- Siefan Joke (L)
- Mathias Posch (L)
- George Parma (L)
- Laura Stoeckler (S)
- Tobias Plangger (S)
- Luke Knapp (S)
- Lawrence Bogeschdorfer (S)
Program of the European Climbing Championships in Munich
August 11, 2022 | 10.00 a.m | Lead qualification women |
11.00 a.m | Bouldering qualification men | |
August 12, 2022 | 10.00 a.m | Lead qualification men |
11.00 a.m | Bouldering qualification women | |
August 13, 2022 | 09.00 a.m | Lead Semifinals Women |
12.00 p.m | Bouldering semifinals men | |
4 p.m | Lead final women | |
5.30 p.m | Bouldering final men | |
August 14, 2022 | 09.00 a.m | Bouldering semifinals women |
12.00 p.m | Lead Semifinal Men | |
4 p.m | Bouldering Finals Women | |
6.45 p.m | Lead final men | |
August 15, 2022 | 1.30 p.m | Speed qualification women |
2:15 p.m | Speed qualification men | |
3.30 p.m | Speed final women and men | |
August 17, 2022 | 3 p.m | Bouldering & Lead Finals Women |
August 18, 2022 | 3 p.m | Bouldering & Lead Final Men |
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