26 December 2021

Draft Climber of 2021

Here is a preliminary list - Climber of 2021. Please forward your thoughts.

1. Janja Garnbret SLO
2. Jakob Schubert AUT
3. Natalia Grossman USA
4. Adam Ondra CZE
5. Alex Megos GER
6. Laura Rogora ITA
7. Alberto Gines Lopez ESP
8. Brooke Raboutou USA
9. Sean Bailey USA
10. Stefano Ghisolfi ITA

11. Martina Demmel GER
12. Daniel Woods USA: Highest-ranked non-competition climber
13. Oriane Bertone FRA
14. Jorge Diaz-Rullo ESP
15. Alexsey Rubtsov RUS
16. Tomoa Narasaki JPN
17. Stasa Gejo SRB
18. Colin Duffy USA
19. Miho Nonaka JPN
20. Seo Chaehyun KOR
21. Nathaniel Coleman USA
22. Matt Fultz USA
23. Jessica Pilz AUT
24. Martin Stranik CZE
25. Katie Lamb USA
26. Alex Garriga ESP
27. Vita Lukan SLO
28. William Bosi GBR
29. Akiyo Noguchi JPN
30. Jonathan Siegrist USA, Kokoro Fujii JPN, Solveig Korherr GER, Camilla Moroni ITA, Jan Hojer GER, Julia Chanourdie FRA, Seb Bouin FRA, James Webb USA, Barbara Zangerl AUT, , Moritz Welt GER, Drew Ruana USA, Alex Puccio USA, Isabelle Faus USA, Karoline Sinnhuber AUT, Dani Andrada, Anak Verhoven BEL, Jernej Kruder SLO, Ryuichi Murai JPN
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