Muffy Davis
Muffy Davis competed in Paralympic alpine skiing and para cycling, winning a total of seven Paralympic medals, three of which are gold medals.
Sport climbing is a fast-growing Olympic and Paralympic sport that modernizes traditional rock climbing while showcasing the incredible athleticism and specialized skills of the world’s best climbers on the global stage.
Olympic sport climbing features three distinct climbing disciplines—bouldering, lead climbing, and speed climbing—each performed on artificial walls equipped with fixed anchors for safety and precision.
Sport climbing first appeared in the Summer Olympic program at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games. It became an official Olympic sport at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games, debuting as a sport that combined 3 Olympic climbing disciplines into one event.
Climbers tackle 4.5-meter-high walls without using ropes, solving multiple “problems” in the fewest attempts within a time limit.
Climbers, secured by ropes, ascend as high as possible on a tall wall in six minutes. Routes are revealed shortly before the competition.
Two climbers race up a 15-meter wall on a route that is identical at every competition around the world, aiming for the fastest time.
Sport climbing made its second Olympic appearance at the 2024 Paris Summer Games. Unlike the single combined event used in Tokyo, Paris introduced newly separated climbing events—speed climbing, and a combined bouldering and lead climbing competition—with gold medals awarded in each event.
Since most elite climbers specialize in one or two disciplines, this new format increased competitiveness on the global stage and allowed more athletes to compete for Olympic medals.
The 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics will introduce a new format for sport climbing, with speed climbing, lead climbing, and bouldering contested as separate medal events. For the first time, each climbing discipline will bring its own unique excitement, athletes, and competition to the Olympic stage.
A two-time Olympian, Brooke Raboutou was the first U.S. climber to qualify for the Olympics and became the first American woman to earn an Olympic medal (silver) in sport climbing in the women’s combined event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
As a two-time Olympian, Colin Duffy was the youngest climber to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics at just 17 years old and has since become a formidable competitor in the men’s Boulder & Lead Combined Olympics.
Coleman was the first American male to qualify for the Olympics. He won the first American men’s Olympic medal (silver) in the combined event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
A multiple-time IFSC World Cup champion in bouldering and key member of the U.S. Olympic team, Grossman is widely recognized as one of the best boulderers in the world.
Watson has broken the men’s speed climbing world record multiple times and is known for his lightning-fast ascents. He is a one-time Olympic medalist, earning a bronze medal in speed climbing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has officially announced that Para Climbing will debut at the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games (LA28), featuring eight medal events and a total of 80 competitors—40 men and 40 women.
Para Climbing competitions will be in the following categories: visually impaired, upper limb deficiency, lower limb deficiency, and range and power.
Muffy Davis competed in Paralympic alpine skiing and para cycling, winning a total of seven Paralympic medals, three of which are gold medals.