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[[File:Shauna Coxsey GBR 2017-08-19 2220.jpg|thumb|left|Coxsey climbing at the Boulder World Cup finals in August 2017]]
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Coxsey is mainly active in [[competition climbing]] and has participated in several international competitions in [[bouldering]]. She has won the British Bouldering Championships on multiple occasions.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/au-en/athlete/shauna-coxsey-profile-red-bull|title=Shauna Coxsey|website=Red Bull|language=en|access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref> In 2012, she won the 9th edition of the [[Melloblocco]] and placed 2nd in the World Cup stages in [[Log-Dragomer]] and [[Innsbruck]].<ref name="IFSC profile" /> She finished third in the 2012 Bouldering World Cup.<ref name="auto2"/> In 2013, she cleanly ascended her first problem [[Grade (bouldering)|graded]] {{Boulder grade|8B (V13)}} when she climbed ''Nuthin' But Sunshine'' in [[Rocky Mountain National Park]].<ref name="sunshine" /> In November, she was appointed one of the UK's first [[British Mountaineering Council]] Ambassadors.<ref name="bmcambassador" /> In 2014, she placed second overall in the [[IFSC Climbing World Cup|IFSC Bouldering World Cup]],<ref name="ifscwc2014" /> and fourth at the [[IFSC World Championships|Bouldering World Championships]] in Munich.<ref name="IFSCwch" /> The same year, she became the third woman ever to boulder {{Boulder grade|8B+}} when she topped ''New Baseline'' in Magic Wood near the Swiss town of [[Chur]].<ref name="newbaseline" /> In 2015, she won the British Bouldering Championships in [[Sheffield]] and took first place at the Bouldering World Cup in [[Munich]].<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810093118/https://www.thebmc.co.uk/landman-and-coxsey-crowned-new-british-bouldering-champs | url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/landman-and-coxsey-crowned-new-british-bouldering-champs | title=Landman and Coxsey crowned new British bouldering champions | archive-date=Aug 8, 2019 | publisher=The British Mountaineering Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810092735/https://www.thebmc.co.uk/media/files/Comps/bbc15.pdf|url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/media/files/Comps/bbc15.pdf|title=BMC British Bouldering Championships - results|publisher=The British Mountaineering Council|archive-date=Aug 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://onbouldering.com/2015-munich-bouldering-world-cup-results/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810093735/https://onbouldering.com/2015-munich-bouldering-world-cup-results/| title=2015 Munich Bouldering World Cup – Results | publisher=OnBouldering.com | archive-date=Aug 10, 2019}}</ref>
Coxsey is mainly active in [[competition climbing]] and has participated in several international competitions in [[bouldering]]. She has won the [[British Bouldering Championships]] on multiple occasions.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/au-en/athlete/shauna-coxsey-profile-red-bull|title=Shauna Coxsey|website=Red Bull|language=en|access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref> In 2012, she won the 9th edition of the [[Melloblocco]] and placed 2nd in the World Cup stages in [[Log-Dragomer]] and [[Innsbruck]].<ref name="IFSC profile" /> She finished third in the 2012 Bouldering World Cup.<ref name="auto2"/> In 2013, she cleanly ascended her first problem [[Grade (bouldering)|graded]] {{Boulder grade|8B (V13)}} when she climbed ''Nuthin' But Sunshine'' in [[Rocky Mountain National Park]].<ref name="sunshine" /> In November, she was appointed one of the UK's first [[British Mountaineering Council]] Ambassadors.<ref name="bmcambassador" /> In 2014, she placed second overall in the [[IFSC Climbing World Cup|IFSC Bouldering World Cup]],<ref name="ifscwc2014" /> and fourth at the [[IFSC World Championships|Bouldering World Championships]] in Munich.<ref name="IFSCwch" /> The same year, she became the third woman ever to boulder {{Boulder grade|8B+}} when she topped ''New Baseline'' in Magic Wood near the Swiss town of [[Chur]].<ref name="newbaseline" /> In 2015, she won the British Bouldering Championships in [[Sheffield]] and took first place at the Bouldering World Cup in [[Munich]].<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810093118/https://www.thebmc.co.uk/landman-and-coxsey-crowned-new-british-bouldering-champs | url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/landman-and-coxsey-crowned-new-british-bouldering-champs | title=Landman and Coxsey crowned new British bouldering champions | archive-date=Aug 8, 2019 | publisher=The British Mountaineering Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810092735/https://www.thebmc.co.uk/media/files/Comps/bbc15.pdf|url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/media/files/Comps/bbc15.pdf|title=BMC British Bouldering Championships - results|publisher=The British Mountaineering Council|archive-date=Aug 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://onbouldering.com/2015-munich-bouldering-world-cup-results/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810093735/https://onbouldering.com/2015-munich-bouldering-world-cup-results/| title=2015 Munich Bouldering World Cup – Results | publisher=OnBouldering.com | archive-date=Aug 10, 2019}}</ref>


Coxsey was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] in the [[2016 Birthday Honours]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61608|supp=y|page=B17|date=11 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=The Queen's Birthday Honours 2016|date=10 June 2016|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-queens-birthday-honours-2016|publisher=[[Cabinet Office]]|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> In late 2016, she suffered a shoulder injury which prevented her from competing in that year's Bouldering World Championships,<ref name="IFSC profile" /> despite topping the overall rankings in the Bouldering World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.verticalgear.co.uk/ondra-retains-crown-at-2016-paris-world-championships/|work=Vertical Gear|title=Ondra Retains Crown at 2016 Paris World Championships|first=Steven|last=McCracken|date=26 September 2016}}</ref> She won four IFSC Climbing World Cups in Meiringen (SUI), Kazo (JPN), Innsbruck (AUT) and Sheffield (UK). At the World Cup in Munich (GER) she placed second.<ref name="auto2"/> In 2017, she again won four Bouldering World Cup stages,<ref name="IFSC profile" /> in Meiringen (SUI), Kazo (JPN), Mumbai (IND) and Vail (USA). In Munich (GER) she again placed second and secured the overall 2017 title.<ref name="IFSC Worldcups" /><ref name="auto2"/> In August 2019, she won two bronze medals at the [[2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships]] in [[Hachioji]], in bouldering and the combined event. During the finals of the combined event, she set a British women's [[speed climbing]] record of 9.141 seconds, securing second place in the speed component of the combined ranking by winning races against [[Futaba Ito]] and [[Miho Nonaka]] before losing to [[Aleksandra Miroslaw]]. Additionally, by reaching the finals of the combined event, she secured a qualification spot for Tokyo's [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/shauna-coxsey-bronze-combined-event-ifsc-world-championships|title=Dream week for Shauna Coxsey: two bronze medals and Olympic quota place|publisher=The British Mountaineering Council|date=20 August 2019}}</ref>
Coxsey was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] in the [[2016 Birthday Honours]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61608|supp=y|page=B17|date=11 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=The Queen's Birthday Honours 2016|date=10 June 2016|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-queens-birthday-honours-2016|publisher=[[Cabinet Office]]|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> In late 2016, she suffered a shoulder injury which prevented her from competing in that year's Bouldering World Championships,<ref name="IFSC profile" /> despite topping the overall rankings in the Bouldering World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.verticalgear.co.uk/ondra-retains-crown-at-2016-paris-world-championships/|work=Vertical Gear|title=Ondra Retains Crown at 2016 Paris World Championships|first=Steven|last=McCracken|date=26 September 2016}}</ref> She won four IFSC Climbing World Cups in Meiringen (SUI), Kazo (JPN), Innsbruck (AUT) and Sheffield (UK). At the World Cup in Munich (GER) she placed second.<ref name="auto2"/> In 2017, she again won four Bouldering World Cup stages,<ref name="IFSC profile" /> in Meiringen (SUI), Kazo (JPN), Mumbai (IND) and Vail (USA). In Munich (GER) she again placed second and secured the overall 2017 title.<ref name="IFSC Worldcups" /><ref name="auto2"/> In August 2019, she won two bronze medals at the [[2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships]] in [[Hachioji]], in bouldering and the combined event. During the finals of the combined event, she set a British women's [[speed climbing]] record of 9.141 seconds, securing second place in the speed component of the combined ranking by winning races against [[Futaba Ito]] and [[Miho Nonaka]] before losing to [[Aleksandra Miroslaw]]. Additionally, by reaching the finals of the combined event, she secured a qualification spot for Tokyo's [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/shauna-coxsey-bronze-combined-event-ifsc-world-championships|title=Dream week for Shauna Coxsey: two bronze medals and Olympic quota place|publisher=The British Mountaineering Council|date=20 August 2019}}</ref>

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Shauna Coxsey
Coxsey in August 2017
Personal information
Born (1993-01-27) 27 January 1993 (age 31)
Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)[1]
Climbing career
Type of climberBouldering
Highest grade
Medal record
World Championships
Third place 2019 Combined
Third place 2019 Bouldering
World Cup
Third place 2017 Combined
Winner 2017 Bouldering
Winner 2016 Bouldering
Second place 2015 Bouldering
Second place 2014 Bouldering
Third place 2012 Bouldering
La Sportiva Legends Only
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bouldering
Silver medal – second place 2015 Bouldering
British Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bouldering
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bouldering
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bouldering
Gold medal – first place 2012 Lead
Gold medal – first place 2012 Bouldering
The CWIF
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bouldering
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bouldering
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bouldering
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bouldering
Gold medal – first place 2012 Bouldering
Updated on 13 August 2019

Shauna Coxsey MBE (born 27 January 1993) is an English professional rock climber.[2] She is the most successful competition climber in the UK, having won the IFSC Bouldering World Cup Season in both 2016 and 2017.[3][4]

Early life

Coxsey was born on 27 January 1993 in Runcorn, Cheshire. She began climbing in 1997 at age four, inspired by a television broadcast of Catherine Destivelle climbing in Mali.[5][6]

Career

Coxsey climbing at the Boulder World Cup finals in August 2017

Coxsey is mainly active in competition climbing and has participated in several international competitions in bouldering. She has won the British Bouldering Championships on multiple occasions.[7] In 2012, she won the 9th edition of the Melloblocco and placed 2nd in the World Cup stages in Log-Dragomer and Innsbruck.[8] She finished third in the 2012 Bouldering World Cup.[7] In 2013, she cleanly ascended her first problem graded 8B (V13)  when she climbed Nuthin' But Sunshine in Rocky Mountain National Park.[9] In November, she was appointed one of the UK's first British Mountaineering Council Ambassadors.[10] In 2014, she placed second overall in the IFSC Bouldering World Cup,[11] and fourth at the Bouldering World Championships in Munich.[12] The same year, she became the third woman ever to boulder 8B+ (V14) when she topped New Baseline in Magic Wood near the Swiss town of Chur.[13] In 2015, she won the British Bouldering Championships in Sheffield and took first place at the Bouldering World Cup in Munich.[7][14][15][16]

Coxsey was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Birthday Honours.[6][17][18] In late 2016, she suffered a shoulder injury which prevented her from competing in that year's Bouldering World Championships,[8] despite topping the overall rankings in the Bouldering World Cup.[19] She won four IFSC Climbing World Cups in Meiringen (SUI), Kazo (JPN), Innsbruck (AUT) and Sheffield (UK). At the World Cup in Munich (GER) she placed second.[7] In 2017, she again won four Bouldering World Cup stages,[8] in Meiringen (SUI), Kazo (JPN), Mumbai (IND) and Vail (USA). In Munich (GER) she again placed second and secured the overall 2017 title.[3][7] In August 2019, she won two bronze medals at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Hachioji, in bouldering and the combined event. During the finals of the combined event, she set a British women's speed climbing record of 9.141 seconds, securing second place in the speed component of the combined ranking by winning races against Futaba Ito and Miho Nonaka before losing to Aleksandra Miroslaw. Additionally, by reaching the finals of the combined event, she secured a qualification spot for Tokyo's 2020 Summer Olympics.[20]

Rankings

IFSC Climbing World Cup[3]

Discipline 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Lead - - - - - - - 30 - -
Bouldering 38 19 3 4 2 2 1 1 9 10
Speed - - - - - - - - - -
Combined - - - - - - - 3 - -

Climbing World Championships

Youth[8]

Discipline 2008
Youth B 		2009
Youth A
Lead 9 19

Adult[8]

Discipline 2011 2012 2014 2016 2018 2019
Bouldering 16 - 4 - - 3
Lead - - - - - 17
Speed - - - - - 41
Combined - - - - - 3

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Bouldering[8]

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
2012 3 3
2013 1 2 3
2014 2 3 1 6
2015 1 3 4
2016 4 2 6
2017 4 2 6
2018 0
2019 1 1 2
Total 11 12 7 30

Outdoor bouldering

Coxsey is the first British woman to climb the V12, V13, and V14 grades.

V14 (8B+):

V13 (8B):

References

  1. ^ "Shauna Coxsey". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Archived from the original on November 2017. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  2. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympics: British climber Shauna Coxsey confirms bid to compete at Games". BBC Sport. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b c IFSC, ed. (20 August 2019). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. ^ Coxsey, Shauna; Fiell, Clem; Kenny, Stuart (7 December 2018). "I Never Leave Without... My Pillow from Home | Shauna Coxsey, Professional Climber". Amuse. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. ^ Coxsey, Shauna (10 April 2017). "The Paywall". Shauna Coxsey's blog. Archived from the original on January 2018. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  6. ^ a b Anderson, Maria. "Podium Dreams: Two-Time Bouldering World Champ Shauna Coxsey Guns for the Olympics". Climbing Magazine. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Shauna Coxsey". Red Bull. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d e f IFSC, ed. (20 August 2019). "Coxsey's profile and rankings". Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  9. ^ Chris Parker (27 June 2013). "Shauna Coxsey Cranks First Female Ascent of Nuthin' But Sunshine – V13". rockandice.com. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Inspirational climbers become BMC Ambassadors". thebmc.co.uk.
  11. ^ "Shauna Coxsey Runner-up in IFSC Climbing World Cup". ifsc-climbing.org.
  12. ^ "Results of the IFSC World Championships Munich 2014 – Boulder". ifsc-climbing.org.
  13. ^ "Shauna Coxsey sets a New Baseline for Britain". thebmc.co.uk.
  14. ^ "Landman and Coxsey crowned new British bouldering champions". The British Mountaineering Council. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 10 August 2019 suggested (help)
  15. ^ "BMC British Bouldering Championships - results" (PDF). The British Mountaineering Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2019.
  16. ^ "2015 Munich Bouldering World Cup – Results". OnBouldering.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019.
  17. ^ "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B17.
  18. ^ The Queen's Birthday Honours 2016, Cabinet Office, 10 June 2016, retrieved 10 June 2016
  19. ^ McCracken, Steven (26 September 2016). "Ondra Retains Crown at 2016 Paris World Championships". Vertical Gear.
  20. ^ Dream week for Shauna Coxsey: two bronze medals and Olympic quota place, The British Mountaineering Council, 20 August 2019
  21. ^ "Shauna Coxsey climbs New Base Line, third female V14 ever". OnBouldering.com. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  22. ^ "Shauna Coxsey climbs Ropes of Maui". OnBouldering.com. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  23. ^ "One Summer in Paradise, another 8B for Coxsey". OnBouldering.com. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  24. ^ Duncan Campbell (April 2014). "Shauna Coxsey Climbs 2nd 8B". UKClimbing.com. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  25. ^ Björn Pohl (June 2013). "VIDEO: Shauna Coxsey climbs Nuthin' but sunshine, 8B". UKClimbing.com. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
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