Emma Hunt

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Emma Hunt
File:2019 Sport & Speed Open Nationals - Awards - Emma Hunt - 01 (cropped).jpg
Hunt in 2019
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (2003-04-01) April 1, 2003 (age 23)
Woodstock, Georgia
EducationKennesaw State University
Years active2018–present
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Climbing career
Type of climberSpeed
Known forUnited States women's speed record (6.25 sec)
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bern Speed
World Cup (Overall)
Winner 2025 Speed
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Women's speed
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Speed

Emma Hunt (born April 1, 2003) is an American competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing,[1] and holds the American women's speed record with 6.25 seconds, set in July 2025 at the Climbing world Cup in Charmonix, France.[2]

Competition climbing career

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Hunt finished second overall in speed at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup and has four World Cup podium finishes overall.[3] She finished seventh at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships.[4]

Hunt won her first senior event at the 2021 IFSC Pan-American Championships in Ibarra, Ecuador.[1] She also won the gold medal in the women's speed event at the 2022 World Games in July 2022.[5]

Hunt competed in speed climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[6] She won her heat against Manon Lebon of France in the elimination round of qualifications with a time of 6.38. Hunt ended up in fifth place after losing in the quarterfinals to Rajiah Sallsabillah of Indonesia.

Personal life

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Hunt graduated a year early from high school and began attending Kennesaw State University in 2020.[7]

Major results

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Olympic Games

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Discipline 2024
Speed 5

World championships

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Discipline 2021 2023
Speed 7 2

World Cup

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Discipline 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Speed 51 1 2 7 7 1

Pan American championships

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Discipline 2020 2021
Bouldering — 3
Speed — 1
Combined 8 —

See also

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References

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