Monika Retschy
| File:BW 2012-08-26 Monika Retschy GER 0731.JPG Retschy in 2012 | |
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| Born | December 5, 1991 |
| Occupation(s) | Professional climber, athletic trainer |
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Monika Retschy (December 5, 1991 in Munich) is a retired German competition climber, who specializes in competition bouldering. In 2013, she won the German Championship for the sport.
Climbing career
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Retschy began climbing in indoor climbing walls when she was between eleven and twelve years old. She first decided to specialize in bouldering when she was sixteen.[1] She was a founding member of Munich's Alpine Club competition climbing team in 2004, and was selected to the Bavarian squad in 2006.[2]
In her first year of adult competition climbing in 2007, she finished 8th in the Munich National Championships.[3] In 2009, 2011 and 2012 she was the German runner up.[4] In 2010, she participated in the IFSC Climbing World Cup for the first time.[5] From 2012 to 2017 she climbed for the German national team,[6] taking part in all World Cup competitions.
In 2013, she won the German National Championships.[7] That year, she reached fourth place in the 2013 European Bouldering Championships.[8] She finished the 2013 World Cup season in 11th place internationally. That year, she featured in "Gimme Kraft!" a climbing documentary filmed in Café Kraft, Bavaria.[9] In 2014, she finished in 7th place in bouldering at the IFSC Climbing World Championships,[10] and that year again placed 11th in the world rankings.
During the 2015 season, she placed 14th in the overall world rankings for bouldering.[11] That season, she placed eighth at the competition in Vail,[12] 27th in Toronto,[13] 4th at the European Championships in Innsbruck.[14]
In 2016, she placed sixth at the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Chongqing,[15] and then took second at the World Cup stage in Navi Mumbai, placing her fifth in the world rankings.[16] That year, she became the German Bouldering champion for the second time and placed 20th at the World Climbing Championships in Paris.[17] In June 2017, she became the German bouldering champion for the third time, after defending her 2016 title.[18]
In July at the Wroclaw World Games, she placed fourth in the women's competition bouldering event.[19] The next month, in August 2017 she announced her retirement from competitive sport at the Bouldering World Cup, after placing 31st.[20] Retschy had been open about her intention to retire from competitive sport, as earning money from bouldering caused too much stress and pressure to perform.[1][21]
Climbing trainer
[edit | edit source]Retschy studied sports science and was a trainer for the German Alpine Club's junior climbers in Munich.[6] In March 2021, she is a trainer for the German Alpine Club in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland Palatinate.[22][23]
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