Website ShaunaCoxsey.co.uk | Name Shauna Coxsey | |
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Born 27 January 1993 (age 31) Runcorn, Cheshire, England ( 1993-01-27 ) | ||
Highest grade Bouldering: 8B+ (V14) |
Shauna coxsey talks climbing training
Shauna Coxsey (born 27 January 1993) is an English professional rock climber. She is known for winning the IFSC Bouldering World Cup in 2016 and 2017.
Contents
- Shauna coxsey talks climbing training
- Interview with shauna coxsey
- Early life
- Career
- Climbing World Championships
- Outdoor bouldering
- References

Interview with shauna coxsey
Early life
Coxsey was born and raised in Runcorn, Cheshire. She began climbing at age four, after being inspired by seeing French climber Catherine Destivelle on television climbing in Mali.
Career

Coxsey is mainly active in competition climbing and has participated in several international competitions in bouldering. In 2012, Coxsey was sponsored by Five Ten. She is also sponsored by Red Bull, Adidas and the Climbing Hangar in Liverpool.

In 2012, she won the 9th edition of the competition Melloblocco, and she placed 2nd in the World Cup stages in Log-Dragomer and Innsbruck.

In 2013, she sent (ascended cleanly) her first problem graded 8B (V13) when she climbed Nuthin' But Sunshine in Rocky Mountain National Park. In November, she was appointed one of the UK's first British Mountaineering Council Ambassadors.

In 2014, Coxsey placed second overall in the IFSC Bouldering World Cup., and fourth at the Bouldering World Championships in Munich. In the same year, she became the third female ever to boulder 8B+ (V14) when she topped New Baseline in Magic Wood near Chur, Switzerland.

In late 2016, she suffered a shoulder injury, preventing her from competing in that year's Bouldering World Championships despite topping the overall standings in the Bouldering World Cup,.

In 2017, she won four Bouldering World Cup stages, and secured the overall 2017 title.

Coxsey was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to climbing.
Climbing World Championships
Youth
Adult
Outdoor bouldering
Coxsey is the first British female to climb the V12, V13, and V14 grades.
V14 (8B+):
V13 (8B):