Noah Bratschi
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 31, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of climber | Speed climbing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Noah Bratschi (born July 31, 2000) is an American professional rock climber who specializes in competition speed climbing and represents the United States at IFSC Climbing World Cups. He won the bronze medal at the 2021 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Championship in Moscow, Russia.[1][2] Achieving this feat, he became the first American speed climber in thirty years (since 1991) to win a World Championship medal. Additionally, he made history as the first American to ever win a medal on the modern IFSC homologated speed climbing wall.[3]
Competition climbing career
At the 2026 USA Climbing National Championships held in Orlando, FL, Bratschi earned the silver medal and set a new competition best time of 5.06 seconds.[4]
On May 20, 2022, at the IFSC World Cup in Salt Lake City, due to his silver medal performance, Bratschi achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first American male speed climber to earn a podium finish at a speed climbing World Cup.[5][6]
At the 2023 Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile, Bratschi earned a silver medal in this Olympic qualifying event. A minor error in the gold medal race cost him a spot on the 2024 US Olympic team.[7] Bratschi was among the first climbers to compete in the 2024 inaugural Olympic Games Qualifier Series, which was held in Shanghai, China, and Budapest, Hungary.
At the 2021 USA Climbing Team Trial Invitationals, Bratschi set an American record in speed climbing.[8] He was the 2022 North American Cup gold medalist,[9] the silver medalist at the 2019 US Open National Championships and the bronze medalist at the 2022 US Open National Championships.[10][11]
As an accomplished youth competitor, he won the silver medal at the 2018 IFSC World Youth Championships in Moscow, Russia[12], finished 4th at the 2017 IFSC World Youth Championships in Innsbruck, Austria and was the silver medalist at the 2017 Youth Pan American Championships in Montreal, Canada.[13] He was the age group US Youth National Champion in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and the 2019 silver medalist.[14]
References
- ^ "Bratschi takes Bronze in Speed World Championships". Gym Climber. September 16, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ "Speed champions at 2021 IFSC World Champs in Moscow". Olympics.com. September 16, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ Burgman, John (September 19, 2021). "Noah Bratschi Wins first American Speed Championship Medal in 30 years: Highs and Lows in Moscow". Gym Climber. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "Jennings and Curcio Race to Gold in Speed at 2026 YETI National Championships". USA Climbing. USA Climbing. February 14, 2026. Retrieved March 2, 2026.
- ^ Kortemeier, Todd (November 7, 2022). "Noah Bratschi Earns First Climbing World Cup Podium In Salt Lake City". Team USA. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ Burgman, John (June 8, 2022). "Natalia Grossman Is Now American Climbing Royalty". Climbing. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ^ https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/sport-climbing-olympics-team-usa
- ^ "USA Climbing 2021 National Team Trials: Highs and Lows". Rock & Ice. April 1, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "USAC Results".
- ^ Burgman, John (March 11, 2021). "USA Climbing 2019 Sport and Speed Nationals: Highs and Lows". Climbing. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "USAC Results".
- ^ "2018 World Youth Climbing Championships". planetmountain.com. August 13, 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "2017 Youth Pan American Championships". ukclimbing.com. November 11, 2017. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ Maxwell, Julianne (March 11, 2020). "Montgomery County Teen a Champion". CNS Maryland. Retrieved 2021-09-19.