Monika Retschy
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| Born | December 5, 1991 Munich, Germany |
| 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
[edit]Competition climbing
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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]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Monika Retschy im Interview: So tickt die Boulderin". www.ispo.com (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Höchstleistung am Fels und an der Wand". www.hallo-muenchen.de (in German). 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ DAV München + Oberland: Archived (Date missing) at davplus.de (Error: unknown archive URL)
- ^ hikeandbike.de (2020-02-09). "VAUDE – Bouldercup Überlingen 2012: Interview mit Monika Retschy". HIKE+BIKE MAGAZIN (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Auf den Spuren Spidermans". www.tz.de (in German). 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ a b DAV München + Oberland: Archived (Date missing) at davplus.de (Error: unknown archive URL)
- ^ "Deutscher Bouldercup in Friedrichshafen". chalkr.de. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "European Bouldering Championship: Fischhuber and Stöhr win in Eindhoven". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Gimme Kraft! (2013) - MNTNFILM". www.mntnfilm.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Adam Ondra and Juliane Wurm Bouldering World Champions!". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Akiyo Noguchi and Jongwon Chon win Bouldering World Cup 2015". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Bouldering World Cup 2015: Jan Hojer and Megan Mascarenas win in Vail". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Anna Stöhr and Alban Levier win in Toronto". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ IFSC: Archived (Date missing) at innsbruck2015.eu (Error: unknown archive URL)
- ^ "Shauna Coxsey and Tomoa Narasaki win Chongqing stage of Bouldering World Cup 2016". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Monika Retschy holt sensationell zweiten Platz in Indien". bergsteiger.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "World Climbing Championships Paris 2016 final report". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ Redaktion, Climbing de (2017-06-15). "Monika Retschy und David Firnenburg sind die Deutschen Meister im Bouldern 2017". Climbing.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "The best climbing photos of the Wroclaw World Games 2017". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Shauna Coxsey, Jongwon Chon win Bouldering World Cup 2017, Stasa Gejo, Jan Hojer crowned European Champions". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Problemlösend Denken". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Entwicklungsschwerpunkt Sportklettern | DAV Landesverband Rheinland-Pfalz". Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Landestrainerin Monika Retschy war eine der besten Boulderinnen weltweit - Klettern". www.rheinpfalz.de (in German). 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2024-07-12.