Shauna Coxsey

Shauna Coxsey

Coxsey in August 2012
Personal information
Nationality	United Kingdom
Born	27 January 1993 Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Height	163 centimetres (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	58 kilograms (128 lb)
Website	ShaunaCoxsey.co.uk
Climbing career
Type of climber	Bouldering
Highest grade	Bouldering: 8B+ (V14)
Medal record Climbing World Cup Winner 2016 Overall Bouldering 2016 Munich Bouldering 2016 Vail Bouldering 2016 Innsbruck Bouldering 2016 Chongqing Bouldering 2016 Kazo Bouldering 2016 Meiringen Bouldering Runner-up 2015 Overall Bouldering 2015 Munich Bouldering 2015 Chongqing Bouldering 2015 Haiyang Bouldering 2015 Vail Bouldering Runner-up 2014 Overall Bouldering 2014 Haiyang Bouldering 2014 Toronto Bouldering 2014 Innsbruck Bouldering 2014 Grindlewald Bouldering 2014 Baku Bouldering 2014 Chongqing Bouldering 2012 Overall Bouldering Other Competitions 2016 British Championships Bouldering 2016 The CWIF Bouldering 2015 La Sportiva Legends Only Bouldering 2015 British Championships Bouldering 2015 The CWIF Bouldering 2014 The CWIF Bouldering 2013 British Championships Bouldering 2013 The CWIF Bouldering 2012 British Championships Lead 2012 British Championships Bouldering 2012 The CWIF Bouldering
Updated on 2 May 2016.

Shauna Coxsey MBE^[1] (born 27 January 1993) is an English professional rock climber.

Early life

Coxsey was born and raised in Runcorn, Cheshire.

Career

Coxsey began climbing at the age of four, and says she was inspired to start climbing by the French climber Catherine Destivelle.^[2] She is mainly active in competition climbing and has participated in the world championships in bouldering. She won the 9th edition of the competition Melloblocco in 2012. She placed 2nd in the World Cup climbing 2012 steps during Log-Dragomer and Innsbruck.^[3]

In 2012, Coxsey was sponsored by Five Ten. She is also sponsored by Adidas and the Climbing Hangar in Liverpool. In 2013, she sent (ascended cleanly) her first problem graded 8B (V13) when she climbed Nuthin' But Sunshine in Rocky Mountain National Park.^[4] In November, she was appointed one of the UK's first British Mountaineering Council Ambassadors.^[5]

In 2014, Coxsey placed second overall in the 2014 IFSC Climbing World Cup.^[6] Following her success, she became only the third female ever to boulder 8B+ (V14) when she topped New Baseline in Magic Wood near Chur, Switzerland.^[7] In August 2014, she placed fourth at the World Bouldering Championships in Munich.^[8]

Coxsey was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to climbing.^[9]

Bouldering

Coxsey is the first British female to climb the V12, V13, and V14 grades.

• 8B+/V14:
  • New Base Line - Magic Wood (SUI) - 12 July 2014 - First female ascent of Bernd Zangerl's Boulder (2002)^[10]
• 8B/V13:
  • Ropes Of Maui - Dinas Mot (UK) - 5 April 2016 - First female ascent of Pete Robins's boulder (2014)^[11]
  • One Summer In Paradise - Magic Wood (SUI) - 3 July 2014 - Second female ascent of Martin Keller's boulder (2005)^[12]
  • Zarzaparilla - Albarracin (SPA) - 31 March 2014 - First female ascent^[13]
  • Nuthin But Sunshine - Lower Chaos, RMNP (USA) - 26 June 2013 - First female ascent of Dave Graham's boulder (2000)^[14]

References

1. The Queen’s Birthday Honours 2016, Cabinet Office, 10 June 2016, retrieved 2016-06-10
2. Shauna Coxsey (10 February 2012). "Shauna Coxsey - About". www.shaunacoxsey.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
3. "IFSC Athlete Profile - Shauna Coxsey". www.ifsc-climbing.org. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
4. Chris Parker (27 June 2013). "Shauna Coxsey Cranks First Female Ascent of Nuthin' But Sunshine - V13". www.rockandice.com. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
5. "Inspirational climbers become BMC Ambassadors". thebmc.co.uk.
6. "Shauna Coxsey Runner Up in IFSC Climbing World Cup". ifsc-climbing.org.
7. "Shauna Coxsey sets a New Baseline for Britain". thebmc.co.uk.
8. "Results of the IFSC World Championships Munich 2014 - Boulder". http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/. External link in |publisher= (help)
9. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61608. p. B17. 11 June 2016.
10. "Shauna Coxsey climbs New Base Line, third female V14 ever". OnBouldering.com. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
11. "Shauna Coxsey climbs Ropes of Maui". OnBouldering.com. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
12. "One Summer in Paradise, another 8B for Coxsey". OnBouldering.com. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
13. Duncan Campbell (April 2014). "Shauna Coxsey Climbs 2nd 8B". UKClimbing.com. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
14. Björn Pohl (June 2013). "VIDEO: Shauna Coxsey climbs Nuthin' but sunshine, 8B". UKClimbing.com. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

External links

• 8a.nu profile
• IFSC profile