Hannah Meul

Hannah Meul (born April 3, 2001, in Frechen) is a German rock climber who specialises in competition bouldering and bouldering. She won the silver medal in bouldering at the 2022 IFSC Climbing European Championships and has placed second three times on the IFSC Climbing World Cup circuit.

Hannah Meul

Meul at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(2001-04-03) April 3, 2001 (age 24) Frechen
Education	Cologne University of Applied Sciences (2020–)
Occupation	Student
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Climbing career
Type of climber	Competition bouldering Bouldering
Highest grade	Bouldering: 8A+ (V12)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Cup 0 3 0 European Championships 2022 Munich Bouldering
Updated on 2023-04-26

Career

Meul began climbing at age seven and entered her first competition at age 10.^[1] In the 2015 season, she made her international debut, taking part in the European Youth Cup, European Youth Championships and IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships.^[2] At her first IFSC Climbing World Cup at Meiringen in 2017, she advanced to the semifinal and placed 12th.^[3] She was also the German lead champion that year.^[4]

She placed fourth in lead at the 2020 European Championships in Moscow, and placed fifth in combined at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships, also in Moscow.^[2]

During the 2022 season, Meul qualified for her first World Cup final, topping all the final boulders in Brixen and finishing second to Natalia Grossman on attempts. She repeated her second-place finish at the Innsbruck Bouldering World Cup, again finishing behind Grossman.^[3] Meul then won the bouldering silver medal at the 2022 IFSC Climbing European Championships in Munich.^[5] She also made her first lead World Cup final in 2022, finishing fourth in Jakarta.^[6]

Meul began the 2023 season with a silver medal at the Bouldering World Cup in Hachioji, finishing behind Brooke Raboutou. On the podium, she paid tribute to her Germany teammate Christoph Schweiger, who had recently been killed in a traffic incident, by displaying his IFSC competitor badge.^[7]

Personal

In 2020, she enrolled at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences. She has climbed boulders outdoors at Fontainebleau.^[8]

Achievements

IFSC Climbing World Championships

Discipline	2021 Moscow
Lead	22
Bouldering	23
Speed	33
Combined	5

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Season rankings

Discipline	2017	2018	2019	2021	2022
Lead	-	-	-	29	14
Bouldering	36	42	37	25	5

Podiums

Bouldering

Season	First	Second	Third	Total
2022	0	2	0	2
2023	0	1	0	1
Total	0	3	0	3

IFSC European Climbing Championships

Discipline	Moscow 2020	Munich 2022
Lead	4	7
Bouldering	13	2
Speed	18	-
Combined	7	4

Junior Olympics

• Buenos Aires 2018: 4th place (Combined)

Notable ascents

Bouldering

• Partage (8A+ (V12)) – Fontainebleau, 2021^[9]
• Duel (8A (V11)) – Fontainebleau, 2021^[9]
• Tigre et Dragon (8A (V11)) – Fontainebleau, 2021^[9]
• Golden assis (8A (V11)) – Fontainebleau, 2021^[9]
• Foxy Lady (8A (V11)) – Magic Wood, 2021^[9]