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Michaela Kiersch

Michaela Kiersch (born 1994) is an American female rock climber and competition climber from Chicago, Illinois who is known for being both one of the strongest female sport climbers in the world, and also one of the strongest female boulder climbers in the world. Competition climbing In her youth, Kiersch was active in competition climbing and won US national events for lead and for bouldering in the youth category, and placed 5th at the IFSC Youth World Championships. She was a member of the US National Team for lead, boulder and speed climbing events and medaled in the national lead finals. At 15, she ranked 22nd on her full international debut at the 2010 IFSC Boulder World Cup, and the following year, placed 18th in an IFSC Lead World Cup event, however Kiersch decided to focus on her academic studies, on outdoor climbing, and on the training needed for outdoor climbing, which she was particularly interested in given her academic studies.