Alannah Yip

Alannah Yip (born October 26, 1993) is a Canadian engineer and sport climber. She was a national champion for her age when she was twelve. She won a gold medal at the American Climbing Championships 2020 in Los Angeles, which qualified her for the (postponed) "2020" Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Alannah Yip
Born (1993-10-26) October 26, 1993
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanada
EducationUniversity of British Columbia
Occupationengineer and athlete
Known forsport climbing

Life

Yip was born in North Vancouver and was brought up there.[1] She began climbing when she was nine[2] when her godparent's children became interested in climbing.[3] She won her first National Climbing Championship when she was twelve. She trained to be an engineer, specialising in the mixture of mechanical and electrical disciplines known as Mechatronics. She tried giving up climbing to concentrate of her university studies, but she realised that sport was essential.[2] In 2015 she was able to visit Switzerland as part of her studies and she was able to practice climbing in her spare time with the Swiss national team. When she returned to Canada she began training with the "Climb Base 5" in preparation for the following years World Cup climbing events.[3]

Yip practising climbing in 2018

Yip graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2018.[1]

Her coach was Andrew Wilson in 2018 and she has been supported by Petro-Canada.[4] She qualified for a place Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics for the (cancelled) 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. She had not done well in the qualifiers but managed to get the last place available.[5] A place at the olympics was up for grabs at the American Climbing Championships in 2020. She took the place in Los Angeles at the IFSC Pan Am - Continental Championships beating Andrea Rojas of Ecuador and Chilean Alejandra Contreras.[6]

Results

World championships
Discipline 2016 2018 2019
Bouldering 16137
Lead climbing 435138
Speed climbing 383729
Total climbing 1518

American championships
Discipline 2020
Bouldering
Lead climbing
Speed climbing
Total climbing 1

References
  1. "Alannah Yip | Athletes | Arc'teryx". Arc'teryx Equipment. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  2. "SCARPA | Alannah Yip". www.scarpa.com. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  3. cruxcrush.com http://cruxcrush.com/2016/03/03/girl-crush-of-the-month-alannah-yip/. Retrieved 2020-07-10. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Alannah Yip: My coach has helped me become a better climber and person". CBC Sports. 27 Sep 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. "Alannah Yip Wins Olympics Invite". Climber News. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  6. "IFSC Pan Am - Continental Championships (C) - Los Angeles (USA) 2020". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
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