# Jessica Pilz

Jessica Pilz (born 22 November 1996) is an Austrian professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. She won the bronze medal in the combined bouldering and lead climbing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

## Climbing career
### Competition climbing

Pilz started competing in 2010, both in competition lead climbing and competition bouldering. From 2011 to 2015, she won six international youth competitions in lead climbing. In 2014, she also won both the European Youth Cup and Youth Championships in bouldering.
In 2017, Pilz won the Winter Military World Games both in lead climbing and bouldering.
In 2018, Pilz won the lead climbing event at the 2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Innsbruck by climbing the route a few seconds faster than the former World Champion, Janja Garnbret. She won the bronze medal in the combined event at the same World Championships.
In 2019, Pilz placed 10th in the combined event at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships, qualifying her for the 2020 Olympics, where she finished 7th.
In 2021, Pilz won the combined event at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships.
In 2023, Pilz qualified to compete in the combined event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris by placing second in the combined event at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships. Pilz won the overall title in lead climbing in the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup series.
In 2024, Pilz won the bronze medal in the combined event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

### Rock climbing

She rarely climbs outdoors, but in January 2016, during a short trip to the famous crag of Oliana in Spain, she was able to redpoint two 8c+ (5.14c) graded sport climbing routes.

## Rankings
### IFSC Climbing World Cup

| Discipline | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Lead | 33 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 10 | - | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Bouldering | – | – | – | – | 25 | 58 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 11 |
| Speed | – | – | – | – | – | 57 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Combined | – | – | – | – | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 4 |

### IFSC Climbing World Championships

Youth
| Discipline | 2010 Youth B | 2011 Youth B | 2012 Youth A | 2013 Youth A | 2014 Junior | 2015 Junior |
| Lead | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Bouldering | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Speed | – | – | – | – | – | 21 |
Adult
| Discipline | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2023 |
| Lead | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Bouldering | - | 4 | 33 | 8 |
| Speed | - | 59 | 43 | - |
| Combined | - | 3 | 10 | 2 |

### Climbing European Championships

Youth
| Discipline | 2012 Youth A | 2013 Youth A | 2014 Junior | 2015 Junior |
| Lead | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Bouldering | – | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Adult
| Discipline | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 |
| Lead | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| Bouldering | – | 5 | 12 |
| Speed | – | 31 | 41 |

### Sport climbing at the Winter Military World Games

| Discipline | 2017 |
| Lead | 1 |
| Bouldering | 1 |
| Speed | 2 |

### European Youth Cup

| Discipline | 2010 Youth B | 2011 Youth B | 2012 Youth A | 2013 Youth A | 2014 Junior | 2015 Junior |
| Lead | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | – |
| Bouldering | – | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 |

## Number of medals in the IFSC Climbing World Cup
### Lead

| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 2014 | | | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 2017 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | | | | 0 |
| 2021 | | | | 0 |
| 2022 | | | | 0 |
| 2023 | | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 12 | 7 | 22 |

### Bouldering

| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 2019 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Gallery

* Pilz receiving gold medal in lead climbing at the 2017 Winter Military World Games
* Pilz competing at the European Championships in Chamonix, 2013
* Pilz competing at the Winter Military World Games in Sochi, 2017
* Pilz competing at the Bouldering World Cup in Munich, 2017