YIP Alannah

Date of Birth: 26 Oct 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.64/5'4''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sport Climbing	Women's Combined	14

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Combined, Speed Qualification	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Combined, Bouldering Qualification	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Combined, Lead Qualification	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	Combined	Speed	Boulder	Lead
2019	Hachioji, JPN	18	29	7	38
2018	Innsbruck, AUT	15	37	13	51
2016	Paris, FRA	7	38	16	43

Pan American Championships

Year	Location	Combined
2020	Los Angeles, CA, USA	1

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Speed	Boulder	Lead
2019	1 x 26th, 2 x 28th, 1 x 29th	1 x 8th, 1 x 9th, 2 x 15th	1 x 27th, 1 x 31st, 1 x 32nd
2018	1 x 33rd, 1 x 35th, 1 x 45th	1 x 8th, 1 x 11th, 1 x 13th	1 x 47th, 1 x 55th
2017	1 x 20th, 1 x 21st, 1 x 32nd	1 x 5th, 1 x 9th, 1 x 21st	1 x 36th, 1 x 38th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
5	2017	Boulder	Chongqing, CHN
8	2019	Boulder	Chongqing, CHN
8	2018	Boulder	Vail, CO, USA
9	2019	Boulder	Moscow, RUS
9	2017	Boulder	Mumbai, IND
11	2018	Boulder	Chongqing, CHN
13	2018	Boulder	Hachioji, JPN
15	2019	Boulder	Vail, CO, USA
15	2019	Boulder	Meiringen, SUI
17	2019	Boulder	Wujiang, CHN

Occupation:

Mechanical Engineering - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CAN

Languages spoken:

Andrew Wilson [national, personal]

She began climbing at age six in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (gripped.com, 06 Mar 2020)

"I have known [Canadian sport climber] Sean McColl my entire life because our parents are close friends. Ever since I was young, I have looked up to him and wanted to be like him. So when he began climbing, I wanted to try it as well, and I ended up loving it." (scarpa.com, 01 Jan 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (climbernews.com, 01 Mar 2020)

Canadian cyclist and speed skater Clara Hughes. (canadianathletesnow.ca, 16 Aug 2019)

Canadian sport climber and friend Sean McColl. (nsnews.com, 25 Apr 2020)

Philosophy:

"A huge part of the sport is figuring out how to climb something, as well as then being physically able to do it." (nsnews.com, 25 Apr 2020)

General Interest

General
OLYMPIC IMPACT
She says that sport climbing's inclusion on the Olympic programme was a significant moment for her. "I've always dreamed of competing in the Olympics but never really had any hope that climbing would make it, and I didn't want to change sports just for a chance at the Olympics. So to have climbing finally become an Olympic sport is hugely exciting. It also makes me feel vindicated for all the times I was told that climbing wasn't a 'real sport'. When I started climbing, it was not really seen as a real sport, just some fringe activity. But now, we have the validation of being in the Olympics. I expect it will push the sport's boundaries even further, and encourage more people to try it." (scmp.com, 20 Mar 2020)

Milestones

She became the first female Canadian climber to reach the final of a World Cup event, when she made the final of the bouldering competition at the 2017 event in Chongqing, People's Republic of China. (gripped.com, 06 Mar 2020; insidethegames.biz, 29 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Athlete Blog: https://alannahyip.wordpress.com
https://www.facebook.com/alannah.climbing
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/alannahyip
https://instagram.com/alannah_yip

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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