Katya Brockmann

Katya Brockmann
Brockmann at the 2024 World Cup Prague
Personal information
Born (2006-09-07) September 7, 2006 (age 18)
Chicago, IL, United States
EducationBritish International School of Chicago - South Loop (2025)
OccupationStudent
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing  Mexico
CONADE Mexico National Olympiad
Gold medal – first place 2024 Guadalajara Bouldering
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hermosillo Bouldering
Mexico Youth National Team Selection Series (Mexico Cup)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Mexico City Bouldering
Copa Mexico - Stage 1
Silver medal – second place 2024 Mexico City Bouldering
Updated on October 13, 2024

Katya Brockmann (born September 7, 2006) is a Mexican American amateur rock climber specializing in competition climbing where she competes as part of the Mexican National and World Cup teams. She is a 3-time Mexico Youth National Champion in Bouldering and a 5-time U.S. National Qualifier (Bouldering or Lead). Brockmann recently competed at the 2024 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic and the 2024 IFSC Pan American Sport Climbing Championships in Santiago, Chile.

Early life

Brockmann on floor in 2020

Brockmann grew up in Chicago, Illinois and began her athletic career as a competitive artistic gymnast training from the age of 5 to 14 under head coach and former world champion gymnast[1] Natalia Yurchenko at Lakeshore Gymnastics Academy and C.I.T.Y. Club Gymnastics Academy.[2] At age 10, Brockmann began competitive rock climbing and was a dual sport athlete for 5 years. At age 14, she left gymnastics to focus solely on competition climbing.

Climbing career

Brockmann currently competes in the USA Climbing Youth Series as a foreign national. She was a Midwest division finalist in both bouldering and lead in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, placing 2nd at the 2024 USA Climbing Division 6 Youth Boulder Divisional Championship in Indianapolis, IN.[3] Brockmann is a 5-time USA Climbing Youth National Qualifier in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.[4]

For Mexico, Brockmann is a 3-time Mexico Youth National Bouldering Champion winning the Mexico Youth National Team Selection Series (Mexico Cup) in 2022, qualifying her for the IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships in Dallas TX[5] and winning the CONADE Mexico National Olympiad in 2022 and 2024.[6]

Brockmann also competes in the USA Climbing Elite North American Cup Series (NACS) in the open category and was a semi-finalist at the NACS event in Gilbert, AZ in 2022.[7]

Brockmann qualified for the 2024 Mexico World Cup Climbing Team by finishing 4th overall in the Mexico National Team Selection Series in 2023 and 2024. She made her World Cup Debut at the 2024 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic in September 2024[8] finishing with the highest YTD IFSC world ranking on the Mexico team.[9] In October 2024, Brockmann placed second in the first stage of the Copa Mexico Championship Series in Mexico City, qualifying her for the 2024 IFSC Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile where she made her first international semi-final, placing 18th.[10]

Personal life

Brockmann at Youth Worlds 2020

Brockmann currently attends high school at the British International School of Chicago - South Loop in Chicago, IL and will be attending Columbia University in the Fall (class of 2029), studying Applied Physics at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

References

  1. ^ "Natalia Yurchenko – Gymnast, World Champion, Innovator, Coach, Entrepreneur". Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  2. ^ "Katya Brockmann, C.I.T.Y. - MyMeetScores.com". mymeetscores.com. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  3. ^ Timmerman, Joe. "North Mass Boulder hosts USA Climbing's Youth Boulder Divisional Championship". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  4. ^ "Katya Brockmann / USAC Database - Climber Boulder/Lead". usac.climb8a.com. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  5. ^ "Official website of the International Federation of Sport Climbing". ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  6. ^ Deporte, Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y. "Jalisco conquista con tres oros escalada deportiva femenil en Nacionales CONADE 2024". gob.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  7. ^ "USAC Results". usacresults.org. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  8. ^ Vettoretti, Marco. "IFSC World Cup Prague 2024". ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  9. ^ "Official website of the International Federation of Sport Climbing". ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  10. ^ Vettoretti, Marco. "IFSC Pan American Championships Santiago 2024". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2024-11-26.