Noah Bratschi
Noah Bratschi is an American professional rock climber who specializes in competition speed climbing and represents the United States at IFSC Climbing World Cups. He won the bronze medal at the 2021 International Federation of Sport Climbing World Championship in Moscow, Russia. Achieving this feat, he became the first American speed climber in thirty years to win a World Championship medal. Additionally, he made history as the first American to ever win a medal on the modern IFSC homologated speed climbing wall.
Competition climbing career
On May 20, 2022, at the IFSC World Cup in Salt Lake City, due to his silver medal performance, Bratschi achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first American male speed climber to earn a podium finish at a speed climbing World Cup.At the 2023 Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile, Bratschi earned a silver medal in this Olympic qualifying event. A minor error in the gold medal race cost him a spot on the 2024 US Olympic team.
At the 2021 USA Climbing Team Trial Invitationals, Bratschi set an American record in speed climbing. He was the 2022 North American Cup gold medalist, the silver medalist at the 2019 US Open National Championships and the bronze medalist at the 2022 US Open National Championships.
As an accomplished youth competitor, he won silver medals at the 2018 IFSC World Youth Championships in Moscow, Russia and the 2017 Youth Pan American Championships in Montreal, Canada. He was the age group US Youth National Champion in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and the 2019 silver medalist.