Natalia Grossman Wins Overall 2023 Boulder World Cup
She earned two golds and one silver in this year's six-event series
Photo by: Lena Drapella/IFSC
For the third year in a row, American climber Natalia Grossman has won the overall IFSC Boulder World Cup. Her season was a bit of a rollercoaster. Illness left her with disappointing results in the first two comps of 2023 in Hachioji and Seoul, where she didn’t qualify for finals. She came back strong in Salt Lake City, earning gold. She sat out of the comp in Prague but won gold again the following week in Brixen. At the final comp of the 2023 series yesterday in Innsbruck, she won silver, being bested by none other than Janja Garnbret.
In the 2022 Boulder World Cup, Grossman made the podium at every event, winning five golds and one silver. In 2021, she won three golds, one silver, and one bronze. She is quickly accruing one the best World Cup bouldering resumes ever. She now has 10 golds, three silvers, and one bronze across Boulder World Cup events. She also won gold at the 2021 Boulder World Championships in Moscow.
“As for the season, it started off very rocky,” she said via Instagram. “There were many emotions that followed the Asian comps and lots of hard work that went into preparing myself mentally for the rest of the World Cups. It feels so good to have turned my season around and to have ended on a high note! Now it’s time to switch it up and get back on a rope.”
In this year’s World Cup, Miho Nonaka came in second overall, winning gold in Seoul and bronze in Innsbruck. Grossman’s teammate Brooke Raboutou placed third overall, very close behind Nonaka, winning gold in Hachioji and bronze in both Seoul and Salt Lake City.
These final overall rankings are determined by points athletes get awarded based on their placement at each individual event. The higher their placement at an event, the more points they are awarded. You can view the top-10 ranked women’s boulder athletes in the 2023 Boulder World Cup below.
Top 10 Women’s Boulder Athletes in 2023 Boulder World Cup
- Natalia Grossman (3527.5) [USA]
- Miho Nonaka (3005) [JPN]
- Brooke Raboutou (2990) [USA]
- Oriane Bertone (2649.5) [FRA]
- Ayala Kerem (1995) [ISR]
- Stasa Gejo (1893) [SRB]
- Oceania Mackenzie (1880) [AUS]
- Janja Garnbret (1805) [SLO]
- Annie Sanders (1765) [USA]
- Chaehyun Seo (1744.5) [KOR]
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