Alex Megos

Alexander Megos is one of the best rock climbers in the world, and with his ambition and discipline he became the first climber to climb a 9a rated route on-sight - on the first attempt. Overnight, this made him famous and he has continued to climb relentlessly ever since. In the meantime, Megos has climbed the most difficult routes on the climbing scene and has thus climbed his way to the top of the world. He also qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, which were originally scheduled for 2020, and is competing there this year to win gold.

Alex Megos started climbing at the age of six and at the age of ten climbed 300 meters of multi-pitch with his father. He later began training at the Franconian state base in 2006 and shortly thereafter at the federal base for sport climbing in Erlangen-Nuremberg. There he also met his coaches, who are still with him today, Ludwig Korb and Patrick Matros. In 2007 Megos made his first 8a ascent and in 2009 his first 8c ascent. In 2011, he climbed "San Ku Kai," his first route of 9a difficulty. After graduating from high school in 2012, he decided to dedicate himself to rock climbing for the time being. Shortly thereafter, the first globally announced ascent of difficulty 9a followed in 2013 when Megos climbed the route "Estado Critico" in Siurana, Spain at the age of only 19. With this, he had achieved the world's first onsight ascent of a route with difficulty grade 9a.

In 2013 he climbed, among other things, with the so-called "Wheelchair" the most difficult boulder route and with R.E.D of difficulty 9a the most difficult route in Australia. This was followed by eight routes of difficulty 8c+ from mid-April to mid-June in 2014 and also the route "Modified" of 9a+, which is the most difficult in Franconian Switzerland. He also set a record after climbing a redpoint ascent of the "Action Directe" with his first attempt in just two hours. The years that followed were followed by countless other ascents, such as in 2015 the route "Supernova" in Franconian Switzerland, with which he introduced the first route of grade 9a/9b in the German-speaking world. He has also achieved first ascents such as the 20-pitch route "FLY" 8c in 2014 or the route "Perfecto Mundo" 9b+ in Margalef in 2018 so far in his career. Most recently, Megos qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.