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Jesse Grupper
2019 Sport & Speed Open Nationals Finals
Personal information
Born (1997-01-06) January 6, 1997 (age 27)
New York City, USA
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
WebsiteJesse Grupper
Climbing career
Type of climber
Ape index+2
Highest grade
Medal record
Men's competition climbing
Representing  United States
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Briançon Lead
Gold medal – first place 2022 Edinburgh Lead
Silver medal – second place 2022 Villars Lead
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Innsbruck Lead
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Bouldering & Lead

Jesse Grupper (born January 6, 1997) is an American Olympic rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. In 2022, Grupper came in third overall in the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup in the competition lead climbing discipline. He won the 2023 Pan American Championships in the combined boulder and lead climbing discipline. Grupper will compete for United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in Men's combined sport climbing on August 5, 7, and 9, 2024

Early life

Grupper was born in New Jersey to Jonathan and Cathy Grupper, and his hometown is Upper Montclair, New Jersey.[1][2] He is Jewish, and he and his family belong to the Reconstructionist Bnai Keshet synagogue in Montclair; Grupper celebrated his bar mitzvah there.[3] His grandparents, Ruth and Edward Grupper, helped found the New City Jewish Center, a Conservative synagogue in Rockland County, New York.[3] He was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis as a teenager.[3]

Grupper attended Montclair High School.[4] He then graduated with a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 2019 from the Tufts University School of Engineering. There, he was a member of the university's climbing team.[5] After graduating, he worked on human performance for a period of time at the Boston, Massachusetts, bio-design firm Harvard Biodesign Lab.[6][1]

Grupper now lives and trains in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] He is 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm) tall.[6]

Career

Early years

Grupper began climbing when he was six years old, when his parents enrolled him in a rock climbing class in New Jersey Rock Gym in Fairfield, New Jersey, as his older sister Maddy began taking climbing lessons.[1][6][2][7] Three years later, he began competing.[8] He specializes in lead climbing, which consists of climbing up a wall as high as possible within six minutes, while using some equipment.[2]

In 2014, he won the "Youth A" flight at the USA Climbing's 2014 Sport Climbing Series Youth National Championships, in Atlanta, Georgia.[4]

In 2015, he competed in the IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships, and won the silver medal.

2022–present

In 2022, Grupper won the bronze medal in the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup in the overall competition lead climbing discipline, with two stage wins, one second, and one third through the seven international stages of the 2022 World Cup.[9]

He won the 2023 Pan American Gamess in Santiago, Chile, in the combined boulder and lead climbing discipline, thus qualifying for the 2024 Olympics.[1][10][11]

Grupper will compete for United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which will be the second Olympic competition in sport climbing, in Men's combined sport climbing on August 5, 7, and 9, 2024.[8]

World Cup

Rankings

Discipline 2022
Lead 3

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Charlotte Ortzian (May 31, 2024). "To the Top: Montclair Climber Jesse Grupper Headed to Paris Olympics," Montclair Local.
  2. ^ a b c Priya Desai (July 19, 2024). "Meet some of the New Yorkers who are competing in the Paris Olympics," Gothamist.
  3. ^ a b c Jacob Gurvis (July 10, 2024). "Claire Weinstein, Jessica Fox and 16 other Jewish athletes to watch in the 2024 Paris Olympics," JTA.
  4. ^ a b "Montclair High student tops field at USA Climbing's 2014 Sport Climbing Series," The Montclair Times, July 27, 2014.
  5. ^ "A Jumbo Presence at the Paris Games | Tufts Now". now.tufts.edu. July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Bob Reinert (May 11, 2023). "Jesse Grupper Looks To Climb Higher Up The World Rankings After Breakout Season," Team USA.
  7. ^ Fast, Annie (April 23, 2024). "SIX THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT TEAM USA SPORT CLIMBER JESSE GRUPPER". Olympics.com.
  8. ^ a b "Look for these NJ athletes at the Paris Olympics," Mew Jersey 101.5.
  9. ^ "IFSC Climbing Result Service". ifsc.results.info. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  10. ^ Culbertson, Mary (October 24, 2023). "SLC climber qualifies for Paris Olympics". KSLTV.com. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  11. ^ Pardy, Aaron (October 24, 2023). "Jesse Grupper Is Going to the Olympics". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2023.


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