Women's Fitness

Shauna COXSEY

MY JOURNEY

‘I started climbing at the age of four after seeing it on TV, began competing when I was seven years old, and never looked back until I retired after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. I would have preferred to be in better shape for the Olympics, but I’d already achieved everything I wanted to in competition, and it was really cool to be one of the first climbing Olympians. Since then, I’ve moved into rock climbing which has been a huge change because there are so many layers to it. I love the freedom it gives me. With competition climbing,

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