Alannah Yip

Alannah Yip (born October 26, 1993) is a Canadian rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. She was the national champion in her age category when she was twelve. She won a gold medal at the Panamerican Climbing Championships 2020 in Los Angeles, which qualified her for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Life Yip was born and raised in North Vancouver. She began climbing when she was nine when her godparent's children became interested in climbing. She won her first National Climbing Championship when she was twelve. She trained to be an engineer, specializing in mechatronics. She tried giving up climbing to concentrate on her university studies, but she realized that sport was essential.

Her coach was Andrew Wilson in 2018 and she has been supported by Petro-Canada. She qualified for a place in sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics by winning the 2020 IFSC Pan-American Championships.

Results World championships Discipline 2016 2018 2019 Bouldering 16 13 7 Lead climbing 43 51 38 Speed climbing 38 37 29 Combined 15 14

Pan American championships Discipline 2020 2023 Combined1 3