Erin McNeice

2024: Fifth at Paris Olympics She took a bronze medal at the first Olympic Qualifier Series event in Shanghai, China, in May.

The following month, McNeice matched that performance at the second event of the series in Budapest, Hungary, to book her spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Her Olympic place was officially confirmed when Team GB named their climbing squad on 3 July. At the Games in Paris, McNeice was 10th after the bouldering section of the semi-finals and then came seventh in the Lead round to qualify for the final in a combined seventh position. She finished fifth in the final.

On 3 October, McNeice won her first IFSC Climbing World Cup medal, claiming bronze in the bouldering competition at the final event of the 2024 season in Seoul, South Korea. In doing so she became only the third British woman to win a medal at a Bouldering World Cup competition after Shauna Coxsey and Claire Bell. On 9 February, she also won the British Lead Climbing Championships and became double champion.

In April, McNeice claimed her second world cup medal, taking bronze in the opening bouldering event of the season in Keqiao, Shaoxing, China. Later that month she won her first IFSC gold medal at the Lead World Cup in Wujiang, China, tied with South Korean climber Seo Chae-hyun.

In May, McNeice won her second lead gold medal at the World Cup event in Bali. The following month, she won her first boulder World Cup gold at the World Cup round in Bern, Switzerland, making her the first British woman to win a World Cup in two sport climbing disciplines.

In September, a fourth place finish in Koper, Slovenia, was enough to see McNeice win the overall World Cup Lead title, becoming the first British female climber to do so.

2026: European Lead champion On 29 May, McNeice won the Bouldering gold medal at the fourth event of the newly named World Climbing Series in Madrid, Spain, taking first place as the only woman to top all four problems in the final.

McNeice won gold in the Lead competition at the European Championships in Laval, France, on 30 August 2026.