Alexander Megos

Alexander Megos is a German rock climber, born in 1993, who works across sport climbing, bouldering and competition climbing. In 2013 he became the first climber to onsight a route graded 9a, meaning he climbed it first try with no prior information. He has made first free ascents of some of the hardest sport routes in the world, including two 9b+ routes, Perfecto Mundo and Bibliographie, and five 9b routes such as Fight Club, Ratstaman Vibrations and The Full Journey. He has also climbed two boulders rated 8C. As a youth he won two European championship titles and won his first World Cup in lead climbing in Briancon in 2018.