Jan Hojer

Jan Hojer is a German professional rock climber, born on 9 February 1992 in Cologne, who has competed in sport climbing, bouldering and competition climbing. He began in German lead youth competitions at the age of ten, took part in the Lead World Cup from 2008 to 2010, then switched to bouldering in 2011. He won the Bouldering World Cup season title in 2014, finished second in 2015, won the European Championships in bouldering in 2015 and 2017, and took silver in bouldering at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław. He has won German national titles in lead, bouldering, combined and speed. Outdoors he redpointed Action Directe in 2010, sent several V15 boulder problems between 2013 and 2015, and made the third ascent of Es Pontàs at 9a+ in 2018. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through the combined qualifier in Toulouse and finished 12th in Tokyo. The account here rests on his English Wikipedia article, with the Olympedia athlete page as a second source.