Emma Hunt (born April 1, 2003) is an American competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing, and holds the world women's speed record with 5.99 seconds, set in July 2026 at the World Climbing Series in Kraków, Poland.
Competition climbing career Hunt finished first overall in speed for the 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup Series and has 12 World Cup podium finishes overall. She finished seventh at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships.
Hunt won her first senior event at the 2021 IFSC Pan-American Championships in Ibarra, Ecuador. She also won the gold medal in the women's speed event at the 2022 World Games in July 2022.
Hunt competed in speed climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She won her heat against Manon Lebon of France in the elimination round of qualifications with a time of 6.38. Hunt ended up in fifth place after losing in the quarterfinals to Rajiah Sallsabillah of Indonesia.
Personal life Hunt graduated a year early from high school and began attending Kennesaw State University in 2020.
Major results Olympic Games Discipline 2024 Speed 5
World championships Discipline 2021 2023 Speed 7 2
World Cup Discipline 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Speed 51 1 2 7 7 1
Pan American championships Discipline 2020 2021 Bouldering — 3 Speed — 1 Combined 8 —
US Women's Speed Climbing Records 15m Wall + Emma Hunt World and American Women's 15m speed record progression # Date / season Time Athlete Event Round Previous Before 2019 Youth Nationals 8.46 Piper Kelly Previous U.S. women's 15m speed record — 1 2019 8.39 Emma Hunt USA Climbing Youth National Championships Qualification 2 2019 8.26 Emma Hunt USA Climbing Youth National Championships Finals 3 2019 8.25 Emma Hunt USA Climbing Youth National Championships Finals 4 August 2019 8.18 Emma Hunt IFSC Youth World Championships, Arco, Italy Semifinal 5 August 2019 8.17 Emma Hunt IFSC Youth World Championships, Arco, Italy Final 6 March 1, 2020 8.05 Emma Hunt IFSC Pan American Championships, Los Angeles — 7 March 28, 2021 8.04 Emma Hunt USA Climbing Team Trials Invitational, Memphis — 8 March 29, 2021 7.95 Emma Hunt USA Climbing Team Trials Invitational, Memphis — 9 March 29, 2021 7.76 Emma Hunt USA Climbing Team Trials Invitational, Memphis — 10 March 29, 2021 7.56 Emma Hunt USA Climbing Team Trials Invitational, Memphis — 11 May 28, 2021 7.52 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Cup, Salt Lake City — 12 July 2, 2021 7.43 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Cup, Villars — 13 July 2, 2021 7.19 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Cup, Villars — 14 May 27, 2022 7.17 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Cup, Salt Lake City Qualification 15 May 27, 2022 7.05 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Cup, Salt Lake City Qualification 16 September 10, 2022 7.02 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Cup, Edinburgh Qualification 17 September 10, 2022 6.88 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Cup, Edinburgh Quarterfinal 18 September 10, 2022 6.83 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Cup, Edinburgh Semifinal 19 April 28, 2023 6.82 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Cup, Seoul — 20 May 7, 2023 6.79 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Cup, Jakarta — 21 July 2, 2023 6.68 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Cup, Villars — 22 August 10, 2023 6.67 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Championships, Bern — 23 April 24, 2024 6.30 Emma Hunt North American Cup Series, Salt Lake City — 24 July 12, 2025 6.25 Emma Hunt IFSC Climbing World Cup, Chamonix Finals 25 May 31, 2026 6.231 Emma Hunt World Climbing Series, Comunidad de Madrid Qualification 26 May 31, 2026 6.21 Emma Hunt World Climbing Series, Comunidad de Madrid Quarterfinal 27 May 31, 2026 6.10 Emma Hunt World Climbing Series, Comunidad de Madrid Semifinal 28 May 31, 2026 6.08 Emma Hunt World Climbing Series, Comunidad de Madrid Final 29 July 4, 2026 5.99 Emma Hunt World Climbing Series, Kraków (World Record) Final
See also List of grade milestones in rock climbing History of rock climbing Rankings of most career IFSC gold medals
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