Oceana Mackenzie

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Oceana Mackenzie
Oceana Mackenzie in the boulder semi-finals at the 2023 Climbing World Championships
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 21)
Heidelberg, Germany
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Websitehttps://www.oceanamackenzie.com
Climbing career
Type of climberCompetition bouldering

Oceana Mackenzie, also known as Oceania Mackenzie,[2] (born 11 July 2002) is an Australian rock climber and competition climber who specializes in competition bouldering. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, coming 19th, and has qualified to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Competition climbing career[edit]

Mackenzie started climbing when she was 8 years old.[3] At the age of 15, she began to take part in the IFSC Climbing World Cup. She reached her first IFSC final of a bouldering World Cup in Meiringen in 2019, where she finished sixth. At the 2020 Oceania Championships, she won the combined event and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4]

Mackenzie was ranked nineteenth after the Qualification round at the Tokyo Olympics and therefore did not compete in the finals.[5]

In the qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne in November 2023 she came first, with 199.9 points out of a possible 200, entitling her to compete in Paris.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Oceania Mackenzie". IFSC. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ^ IFSC. "Oceania Mackenzie". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Sport climbing becomes newest Olympic sport, Aussie teen Oceana Mackenzie set to compete". ABC. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Oceana Mackenzie". Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Harrison joins Olympian Mackenzie on the plane to Paris". IFSC. Retrieved 25 November 2023.