Annie Sanders

Anastasia "Annie" Sanders (born July 22, 2007 ) is an American rock climber who specializes in competition climbing but who also does outdoor sport climbing, and bouldering, and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

Competition climbing
In November 2022, Sanders won the USA Climbing National Championships for both women's competition lead climbing and competition bouldering events in her first senior competition at age 15. In March 2023, she again swept the competition at the 2023 USA Climbing National Team Trials, winning the bouldering, lead and combined events, and qualifying for the United States national team for the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup and the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships in the process. Sanders reached two bouldering finals during the 2023 World Cup season, placing 4th in the Salt Lake City and 5th in the Seoul.

As a youth competitor, Sanders won IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships gold medals in bouldering, lead and combined in 2021, and in bouldering in 2022, all in the Female Youth B (age 13-15) category.

Rock climbing
She has made several outdoor ascents of sport climbing routes at grade or higher in the Red River Gorge in Kentucky, including a flash of Omaha Beach at, in October 2021.

IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships
Youth

Redpointed routes

 * Omaha Beach, Red River Gorge, flashed, October 2021
 * God's Own Throne, Red River Gorge, October 2020


 * The Madness, Red River Gorge, October 2021