Jesse Grupper

Jesse Grupper (born January 6, 1997) is an American rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. He won the 2023 Pan American Championships in the combined boulder and lead climbing discipline, thus qualifying for the 2024 Olympics. In 2022, Grupper came third overall in the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup in the competition lead climbing discipline, with two stage wins, one second and one third throughout the seven international stages of the 2022 world cup.

Early life and Education
Grupper began climbing when he was six years old. He graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 from the Tufts University School of Engineering, where he was a member of the University's climbing team.