World Climbing marks a defining moment in the history of Speed Climbing as Aleksandra Mirosław of Poland announced that she will retire from international competition at the conclusion of the 2026 season.

The two-time Olympian shared the news on her 32nd birthday through a video message addressed to fans, confirming that the 2026 season will represent her final competitive campaign.

A CAREER DEFINED BY SPEED HISTORY

Mirosław stands among the most accomplished athletes the discipline has ever seen. Her career reached its highest point at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, where she claimed gold in women’s Speed. She also competed at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, placing fourth in women’s Combined.

Across the international circuit, Mirosław has earned 14 World Cup gold medals, three World Championship titles, and two European Championship titles. She is the current women’s Speed world record holder at 6.03 seconds, and has authored a historic era in the discipline, owning the last 10 world records set – a sequence that began at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and reshaped the limits of performance on the Speed wall.

“ON MY OWN TERMS”

In her announcement, Mirosław explained that the decision had been forming for years.

“For a long time, I knew how I wanted to say goodbye to the world of sport in this role. On top. On my own terms. My own way,” she wrote. “I’d like to tell you that the 2026 season will be my last competitive season in the World Cup and European Championships. Just a few final starts and then this chapter comes to a close.”

Despite the announcement, Mirosław stressed that her focus remains fully on performance: “Ahead of me are the final months, competitions and training sessions, and my commitment to the work I still have to do remains unchanged. So do my goals. I’m giving this everything I have.”

ONE LAST DANCE

The Speed season of the World Climbing Series 2026 will begin in Wujiang, China, before continuing in Alcobendas, Spain, and later reaching Kraków, Poland, where Mirosław confirmed she will make her final appearance on the international circuit.

“I’d like to invite you to join me in this final chapter and especially to Kraków, where I’ll compete in the World Cup for the last time,” she said. “I don’t know how this stage will end, because in sport there are no guarantees, but I’ll do everything I can to finish it in the best way I know how.”

She closed her message with a note of gratitude: “Today… I simply thank you for all these years and invite you to one last dance together.”

As one of the athletes who fundamentally transformed Speed Climbing, Aleksandra Mirosław’s final season will be closely followed across the World Climbing community, as fans and fellow competitors celebrate a career that redefined what was thought possible on the Speed wall.