Jemma Powell joined the Lattice coaching team in July 2022 after six years of coaching intermediate to elite-level climbers. With over 30 years of climbing experience, including a decade competing internationally for GB Climbing and holding the title of British Champion for five consecutive years, she brings a wealth of knowledge to the team. Jemma has also achieved multiple international podium finishes.

Passionate about strength and conditioning for injury prevention, Jemma draws on her own experience of overcoming injuries during her competitive career. She holds a First-Class Master’s degree in Applied Sports Science, with modules in the Psychology of Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, Performance Physiology, and Performance Psychology. Her research explored how competition anxiety can affect sporting performance through attentional loss.

Jemma is a qualified Pregnancy and Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist and hopes to empower women around the world as they embark on this new and exciting chapter of their lives. Since having children herself, Jemma has achieved her most notable outdoor sport climbing and bouldering goals, climbing 8b sport and bouldering 8A! It was through the process of learning to balance time around parenthood (as anyone with children can relate) that she rediscovered her love for climbing and training.

Currently, Jemma is focused on long-term sport climbing and bouldering goals on the limestone crags of North Wales, training hard and continuing to push her grade while adapting to the ever-changing demands of motherhood.