At the SPL5 Sport Parkour League World Championships in Vancouver, Audrey Johnson did what only she has done before. She defended both her women's Speed and Style world titles, leaving Canada as a multi-time double world champion.
Two crowns defended on Canadian soil
The championships unfolded over a single weekend inside a Vancouver venue that demanded precision from the opening prelims. Johnson moved through the Speed course with tight, economical lines, while her Style runs balanced big-risk tricks with controlled landings.
No official times or margin of victory could be confirmed, but the outcome was never in doubt. When the finals ended, she stood alone as the only athlete to hold both SPL crowns simultaneously for a second time.
From World Cup firsts to world titles
Johnson's path to this moment began years before Vancouver. In 2023 she became the first American ever to medal at a FIG Parkour World Cup, taking silver in speed at Montpellier in 45.070 seconds.
A year later, she made more history as the first American to win a FIG World Cup gold in parkour, and the first American to medal at the FIG Parkour World Championships. Now, with two SPL world titles defended in a single weekend, the record grows heavier.
A quiet dominance
The American traceuse, born in 2001, came to parkour from a gymnastics background that ended at age twelve. SPL preview coverage had already labelled her the "reigning double champion" before this season began.
By Sunday evening, nothing had changed and everything had been reinforced. Johnson left Vancouver the same way she arrived: the standard against which the rest of the field measures itself.
She is still writing a career of firsts. This weekend she chose consistency instead, and that was enough.
