American rock climber
Brooke Raboutou
Raboutou in 2019
Born (2001-04-09 ) April 9, 2001 (age 23) Boulder, Colorado , U.S.Education University of San Diego (2023)Occupation Rock climber Height 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[ 1] Type of climber Highest grade
Updated on April 14, 2023
Brooke Raboutou (born April 9, 2001) is a French-American professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing where she competes as part of the US National Team . She won the silver medal in the combined bouldering and lead climbing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics .
Early life
Both of Raboutou's parents, Didier Raboutou [fr ] and Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou , are former world champion competition climbers and leading outdoor sport climbers with notable first free ascents .[ 2] Shawn Raboutou , is a professional rock climber who specializes in bouldering .
Raboutou attended the University of San Diego and was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
Climbing career
Rock climbing
At age 9, she climbed a V10 (7C+) boulder , and became the youngest woman to climb a 5.13b (8a) sport climbing route. At 10, she sent a V11 (8A) boulder and became the youngest woman to climb a 5.13d (8b) sport route. At 11, she became the youngest woman to send a 5.14b (8c) sport route.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
In October 2023, she made the second female ascent of Box Therapy , a V16 (8C+) boulder, and proposed a downgrade to V15 (8C).[ 7] [ 8]
Competition climbing
Raboutou at the 2016 Dominion Riverrock Raboutou was at the University of San Diego in 2018 before taking time off to prepare for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[ 9] combined event .[ 10]
In April 2023, she won the IFSC Boulder World Cup in Hachioji , Japan, claiming her first ever IFSC Climbing World Cup gold medal.[ 11] [ 12]
In 2024, Raboutou placed first in the rankings of the boulder and lead combined event at the Olympic Qualifier Series , securing a spot for the combined event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[ 13]
Raboutou won the silver medal in the combined event at the 2024 Summer Olympics ,[ 14] [ 15]
Rankings
World Cups
Season rankings
Discipline
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
Lead
58
46
17
5
15
Bouldering
49
55
4
3
3
Speed
70
73
21
–
–
Podiums
Bouldering
[ 16]
Season
First
Second
Third
Total
2021
–
–
2
2
2022
–
1
2
3
2023
1
0
2
3
Total 1 1 6 8
Lead
[ 16]
Season
First
Second
Third
Total
2021
–
1
–
1
2022
–
1
2
3
2023
–
–
1
1
Total 0 2 3 5
Climbing World Championships
Youth [ 16]
Discipline
2016
2017
2018
2019
Lead
2
2
1
3
Bouldering
3
3
6
–
Speed
17
28
18
–
Combined
1
2
–
–
Senior
References
^ "Brooke Raboutou" . Olympics Paris 2024 . Retrieved August 27, 2024 .^ "Race on! Meet Brooke, 13, the world record breaking rock climber who lives life on the l-edge" . Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2016 .^ "Brooke Raboutou Profile" . gymclimber.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .^ Zaccardi, Nick (August 18, 2019). "Brooke Raboutou is first U.S. Olympic sport climbing qualifier" . NBC Sports . Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2019 . ^ "Boulder woman is first American to qualify for Olympic climbing — ever" . The Know . September 4, 2019. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020 .^ "Brooke Raboutou: First-Ever American Climber to Qualify for Olympics" . Your Boulder . September 9, 2019. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020 .^ "Box Therapy V15" . www.instagram.com . Retrieved October 14, 2023 .^ "NEWS: Brooke Raboutou climbs Box Therapy" . www.ukclimbing.com . October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023 .^ Luke, Steven (April 7, 2021). "Former USD Student Climbs Toward Olympic History" . NBC San Diego. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021 . ^ "Olympic Games" . www.ifsc-climbing.org . Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021 .^ "USA'S RABOUTOU CLAIMS FIRST EVER IFSC BOULDER WORLD CUP GOLD" . www.ifsc-climbing.org . Retrieved October 14, 2023 .^ gripped (April 24, 2023). "Brooke Raboutou Wins World Cup Gold" . Gripped Magazine . Retrieved October 14, 2023 . ^ "24 Combined athletes qualify in Budapest for Paris 2024 Olympic Games" . PlanetMountain.com . Retrieved July 13, 2024 .^ Aspland, Richard (August 10, 2024). "Official website of the International Federation of Sport Climbing" . www.ifsc-climbing.org . Retrieved August 10, 2024 . ^ Tales Azzoni (August 10, 2024). "Janja Garnbret defends her Olympic gold in sport climbing. American Brooke Raboutou wins a silver" . Toronto Star . Associated Press. Retrieved August 10, 2024 . ^ a b c "Brooke Raboutou" . IFSC. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2021 .
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