Brooke Raboutou

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Brooke Raboutou
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Personal information
Nationality
Born (2001-04-09) April 9, 2001 (age 20)
Boulder, Colorado, United States
OccupationRock climber
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm) (2016)[1]
Climbing career
Highest grade
Updated on July 7, 2014.

Brooke Raboutou (born April 9, 2001) is an American professional rock climber. At age 9, she ticked a V10 (7C+) and became the youngest female to climb a 5.13b (8a). At 10, she sent a V11 (8A) and became the youngest female to climb 5.13d (8b). At 11, she became the youngest female to send 5.14b (8c).[2] Raboutou also performed well on the youth climbing circuit from 2015 to 2018.[3]

In 2019, she qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by finishing ninth in the combined Climbing World Championships.[4][5][3]

Biography[]

In 2001, Raboutou was born in Boulder, Colorado. Raboutou's parents,  [fr] and Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou, are former world champion rock climbers. Didier is a three-time World Cup champion, and Robyn is a five-time US champion and four-time World Cup champion.[6]

Raboutou began attending the University of San Diego in 2018, before taking time off in early 2020 to prepare for the later-postponed Tokyo Olympics.[7] Raboutou finished in 5th place in Combined at the inaugural Sport Climbing event in the Olympic Games.[8]

Rankings[]

World Cups[]

Season rankings[]

Discipline 2018 2019 2021
Lead 58 46 17
Bouldering 49 55 4
Speed 70 73 21

Podiums[]

Bouldering [9]

Season First Second Third Total
2021 - - 2 2
Total 0 0 2 2

Lead [9]

Season First Second Third Total
2021 - 1 - 1
Total 0 1 0 1

Climbing World Championships[]

Youth[9]

Discipline 2016
Youth B 		2017
Youth A 		2018
Youth A 		2019
Juniors
Lead 2 2 1 3
Bouldering 3 3 6 -
Speed 17 28 18 -
Combined 1 2 - -

Senior

Discipline 2019
Hachioji 		2021
Moscow
Lead 15 5
Bouldering 41 5
Speed 24 -
Combined 9 -

References[]

  1. ^ "Brooke Raboutou". Adidas Five Ten. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "Brooke Raboutou Profile". gymclimber.com. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Brooke Raboutou: First-Ever American Climber to Qualify for Olympics". Your Boulder. September 9, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  4. ^ Zaccardi, Nick (August 18, 2019). "Brooke Raboutou is first U.S. Olympic sport climbing qualifier". NBC Sports.
  5. ^ "Boulder woman is first American to qualify for Olympic climbing — ever". The Know. September 4, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  6. ^ "Race on! Meet Brooke, 13, the world record breaking rock climber who lives life on the l-edge". Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  7. ^ Luke, Steven (April 7, 2021). "Former USD Student Climbs Toward Olympic History". NBC San Diego.
  8. ^ "Olympic Games". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Brooke Raboutou". IFSC. Retrieved May 22, 2021.

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