Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Atlanta, Georgia | August 8, 1963||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Rockclimbing coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 43 kg (95 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | raboutoufamily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type of climber | sport climbing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Known for | Winning 4 World Cups and 1 World Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou (born 8 August 1963), is an American rock climber and rock climbing coach. She is a 4-time World Cup champion, the 3rd woman to climb 5.14a (8b+), and has coached young competition climbers, like Megan Mascarenas, Margo Hayes and her daughter, Brooke Raboutou.[1][2]
Climbing career[]
Erbesfield won the world's first Climbing World Cup (Leeds in 1989) as a relative unknown. She quickly gained sponsorship and traveled around the world to compete on the new world cup circuit. She went on to win the overall title for four consecutive World Cups from 1992 to 1995.[1][3]
Coaching career[]
She founded the climbing gym ABC Kids Climbing in Boulder, Colorado which focuses on developing agility, balance, and coordination in young climbers. Many of its graduates are climbing 5.14, and performing well in national and international climbing competitions.[4] Two of the four American athletes who qualified for the 2020 Olympics in sport climbing, Brooke Raboutou and Colin Duffy, were both members of Team ABC, which also produced Margo Hayes, the first woman to climb a 5.15 (9b/+) route, and Natalia Grossman, the 2021 bouldering world champion.[5]
In 2018 she was inducted into the Boulder Sports Hall of fame.[6]
Personal life[]
Erbesfield married French rock climber Brooke and are accomplished climbers.[3]
in 1993, and their childrenRankings[]
Climbing World Cup[7][]
Discipline | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
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Lead | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Climbing World Championships[8][]
Discipline | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 |
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Lead | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup[]
Lead[8][]
Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1989 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
1990 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
1991 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
1992 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
1993 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
1994 | 4 | 4 | ||
1995 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Total | 14 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
Notable Climbs[]
Redpointed[]
8c (5.14b):
8b+ (5.14a):
- Ixeia - Rodellar (ESP) - June 2012
- Tripa de Conejo - Rodellar (ESP) - June 2012
- God's Own Stone - Red River Gorge (USA) - April 1, 2012 - At age 48
- Bad Attitude - Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val (FRA) - August 27, 2008 - At age 45[10]
- Attention vos Regards - Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val (FRA) - 1993
- Silence - Troubat (FRA) - 1993 - World's second female ascent of an 8b+ route.
On-sighted[]
8a+ (5.13c):
8a (5.13b):
- Ramponeau - Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val (FRA) - 1992
Bibliography[]
- Noble, Chris (November 2013). Women Who Dare: North America's Most Inspiring Women Climbers. Falcon Guides. ISBN 978-0762783717. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
References[]
- ^ a b c "Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou – pioneer and coach". The Circuit.
- ^ Emma Murray (August 5, 2016). "Record-setting Raboutous". Boulder Weekly. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ a b Johanna Flashman (January 20, 2018). "Robyn Esbesfield-Raboutou is coaching the next generation of crushers". Climbing. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ Abbey Smith. "Our Members: How Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou Makes Kids into Elite Climbers". American Alpine Club.
- ^ Osius, Alison (July 29, 2021). "How Team ABC Built Two Olympic Climbers Brooke Raboutou and Colin Duffy". GymClimber. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ "Chris Weidner: Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou and the ABCs of strength, commitment". Daily Camera.
- ^ IFSC, ed. (July 20, 2017). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ^ a b IFSC, ed. (July 20, 2017). "Erbesfield's profile and rankings". Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ^ "Robyn Erbesfield sends her first 8c". UK climbing.
- ^ "Erbesfield-Raboutou: 5.14a at Age 45". Climbing.com. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
External links[]
- American rock climbers
- Female climbers
- Living people
- American sportswomen
- 1963 births
- 21st-century American women