Brooke Raboutou

Brooke Raboutou (born April 9, 2001) is an French-American professional rock climber who competes for the United States. 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]

Brooke Raboutou
Raboutou in 2019
Personal information
Nationality
Born (2001-04-09) April 9, 2001
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
EducationUniversity of San Diego (2023)
OccupationRock climber
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Climbing career
Highest grade
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cup 1 3 7
World Cup (Season)
Third place2022Bouldering
Updated on April 14, 2023.

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

Raboutou at the 2016 Dominion Riverrock

Biography

Raboutou's parents, Didier Raboutou 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

Season rankings
Discipline 2018 2019 2021 2022
Lead 58 46 17 5
Bouldering 49 55 4 3
Speed 70 73 21 -

Podiums

Bouldering [9]

Season First Second Third Total
2021--22
2022-123
20231012
Total1157

Lead [9]

Season First Second Third Total
2021-1-1
2022-123
Total0224

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". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  2. "Brooke Raboutou Profile". gymclimber.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. "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.
  4. 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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. 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.
  8. "Olympic Games". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  9. "Brooke Raboutou". IFSC. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2021.


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