Brooke Raboutou

Brooke Raboutou (born April 9, 2001) is a rock climber. At age 9, Brooke ticked a V10 and became the youngest female to climb a 5.13b. At 10, she sent a V11 and became the youngest female to climb 5.13d. 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
Personal information
Nationality
Born (2001-04-09) April 9, 2001
Boulder, Colorado, United States
OccupationRock climber
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm) (2016)[1]
Climbing career
Highest grade
Updated on July 7, 2014.

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, 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. Raboutou's mother retired from competitive rock climbing in 1996 to focus on teaching climbing at ABC Climbing in Colorado.[6]

Raboutou attends the University of San Diego where she is a full-time student.[7] She climbs 15 hours a week and trains another nine hours.[3]

Rankings

Climbing World Championships

Youth[8]

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

References
  1. "Brooke Raboutou". Adidas Five Ten. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  2. "Brooke Raboutou Profile". gymclimber.com. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. "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. "Boulder Athlete First American To Qualify For Olympic Climbing". Boulder, CO Patch. September 4, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  8. "Brooke Raboutou". IFSC. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
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