Brooke Raboutou
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| Born | April 9, 2001 Boulder, Colorado, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of San Diego (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Rock climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Both of Raboutou's parents, Didier Raboutou and Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou, are former world champion competition climbers and leading outdoor sport climbers with notable first free ascents.[2] Her brother, Shawn Raboutou, is a professional rock climber who specializes in bouldering. Raboutou trains/trained with other accomplished athletes such as Campbell Sarinopoulos.
Raboutou attended the University of San Diego and was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
Climbing career
[edit]Rock climbing
[edit]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
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Raboutou was at the University of San Diego in 2018 before taking time off to prepare for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[9] where she finished in 5th place in the 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] becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in sport climbing.[15]
Rankings
[edit]World Cups
[edit]Season rankings
[edit]| Discipline | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | 58 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 15 |
| Bouldering | 49 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Speed | 70 | 73 | 21 | – | – |
Podiums
[edit]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
[edit]Youth[16]
| Discipline | 2016 Youth B |
2017 Youth A |
2018 Youth A |
2019 Juniors |
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| Lead | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Bouldering | 3 | 3 | 6 | – |
| Speed | 17 | 28 | 18 | – |
| Combined | 1 | 2 | – | – |
Senior
| Discipline | 2019 Hachioji |
2021 Moscow |
2023 Bern |
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| Lead | 15 | 5 | 5 |
| Bouldering | 41 | 5 | 3 |
| Speed | 24 | – | – |
| Combined | 9 | – | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Press, Tales Azzoni The Associated (August 10, 2024). "Janja Garnbret defends her Olympic gold in sport climbing. American Brooke Raboutou wins a silver". Toronto Star. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Brooke Raboutou". IFSC. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Brooke Raboutou at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (archive)
- Brooke Raboutou at Team USA (archived)
- Brooke Raboutou at Olympics.com
- Brooke Raboutou at Olympedia
- Brooke Raboutou on Instagram
- 2001 births
- Living people
- American female climbers
- American rock climbers
- University of San Diego alumni
- Sportspeople from Boulder, Colorado
- Sport climbers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Sport climbers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Sport climbers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic sport climbers for the United States
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in sport climbing
- IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists
- Boulder climbers
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- American people of French descent
- IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists
- American competition climbers