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American rock climber

Brooke Raboutou
Raboutou in 2019
Personal information
Born (2001-04-09) April 9, 2001 (age 23)
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
EducationUniversity of San Diego (2023)
OccupationRock climber
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Combined
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bern Bouldering
World Cup (Season)
Third place 2022 Bouldering
Third place 2023 Bouldering
World Cup
Gold medal – first place Hachioji 2023 Bouldering
Silver medal – second place Innsbruck 2021 Lead
Silver medal – second place Salt Lake City 2022 Bouldering
Silver medal – second place Villars 2022 Lead
Bronze medal – third place Salt Lake City 2021 Bouldering
Bronze medal – third place Salt Lake City 2021 Bouldering
Bronze medal – third place Seoul 2022 Bouldering
Bronze medal – third place Salt Lake City 2022 Bouldering
Bronze medal – third place Innsbruck 2022 Lead
Bronze medal – third place Koper 2022 Lead
Bronze medal – third place Seoul 2023 Bouldering
Bronze medal – third place Salt Lake City 2023 Bouldering
Bronze medal – third place Villars 2023 Lead
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Bouldering & Lead
Updated on April 14, 2023

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

Both of Raboutou's parents, Didier Raboutou [fr] and Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou, are former world champion competition climbers and leading outdoor sport climbers with notable first free ascents. Her brother, Shawn Raboutou, is a professional rock climber who specializes in bouldering.

Raboutou attended the University of San Diego and was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.

Climbing career

Rock climbing

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.

In October 2023, she made the second female ascent of Box Therapy, a V16 (8C+) boulder, and proposed a downgrade to V15 (8C).

Competition climbing

Raboutou at the 2016 Dominion Riverrock

Raboutou was at the University of San Diego in 2018 before taking time off to prepare for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she finished in 5th place in the combined event.

In April 2023, she won the IFSC Boulder World Cup in Hachioji, Japan, claiming her first ever IFSC Climbing World Cup gold medal.

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.

Raboutou won the silver medal in the combined event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in sport climbing.

Rankings

World Cups

Season rankings

Discipline 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Lead 58 46 17 5 15
Bouldering 49 55 4 3 3
Speed 70 73 21 – –

Podiums

Bouldering

Season First Second Third Total
2021 – – 2 2
2022 – 1 2 3
2023 1 0 2 3
Total 1 1 6 8

Lead

Season First Second Third Total
2021 – 1 – 1
2022 – 1 2 3
2023 – – 1 1
Total 0 2 3 5

Climbing World Championships

Youth

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 		2023
Bern
Lead 15 5 5
Bouldering 41 5 3
Speed 24 – –
Combined 9 – 4

References

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  10. "Olympic Games". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  11. "USA'S RABOUTOU CLAIMS FIRST EVER IFSC BOULDER WORLD CUP GOLD". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  12. gripped (April 24, 2023). "Brooke Raboutou Wins World Cup Gold". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  13. "24 Combined athletes qualify in Budapest for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  14. Aspland, Richard (August 10, 2024). "Official website of the International Federation of Sport Climbing". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  15. Tales Azzoni (August 10, 2024). "Janja Garnbret defends her Olympic gold in sport climbing. American Brooke Raboutou wins a silver". Toronto Star. Associated Press. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
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