Brooke Raboutou

Brooke Raboutou (born April 9, 2001) is an American professional rock climber. 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
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.[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
Lead 58 46 17
Bouldering 49 55 4
Speed 70 73 21

Podiums

Bouldering [9]

Season First Second Third Total
2021--22
Total0022

Lead [9]

Season First Second Third Total
2021-1-1
Total0101

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". 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. Luke, Steven (April 7, 2021). "Former USD Student Climbs Toward Olympic History". NBC San Diego.
  8. "Olympic Games". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  9. "Brooke Raboutou". IFSC. Retrieved May 22, 2021.


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