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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.
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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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Medal record
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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.
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]
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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]
| Discipline | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| Lead | 58 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 15 |
| Bouldering | 49 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Speed | 70 | 73 | 21 | – | – |
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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | 15 | 5 | 5 |
| Bouldering | 41 | 5 | 3 |
| Speed | 24 | – | – |
| Combined | 9 | – | 4 |
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