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Brooke Raboutou

Raboutou in 2019
Personal information
Born	(2001-04-09) April 9, 2001 (age 23) Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Education	University of San Diego (2023)
Occupation	Rock climber
Height	158 cm
Climbing career
Type of climber	Competition climbing Sport climbing Bouldering
Highest grade	Redpoint: 5.14c (8c+) Bouldering: V15 (8C)
Medal record Women's competition climbing Representing the  United States Olympic Games Silver 2024 Paris Combined World Championships Bronze 2023 Bern Bouldering World Cup (Overall) Bronze 2022 Bouldering Bronze 2023 Bouldering World Cup (Event) Gold 2023 Hachioji Bouldering Silver 2021 Innsbruck Lead Silver 2022 Salt Lake City Bouldering Silver 2022 Villars Lead Bronze 2021 Salt Lake City Bouldering Bronze 2021 Salt Lake City Bouldering Bronze 2022 Seoul Bouldering Bronze 2022 Salt Lake City Bouldering Bronze 2022 Innsbruck Lead Bronze 2022 Koper Lead Bronze 2023 Seoul Bouldering Bronze 2023 Salt Lake City Bouldering Bronze 2023 Villars Lead Pan American Games Silver 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 trains/trained with other accomplished athletes such as Campbell Sarinopoulos.

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

Podiums

Bouldering

Lead

Climbing World Championships

Youth

Senior