Brooke Raboutou facts for kids
Raboutou in 2019
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| Nationality | American, French | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 9, 2001 Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
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| Education | University of San Diego (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Rock climber | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 158 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brooke Raboutou (born April 9, 2001) is an American professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing where she competes as part of the US National Team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and represents the United States at IFSC Climbing World Cups.
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Early life
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. Her brother, Shawn Raboutou, is a professional rock climber who specializes in bouldering.
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
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Raboutou was at the University of San Diego in 2018 before taking time off to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics, where she finished in 5th place.
In April 2023, she won the IFSC Boulder World Cup in Hachioji, Japan, claiming her first ever IFSC Climbing World Cup gold medal.
Rankings
World Cups
Season rankings
| Discipline | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| Lead | 58 | 46 | 17 | 5 | |
| Bouldering | 49 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Speed | 70 | 73 | 21 | - | - |
Podiums
Bouldering
| Season | First | Second | Third | Total |
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| 2021 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Lead
| Season | First | Second | Third | Total |
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| 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 |
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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 |
