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Brooke Raboutou
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Raboutou in 2019
Personal information
Nationality
Born (2001-04-09) April 9, 2001 (age 22)
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation Rock climber
Height 5 ft 2 in (2016) wingspan +1 in
Climbing career
Highest grade
Updated on July 7, 2014.

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). Raboutou also performed well on the youth climbing circuit from 2015 to 2018.

In 2019, she qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by finishing ninth in the combined Climbing World Championships.

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Raboutou at the 2016 Dominion Riverrock

Biography

In 2001, Raboutou was born in Boulder, Colorado. Raboutou's parents, Didier Raboutou [fr] 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.

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. Raboutou finished in 5th place in Combined at the inaugural Sport Climbing event in the Olympic Games.

Rankings

World Cups

Season rankings

Discipline 2018 2019 2021
Lead 58 46 17
Bouldering 49 55 4
Speed 70 73 21

Podiums

Bouldering

Season First Second Third Total
2021 - - 2 2
2022 - 1 2 3
Total 0 1 4 5

Lead

Season First Second Third Total
2021 - 1 - 1
2022 - 1 2 3
Total 0 2 2 4

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
Lead 15 5
Bouldering 41 5
Speed 24 -
Combined 9 -
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