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Brooke Raboutou

Raboutou in 2019
Personal information
Born	(2001-04-09) April 9, 2001 (age 24) Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Education	University of San Diego (2023)
Occupation	Rock climber
Height	157 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 (Season) Third 2022 Bouldering Third 2023 Bouldering World Cup Gold Hachioji 2023 Bouldering Silver Innsbruck 2021 Lead Silver Salt Lake City 2022 Bouldering Silver Villars 2022 Lead Bronze Salt Lake City 2021 Bouldering Bronze Salt Lake City 2021 Bouldering Bronze Seoul 2022 Bouldering Bronze Salt Lake City 2022 Bouldering Bronze Innsbruck 2022 Lead Bronze Koper 2022 Lead Bronze Seoul 2023 Bouldering Bronze Salt Lake City 2023 Bouldering Bronze Villars 2023 Lead Pan American Games Silver 2023 Santiago Bouldering & Lead
Updated on April 14, 2023.

Brooke Raboutou (/ˈræbətuː/ rab-Ə-too; 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 attended the University of San Diego and was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.

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