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Julia Chanourdie (born 25 June 1996) is a French professional rock climber who specialises in competition lead climbing.She also climbs outdoors as a sport climber, and on 7 November 2020, she became the second-ever female in history to climb a 9b (5.15b) route, Eagle–4 in Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux, France.
Rutkiewicz's goal was to become the first woman to reach the summits of all 14 of the eight-thousanders. During her climbing career she successfully climbed the following mountains: 1975 – Gasherbrum III [10] 1978 – Mount Everest; 1985 – Nanga Parbat; 1986 – K2; 1987 – Shishapangma; 1989 – Gasherbrum II; 1990 – Gasherbrum I; 1991 ...
In 2020, Climbing magazine noted her pioneering role in competition climbing and her rivalry with Lynn Hill as they vied for the title of the strongest female sport climber, but noted that her true passion was for alpinism, and said of her achievements: "Catherine Destivelle crushed the stereotypes that top-level sport climbing and daring ...
McNeice started climbing at the age of five [2] [3] [4] when her father took her and her older brother to a climbing gym. [3] [4]Aged 12, after four years living in Malaysia where she trained on larger climbing walls, [2] [4] McNeice entered her first national competition before eventually making it onto the Great Britain Climbing junior squad and going on to represent her country at the 2021 ...
After retiring from bouldering and taking time off in 2009 to allow her back to recover, Zangerl began to focus on easier sport climbing routes. [3] While single pitch sport climbing never became a core focus for Zangerl, by 2018 she was climbing at the grade of 9a (5.14d) when the highest achieved female sport climbing grade was just two notches higher at 9b (5.15b). [5]
In 2023, Bertone won her first IFSC Climbing World Cup gold medal at the Boulder World Cup in Prague, beating Janja Garnbret in doing so. [3] She went on to win a silver medal in bouldering at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships and secure a spot for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris by placing first in the European Boulder and Lead ...
Hannah Meul (born April 3, 2001, in Frechen) is a German rock climber who specialises in competition bouldering and bouldering.She won the silver medal in bouldering at the 2022 IFSC Climbing European Championships and has placed second three times on the IFSC Climbing World Cup circuit.
Female climbers includes women from any sport of climbing, including rock climbing (and bouldering), mountaineering and ice climbing. Subcategories This category has the following 56 subcategories, out of 56 total.