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Brooke Raboutou

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Brooke Raboutou
Raboutou in 2019
Personal information
Born (2001-04-09) April 9, 2001 (age 25)
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
EducationUniversity of San Diego (2023)
OccupationRock climber
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Climbing career
Highest grade
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisCombined
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 BernBouldering
World Cup (Season)
Bronze medal – third place2022Bouldering
Bronze medal – third place2023Bouldering
World Cup
Gold medal – first placeHachioji 2023Bouldering
Silver medal – second placeInnsbruck 2021Lead
Silver medal – second placeSalt Lake City 2022Bouldering
Silver medal – second placeVillars 2022Lead
Silver medal – second placeKoper 2026Lead
Bronze medal – third placeSalt Lake City 2021Bouldering
Bronze medal – third placeSalt Lake City 2021Bouldering
Bronze medal – third placeSeoul 2022Bouldering
Bronze medal – third placeSalt Lake City 2022Bouldering
Bronze medal – third placeInnsbruck 2022Lead
Bronze medal – third placeKoper 2022Lead
Bronze medal – third placeSeoul 2023Bouldering
Bronze medal – third placeSalt Lake City 2023Bouldering
Bronze medal – third placeVillars 2023Lead
Bronze medal – third placeMadrid 2025Lead
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoBouldering & Lead
Updated on August 20, 2026

Brooke Raboutou (/ˈræbətuː/ RAB-ə-too; born April 9, 2001)[2] is an American professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing (lead and boulder), sport climbing and bouldering. She is an Olympic silver medalist in the combined bouldering and lead climbing event (2024). She is the first-ever woman to redpoint a 5.15c (9b+) graded sport-climbing route with her 2025 ascent of Excalibur.

Early life

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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.[3] 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.[citation needed]

Climbing career

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Rock climbing

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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 climbing route. At 11, she became the youngest woman to send a 5.14b (8c) sport climbing route.[4][5][6][7]

In October 2023, she made the second female ascent of Box Therapy, a V16 (8C+) boulder, and proposed a downgrade to V15 (8C).[8][9]

In April 2025, she made the first female ascent of Excalibur, a 5.15c (9b+) sport climbing route.[10] In doing so, she became the first woman to ever climb a sport climbing route at that grade.[11]

Competition climbing

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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,[12] where she finished in 5th place in the combined event.[13]

In April 2023, she won the IFSC Boulder World Cup in Hachioji, Japan, claiming her first ever IFSC Climbing World Cup gold medal.[14][15]

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.[16]

Raboutou won the silver medal in the combined event at the 2024 Summer Olympics,[17] becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in sport climbing.[18]

Rankings

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World Cups

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Season rankings

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Discipline 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Lead 58 46 17 5 15 –
Bouldering 49 55 4 3 3 29
Speed 70 73 21 – – –

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Podiums

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Bouldering [20]

Season First Second Third Total
2021––22
2022–123
20231023
Total1168

Lead [20]

Season First Second Third Total
2021–1–1
2022–123
2023––11
2025––11
2026–1–1
Total0347

Climbing World Championships

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Youth[20]

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		 2023
Bern
Lead 15 5 5
Bouldering 41 5 3
Speed 24 – –
Combined 9 – 4

Filmography

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  • The Fanatic Search 2 - A Girl Thing (2011)
  • Reel Rock S1 E6: Origins: Obe & Ashima (2011)[21]
  • The Bronco Sport with Brooke Raboutou (2020)
  • The Wall: Climb for Gold (2022)

References

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  1. ↑ "Brooke Raboutou". Olympics Paris 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ "RABOUTOU Brooke". 2025. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Race on! Meet Brooke, 13, the world record breaking rock climber who lives life on the l-edge". Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Brooke Raboutou Profile". gymclimber.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. ↑ Zaccardi, Nick (August 18, 2019). "Brooke Raboutou is first U.S. Olympic sport climbing qualifier". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Boulder woman is first American to qualify for Olympic climbing — ever". The Know. September 4, 2019. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Brooke Raboutou: First-Ever American Climber to Qualify for Olympics". Your Boulder. September 9, 2019. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Box Therapy V15". www.instagram.com. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  9. ↑ "NEWS: Brooke Raboutou climbs Box Therapy". www.ukclimbing.com. October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  11. ↑ Pardy, Aaron (April 8, 2025). "Brooke Raboutou Is First Woman to Climb 5.15c". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  12. ↑ Luke, Steven (April 7, 2021). "Former USD Student Climbs Toward Olympic History". NBC San Diego. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Olympic Games". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  14. ↑ "USA'S RABOUTOU CLAIMS FIRST EVER IFSC BOULDER WORLD CUP GOLD". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  15. ↑ gripped (April 24, 2023). "Brooke Raboutou Wins World Cup Gold". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  16. ↑ "24 Combined athletes qualify in Budapest for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  17. ↑ Aspland, Richard (August 10, 2024). "Official website of the International Federation of Sport Climbing". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  18. ↑ Tales Azzoni (August 10, 2024). "Janja Garnbret defends her Olympic gold in sport climbing. American Brooke Raboutou wins a silver". Toronto Star. Associated Press. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  19. ↑ "Brooke Raboutou". IFSC. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  20. 1 2 3 "Brooke Raboutou". IFSC. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  21. ↑ "Reel Rock S1 E6: Obe and Ashima". Red Bull. Retrieved December 29, 2025.
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