Julia Chanourdie (born 25 June 1996) is a French professional
rock climber
Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and ...
. She is mainly active in
lead climbing
Lead climbing is a climbing style, predominantly used in rock climbing. In a roped party one climber has to take the lead while the other climbers follow. The ''lead climber'' wears a harness attached to a climbing rope, which in turn is connecte ...
competitions. She also climbs outdoors, and on November 7, 2020, she became the
second-ever female in history to climb a route, ''Eagle–4'' in
Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux, France. Chanourdie won the bronze medal at
The World Games 2017 in
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
, Poland.
Notable ascents
Redpoint
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**''Eagle–4'',
Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux, 7 November 2020,
second-ever female in history to climb 9b (after
Angela Eiter
Angela "Angy" Eiter (born 27 January 1986 in Arzl im Pitztal) is an Austrian professional rock climber. She is a champion in lead climbing competitions, winning three IFSC Lead Climbing World Cups in a row, from 2004 to 2006 and four IFSC World ...
)
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**''Super Crackinette'',
Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux, 13 March 2020
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**''Ground Zero'',
Tetto di Sarre, 25 March 2017
**''Molasse’son'',
Mollans, 5 April 2018
Rankings
Climbing World Cup
Climbing World Championships
Youth
Adult
Climbing European Championships
Youth
Adult
Rock Masters
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
Lead
See also
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History of rock climbing
In the history of rock climbing, the three main sub-disciplines: bouldering, single-pitch climbing, and big wall (or multi-pitch) climbing can trace their origins to late 19th-century Europe. Bouldering started in Fontainebleau, and was advan ...
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List of first ascents (sport climbing)
In rock climbing, a first free ascent (FFA) is the first documented redpoint, onsight or flash of a single-pitch, big wall (multi-pitch), or boulder route that did not involve using aid equipment to help progression or resting; the ascent must ...
References
External links
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Female climbers
French rock climbers
Living people
1996 births
Université Savoie Mont Blanc alumni
World Games bronze medalists
Competitors at the 2017 World Games
Sport climbers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic sport climbers for France
20th-century French women
21st-century French women
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