Mickaël Mawem (born 3 August 1990 at Nimes, France) 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 ...

who specializes in competition bouldering. He is the 2023 World boulder champion. He qualified for the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

by finishing 7th at the

2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships The 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships, the 16th edition, were held in Hachioji, Japan from 11 to 21 August 2019. The championships consisted of lead, speed, bouldering, and combined events. The paraclimbing event was held separately from 1 ...

.Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – ''Sport climbing''; International Federation of Sport Climbing, 15 March 2018 He also won the bouldering event in the 2019

IFSC Climbing European Championships The IFSC Climbing European Championships are the biennial European championship for competition climbing organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The first competition was held in Frankfurt in 1992. Championships ...

, and at the 2023 World Championships at Bern. Mawem was first selected for the national team in 2014.

Personal life

His older brother Bassa is also a professional rock climber.

References

Living people 1990 births French rock climbers Sportspeople from Nîmes Sport climbers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic sport climbers for France 21st-century French people Boulder climbers IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists French competition climbers {{France-sport-bio-stub