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Muriel Sarkany (born August 5, 1974) is a
Muriel won 31 podiums at the World Cup of Difficulty.
* Winner of the difficulty world cup for the years 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2003.
* Silver medal for the years 1995, 1998, 2000 and 2004.
* Bronze medal in 2007.
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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 specialized in competition lead climbing where she is known for winning five Climbing World Cup
The IFSC Climbing World Cup is a series of climbing competitions held annually and organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The athletes compete in three disciplines: lead, bouldering and speed. The number of competit ...
s. She also specialized in outdoor sport climbing
Sport climbing (or Bolted climbing) is a form of rock climbing that relies on permanent anchors (or bolts), permanently fixed into the rock for climber protection, in which a rope that is attached to the climber is clipped into the anchors to ...
and is considered the fourth-ever female climber in history to redpoint
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a -graded route, which was ''PuntX'', in Gorges du Loup, in FRA
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.
Climbing career
Competition climbing
Sarkany started climbing at the age of 17 and at the age of 18 started participating in internationallead 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 became Youth World Champion in Basel in 1992.
She won the silver medal three times for lead climbing at the World Championships
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(1997, 1999, and 2001), and the gold medal in 2003.
Sarkany was the 1998 European Lead Champion and won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Lead Championships.
After a break from competition climbing in 2005 and 2006, she returned in 2007 to win the silver medal at the World Championships in Avilles, and the bronze medal at the World Cup that year.
She won the Lead Climbing World Cup
The IFSC Climbing World Cup is a series of climbing competitions held annually and organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The athletes compete in three disciplines: lead, bouldering and speed. The number of competit ...
5 times in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003.
She retired in 2010, and as of 2022, still holds the record for the most Lead World Cup gold medals (male or female).
Rock climbing
After retiring from competition climbing, Sarkany devoted herself to outdoor rock climbing. In November 2013, at the age of 39, she became the fourth-ever woman in history to climb a graded route when she ascended ''PuntX'' in the ( Gorges du Loup,FRA
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).
In 2016, at 43 years old, Sarkany ascended ''Era Vella'' in Margalef
Margalef is a village in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the edge of Montsant and is a popular ecotourism destination, especially among rock climbers
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in Spain, becoming the first woman aged over 40 to climb a graded route.
Rankings
World Championships Lead Climbing
Early on, she won a gold medal in the junior category. In the adult difficulty, after three silver medals at the1997
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, 1999
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, and 2001 UIAA Climbing World Championships, Muriel Sarkany became the 2003 World Climbing Champion and is a finalist in the 2007 IFSC Climbing World Championships.
Climbing European Championships
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
Other tributes
She is represented on the painting inNamur
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, in Belgium.
Rock climbing
Redpointed routes
: :* ''Era Vella'' -Margalef
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) - September 2017
:* ''Punt-X'' - Gorges du Loup (FRA
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) - November 21, 2013 - At the time, Sarkany became the 4th female climber in history to climb a 9a route.
:
:* ''La Rubia'' - Villanueva del Rosario (Andalusia
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, ESP
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) - November 2016
:* ''Ultimate Sacrifice'' - Gorges du Loup (FRA
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) - 2012
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:* ''Ingravids Eskerps'' - Santa Linya
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(ESP
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) - March 8, 2012
:* ''Rollito Sharma Extension'' - Santa Linya - February 4, 2012
:* ''Last soul sacrifice'' - Gorges du Loup (FRA
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) - September 30, 2011
:* ''Quoussaï les maux de la fin'' - Gorges du Loup (FRA
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) - September 13, 2011
:* ''Hot chili X'' - Gorges du Loup (FRA
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) - August 28, 2011
:* ''Drop City'' - Antalya (TUR) - April 5, 2008
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:* ''Hot Chilli Beans Volcano'' - Gorges du Loup (FRA
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) - August 7, 2011
:* ''Soul Sacrifice'' - Gorges du Loup (FRA
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) - July 25, 2011
:* ''Le mur des cyclopes'' - Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux(FRA
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)- March 10, 2011
:* ''Collection automne hiver'' - Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux (FRA
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) - October 17, 2010
:* ''Trio Ternura'' - Santa Linya (ESP
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) - May 31, 2010
:* ''Rolito Sharma'' - Santa Linya (ESP
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) - December 10, 2009
:* ''Philippe cuisinière'' - Rodellar (ESP
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:* ''El chorreras'' - Rodellar (ESP
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) - September 29, 2009
:* ''Mortal combat'' - Castillon (FRA
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) - December 10, 2003
:* ''Skyline'' - Bürs
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(AUT) - July 18, 2003
See also
*List of grade milestones in rock climbing
In rock climbing, a first free ascent (FFA) is the first redpoint (climbing), redpoint, onsight or flash (climbing), flash of a pitch (ascent/descent), single-pitch, multi-pitch climbing, multi-pitch (or big wall climbing, big wall), or bouldering ...
*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 ...
* Rankings of most career IFSC gold medals
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarkany, Muriel 1974 births Living people Belgian female climbers Belgian rock climbers Competitors at the 2005 World Games IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists Belgian competition climbers