Oriane Bertone (born March 10, 2005 in

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

) is a French

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 climbing, but is also noted for her

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 her bouldering.

Climbing career

Rock climbing

In 2018, when she was 12 years old, Bertone became the youngest climber to send a graded boulder problem when she solved ''Golden Shadow'' in Rocklands (South Africa). In 2020, aged 14, she redpointed the

route, ''Panonoramix et les cyclopes'', in Saint Léger at grade .

Competition climbing

In 2019, she started competing in international youth competition climbing events where she won multiple gold medals in both

competition lead climbing A climbing competition (or comp) is usually held indoors on purpose built climbing walls. There are three main types of climbing competition: lead, speed, and bouldering. In lead climbing, the competitors start at the bottom of a route and must c ...

and

competition bouldering A climbing competition (or comp) is usually held indoors on purpose built climbing walls. There are three main types of climbing competition: lead, speed, and bouldering. In lead climbing, the competitors start at the bottom of a route and must c ...

. In April 2021, Bertone made her senior

International Federation of Sport Climbing The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the international governing body for the sport of competitive climbing, which consists of the disciplines lead climbing, speed climbing, and bouldering. It was founded in Frankfurt on 27 Ja ...

(IFSC) competition debut at age 16 at the Boulder World Cup in Meiringen, where she advanced to the final and placed second. Bertone qualified for the

2024 Paris Olympics ) , nations = TBA , athletes = 10,500 ''(quota limit)'' , events = 329 in 32 sports (48 disciplines) , opening = 26 July 2024 , closing = 11 August 2024 , opened_by = , stadium = Stade de France Jardins du Trocadéro and River Seine , summe ...

by placing first in the European Olympic Qualifier.

Rankings

European youth championship

Youth world championships

European championships

IFSC World Cup

Podiums

Notable ascents

Boulder problems

: :* ''Satan I Helvete'' - Bas, Fontainebleau (France) - 2020 : :* ''Golden Shadow'' - Rocklands (South Africa) - 2018 :* ''Super Tanker'' - Fontainebleau (France) - 2021 : :* ''Psychopad'' -

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- 2017 :* ''Le Spartiate direct assis'' -

- 2018 :* ''Fragile Steps'' - RockLands (South Africa) - 2017 :* ''Trafic'' - Fontainebleau - 2018 :* ''The master Key'' - Rocklands (South Africa) - 2019 :* ''Bio Affinity'' - Rocklands (South Africa) - 2019 :* ''Ray of light'' - Rocklands (South Africa) - 2020 :* ''Leopard cave extended'' - Rocklands (South Africa) - 2020 :* ''Agamemnon'' - Rocklands (South Africa) - 2020 :* ''Fata I Helvete'' - Fontainebleau - 2020

Redpointed routes

: :* ''Panonoramix et les cyclopes'' - Saint Léger - 2020 : :* ''Chykungunya'' -

- 2018 :* ''Stay Kratom, stay home'' - Saint Léger - 2020 :* ''Panonoramix'' - Saint Léger - 2020

References

French rock climbers {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertone, Oriane 2005 births Living people French female climbers Sportspeople from Nice Competitors at the 2022 World Games Sport climbers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Boulder climbers IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists French competition climbers