Alexandre Chabot (born December 27, 1981) is a French professional
rock climber
Rock climbing is a climbing sports discipline that involves ascending routes consisting of natural rock in an outdoor environment, or on artificial resin climbing walls in a mostly indoor environment. Routes are documented in guidebooks, and ...
, specialising in
lead climbing
Lead climbing (or leading) is a technique in rock climbing where the 'lead climber' Glossary of climbing terms#clip in, clips their rope to the climbing protection as they ascend a pitch (climbing), pitch of the climbing route, while their 'seco ...
. He won three consecutive
Lead Climbing World Cups and three consecutive
Rock Masters. In France, he was awarded seven times the national Lead Climbing Champion title.
Biographic notes
He discovered climbing when he was six years old, during a vacation with his parents at Col des Grand Montets, near
Chamonix
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (; ; (no longer in use)), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (), is a communes of France, commune in the departments of France, department in the regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It was the site of the f ...
. When he was 13 he joined a local climbing club.
In 1997 (age 16) he redpointed his first 8a route, ''Rêve de Papillon'' (
Buoux
Buoux (; ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Located on the north side of the Luberon, the town is known for the high cliffs that surround it, making it a popular venue for ...
, France).
In 2000 (age 18) he won his first World Cup medal.
Rankings
Climbing World Cup
Climbing World Championships
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
Lead
Notable ascents
Redpointed routes
:
:* ''PuntX'' - Gorges du Loup (
FRA) - August 12, 2007 - First ascent
:* ''Abysse'' - Gorges du Loup (
FRA) - July 28, 2006 - First ascent
:* ''Kinematix'' - Gorges du Loup (
FRA) - September 5, 2003
:
:* ''Trip-Tik To-Nik'' - Gorges du Loup (
FRA)
:* ''Reaccion indirecta'' -
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
:* ''Ultimate Sacrifice'' - Gorges du Loup (
FRA) - August 25, 2003
See also
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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 bouldering, bouldering climbing route that ...
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History of rock climbing
In the history of rock climbing, the three main sub-disciplines – bouldering, Pitch (climbing), single-pitch climbing, and big wall climbing, big wall (and multi-pitch climbing, multi-pitch) climbing – can trace their origins to late 19th-ce ...
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Rankings of most career IFSC gold medals
References
External links
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French rock climbers
1981 births
Living people
World Games silver medalists for France
World Games medalists in sport climbing
Sportspeople from Reims
IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists
IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists
French competition climbers
Medalists at the 2005 World Games