Julia Chanourdie (born 25 June 1996) 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 ...
who specialises in
competition lead climbing
Competition climbing is a form of regulated rock-climbing competition held indoors on purpose-built artificial climbing walls (earlier versions were held on external natural rock surfaces). The three competition climbing disciplines are lead ...
. She also climbs outdoors as a
sport climber
Sport climbing (or bolted climbing) is a type of free climbing in the sport of rock climbing where the Lead climbing, lead climber clips their climbing rope, rope — via a quickdraw — into pre-drilled in-situ bolt (climbing), bolts for their ...
, and on 7 November 2020, she became the
second-ever female in history to climb a route, ''Eagle–4'' in
Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux
Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux (; Occitan: ''Sant Laugier d'Aurenja''; Provençal dialect: ''Sant Laugier dau Ventor'', before 1953: ''Saint-Léger-d'Orange'' , France. Chanourdie won the bronze medal at
The World Games 2017 in
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
, Poland.
Notable ascents
Redpoint
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**''Eagle–4'',
Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux
Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux (; Occitan: ''Sant Laugier d'Aurenja''; Provençal dialect: ''Sant Laugier dau Ventor'', before 1953: ''Saint-Léger-d'Orange'' , 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 who specialises in competition climbing and sport climbing. In competition lead climbing, she won three IFSC World Cups in a row (2004–2006) ...
)
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**''Super Crackinette'',
Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux
Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux (; Occitan: ''Sant Laugier d'Aurenja''; Provençal dialect: ''Sant Laugier dau Ventor'', before 1953: ''Saint-Léger-d'Orange'' , 13 March 2020; became the fourth-ever female to climb above the grade of .
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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, 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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List of first ascents (sport 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 ...
References
External links
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French female climbers
French rock climbers
Living people
1996 births
Université Savoie Mont Blanc alumni
World Games bronze medalists for France
World Games medalists in sport climbing
Sport climbers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic sport climbers for France
21st-century French sportswomen
French competition climbers
Medalists at the 2017 World Games
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