 Capucine Viglione (2022) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | French |
| Born | December 9, 2002 Marseille, France |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) [1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sport climbing |
| Event | Speed |
| Coached by | Sylvain Chapelle [2] |
| Updated on 15 September 2024 | |
Capucine Viglione (born 9 December 2002 [1] ) is a French competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing. She was a finalist for the 2024 French Olympic team in the speed climbing event.
Viglione started climbing at age 5 [2] , practicing bouldering [3] . She discovered speed climbing in 2015 when she moved from Marseille and joigned a club in Massy. [4] In 2016, she finished 3rd in the U15 French championship and joined the French national team [5] .
In 2021, she won the gold medal at the European Youth Championships. She set a new French record at the 2023 European Speed Climbing Olympic Qualifier with 6.68 s [3] .
Viglione competed in speed climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She qualified 10th in the seeding heats [6] , and lost her run in the elimination heat against Deng Lijuan of China [7] .
| Discipline | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Speed | 10 |
| Discipline | 2021 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 6 | 13 |
| Discipline | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | 33 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 17 |
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