Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou

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Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou
2013-07-23 Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou.jpg
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1963-08-08) August 8, 1963 (age 60)
Atlanta, Georgia
OccupationRock climbing coach
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight43 kg (95 lb)
Website raboutoufamily.blogspot.com
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Known forWinning 4 World Cups and 1 World Championship
Medal record
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1989Lead
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1991Lead
Winner1992Lead
Winner1993Lead
Winner1994Lead
Winner1995Lead
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1991Lead
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1993Lead
Winner1995Lead
Rock Master
Winner1994Lead

Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou (born 8 August 1963), is an American rock climber and rock climbing coach. In competition lead climbing, she is a 4-time World Cup champion (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995), and won the biennial World Championships in 1995. She is the third-ever woman in history to redpoint a 5.14a  (8b+) graded sport climbing route. She has coached several competition climbers, including Megan Mascarenas, Margo Hayes and her daughter, Brooke Raboutou. [1] [2]

Contents

Climbing career

Competition climbing

Erbesfield won the world's first Climbing World Cup (Leeds in 1989) as a relative unknown. She quickly gained sponsorship and traveled around the world to compete on the new World Cup circuit. She went on to win the overall title for four consecutive World Cups from 1992 to 1995. [1] [3]

Rock climbing

Coaching

She founded the climbing gym ABC Kids Climbing in Boulder, Colorado which focuses on developing agility, balance, and coordination in young climbers. Many of its graduates are climbing 5.14, and performing well in national and international climbing competitions. [4] Two of the four American athletes who qualified for the 2020 Olympics in sport climbing, Brooke Raboutou and Colin Duffy, were both members of Team ABC, which also produced Margo Hayes, the first woman to climb a 5.15a  (9a+) route, and Natalia Grossman, the 2021 bouldering world champion. [5]

In 2018 she was inducted into the Boulder Sports Hall of fame. [6]

Personal life

Erbesfield married French rock climber Didier Raboutou  [ fr ] in 1993, and their two children, Brooke Raboutou and Shawn Raboutou, are themselves, accomplished rock climbers. [3]

Rankings

Climbing World Cup [7]

Discipline1989199019911992199319941995
Lead3431111

Climbing World Championships [8]

Discipline199119931995
Lead321

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Lead [8]

SeasonGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1989213
1990112
19911214
1992235
1993336
199444
19952114
Total1410428

Notable Climbs

Redpointed

8c  (5.14b):

  • Welcome to Tijuana - Rodellar (ESP) - July 2012 - Her first 8c, at age 49 becoming the oldest American to climb the grade [9]

8b+  (5.14a):

On-sighted

8a+  (5.13c):

8a  (5.13b):

Bibliography

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ Emma Murray (August 5, 2016). "Record-setting Raboutous". Boulder Weekly. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Johanna Flashman (January 20, 2018). "Robyn Esbesfield-Raboutou is coaching the next generation of crushers". Climbing . Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  4. ↑ Abbey Smith. "Our Members: How Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou Makes Kids into Elite Climbers". American Alpine Club.
  5. ↑ Osius, Alison (July 29, 2021). "How Team ABC Built Two Olympic Climbers Brooke Raboutou and Colin Duffy". GymClimber. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Chris Weidner: Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou and the ABCs of strength, commitment". Daily Camera. May 2018.
  7. ↑ IFSC, ed. (July 20, 2017). "World Cup Rankings" . Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  8. 1 2 IFSC, ed. (July 20, 2017). "Erbesfield's profile and rankings" . Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Robyn Erbesfield sends her first 8c". UK climbing. July 20, 2012.
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