Romain Desgranges

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Romain Desgranges
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Romain Desgranges at the Climbing European Championships, Chamonix, 2013
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1982-10-12) October 12, 1982 (age 42)
Sainte-Colombe, France
OccupationProfessional rock climber
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Website desgranges-romain.com
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Known forWinning the European Championships in 2013 and 2017
Medal record
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013Lead
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017Lead
World Cup
Bronze medal icon.svg2016Lead
Winner2017Lead
Bronze medal icon.svg2018Lead
Updated on October 30, 2018

Romain Desgranges, born on October 12, 1982, in Sainte-Colombe, is a French professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing, and in outdoor sport climbing and bouldering.

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Biography

Romain Desgranges started climbing when he was 14 years old in his school. [1]

In 2017, he won both the Climbing European Championships and the Climbing World Cup in the competition lead climbing discipline.

Rankings

Climbing World Championships

Discipline [2] 20092011201220142016
Lead1514675

Climbing European Championships

Discipline [2] 2004200620082010201320152017
Lead18-1219141

Climbing World Cup

Discipline [3] 2003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Lead441814241411121155645313
Bouldering38---------------
Combined16-------------4-

World Games

Discipline2009
Lead3

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Lead

Tribute from the French Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing.
Season [2] GoldSilverBronzeTotal
201111
201222
20130
2014123
2015112
2016112
201733
2018123
Total64616

Rock climbing

Boulder problems

8C+  (V16):

  • The Kaizer Sauzé - Walid Wood (FRA) - 2011 - First ascent [4]

8B+  (V14):

8B  (V13):

  • La danse des Balrogs - Branson (Monthey, SUI) - November 2009 [5]
  • Seveso - Fionnay (SUI) - September 2009 - First ascent [6]
  • Permanent Midnight - Fionnay (Switzerland) - September 2009 [6]

Redpointed routes

9a  (5.14d):

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Outsportsteam: Romain Desgranges". www.outdoorsportsteam.com. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "Desgranges's profile and rankings" . Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "World Cup Rankings" . Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ Pierre Delas. "Romain Desgranges, un Bloc extrême "The Kaiser sauzé"". www.kairn.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-28.
  5. 1 2 "Romain Desgranges s'offre Radja, 8B+". www.kairn.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29.
  6. 1 2 Pierre Delas (17 September 2009). "Two 8B's by Romain Desgranges". www.ukclimbing.com.
  7. ↑ "Nina Caprez encadena Full equip en Oliana y la decota de 8c a 8b". desnivel.com (in Spanish). 30 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Romain Desgranges repite 'El intento' de Cuenca en 1 hora". desnivel.com (in Spanish). 19 April 2016.
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