Oriane Bertone Explained

Oriane Bertone
Nationality:French
Birth Date:10 March 2005
Birth Place:Réunion, Overseas France
Knownfor:Youngest person to solve a boulder problem
Height:164 cm (5 ft 4⅛ in)

Oriane Bertone (born March 10, 2005) is a French rock climber, who specializes in competition climbing, but is also noted for her sport climbing and her bouldering.

Climbing career

Rock climbing

In 2018, when she was 12 years old, Bertone became the youngest climber to send a graded boulder problem when she solved Golden Shadow in Rocklands (South Africa). In 2020, aged 14, she redpointed the sport climbing route, Panonoramix et les cyclopes, in Saint Léger at grade .

Competition climbing

In 2019, she started competing in international youth competition climbing events, where she won multiple gold medals in both competition lead climbing and competition bouldering.

In 2021, Bertone made her IFSC Climbing World Cup debut at age 16 at the Boulder World Cup in Meiringen, where she advanced to the final and won a silver medal.[1]

In 2023, Bertone won her first IFSC Climbing World Cup gold medal at the Boulder World Cup in Prague, beating Janja Garnbret in doing so.[2] She went on to win a silver medal in bouldering at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships and secure a spot for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris by placing first in the European Boulder and Lead Climbing Olympic Qualifier.[3] [4]

In 2024, Bertone finished in eighth place in the combined bouldering and lead climbing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5]

Personal life

Bertone was born in Nice in 2005, and grew up on the island of Réunion, a territory of France, to an Italian father and French mother.[6] [7]

Rankings [8]

European Youth Championships

Discipline2019Youth B
Boulder1
Lead1

Youth World Championships

Discipline2019Youth B
Boulder1
Lead1

IFSC World Cup

Podiums

SeasonFirstSecondThirdTotal
2021 2 2
2022 1 1
2023 1 1 2
202411
Total 15 0 6

Notable ascents

Redpointed routes

Notes and References

  1. News: Gold for Janja Garnbret and Adam Ondra at Meiringen Boulder World Cup. Gripped. 17 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Bertone and Lee take Gold at Prague Boulder WC Climber Magazine . 2024-09-14 . www.climber.co.uk . en.
  3. Web site: Neyer . Eric . 2023-08-13 . 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Bern, Switzerland . 2024-09-14 . Climbing House . en-US.
  4. Web site: OLYMPIC TICKETS TO PARIS 2024 AWARDED TO ORIANE BERTONE AND TOBY ROBERTS. October 29, 2023. October 29, 2023. en.
  5. Web site: 2024-08-10 . NEWS: Paris 2024 Sport Climbing: Women's Boulder & Lead Final - "even sweeter" Gold for Garnbret . 2024-09-14 . www.ukclimbing.com . en.
  6. Web site: Oriane Bertone . Olympics.com . 2023-09-24 . 2024-07-29.
  7. Web site: Oriane Bertone . e9planet.com . 2024-08-10.
  8. Web site: en-US. Profile and ranking of Oriane Bertone. www.ifsc-climbing.org.
  9. Web site: 15-Year-Old Oriane Bertone Climbs Font 8B+. 18 January 2021. Nick. Brown.
  10. Web site: Psychopad, second 8B V13 by Oriane Bertone. 2017-12-12. OnBouldering.com. en-US. 2019-09-29.
  11. Web site: Oriane Bertone ouvre un nouveau bloc extrême à la Réunion et propose 8b. Grimper. Grimper.com : l'actualité de l'escalade, tests matériel d'escalade, salles d'escalade. fr. 2019-09-29.
  12. Web site: Oriane Bertone Sends V13 at Age 11. Staff. Climbing. Climbing Magazine. 20 January 2017. en-us. 2019-09-29.
  13. Web site: Oriane Bertone s'offre un 8c/8c+. Grimper. Grimper.com : l'actualité de l'escalade, tests matériel d'escalade, salles d'escalade. fr. 2019-09-29.

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