Brooke Raboutou
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Nationality | American |
Born | April 9, 2001 |
Occupation | Rock Climber |
Height | 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m) (2011)[1] |
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Updated on 7 July 2014. |
Brooke Raboutou is a rock climber. She is the youngest person to climb 5.14b (8c).[2] In July 2014, she climbed her first V13 (8B) boulder problem.[3]
Biography
Brooke, from Boulder, Colorado, was born in 2001. Her parents, Didier Raboutou and Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou, are former world champion rock climbers: Didier being a 3-time World Cup champion and Robyn, a 5-time US champion and 4-time World Cup Champion. Brooke's mother retired from competitive rock climbing in 1996 to focus on teaching climbing at ABC Climbing in Colorado. [4]