Romain Desgranges
Romain Desgranges at the Climbing European Championships, Chamonix, 2013
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1982-10-12) October 12, 1982
Sainte-Colombe, France
OccupationProfessional rock climber
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Websitedesgranges-romain.com
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Known forWinning the European Championships in 2013 and 2017
Medal record
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2013Lead
Gold medal – first place2017Lead
World Cup
Third place2016Lead
Winner2017Lead
Third place2018Lead
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.

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[2]

Discipline 2009 2011 2012 2014 2016
Lead 15 14 6 7 5

Climbing European Championships[2]

Discipline 2004 2006 2008 2010 2013 2015 2017
Lead 18 - 12 19 1 4 1

Climbing World Cup[3]

Discipline 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Lead 44 18 14 24 14 11 12 11 5 5 6 4 5 3 1 3
Bouldering 38 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Combined 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 -

World Games

Discipline 2009
Lead 3

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Lead[2]

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
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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