Chloé Graftiaux
Belgian rock climber
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Chloé Graftiaux (18 July 1987 in Brussels, Belgium – 21 August 2010 in Courmayeur, Italy) was a Belgian competition climber and alpinist who fell to her death on the 3,773-metre (12,379 ft) Aiguille Noire de Peuterey in the Mont Blanc massif, aged 23.[1][2]
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| Born | 18 July 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 August 2010 (aged 23) | ||||||||||||||
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| Known for | Bouldering World Cup winner | ||||||||||||||
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In the 2010 season of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup, she won gold at the World Cup events in Vail, and Sheffield, and finished third in the overall 2010 standings.[2][3] Graftiaux was also a multiple lead climbing champion,[4] and had redpointed to 8b (5.13d), and boulder climbed to 7C (V9).[5] Graftiaux was a strong alpinist, climbing to mixed grade M11 and ice climbing to grade WI6,[5] and the French Alpine Club selected her for the 2008-2009 Groupe Excellence Alpinisme.[6] In January 2010, she won the Ice Master-Worldcup ice climbing competition in Valle di Daone in Italy.[1][2][7]
On 21 August 2010, she climbed the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey with her climbing partner, Nicolas. While descending the south face of the mountain a boulder came loose. She was not roped up and she fell to her death.[1][2] In 2011, a non-profit foundation, "Chloé Graftiaux Passion Together", was created to give scholarships to young climbers.[8] In June 2020, Belgian rock climber Anak Verhoeven established Belgium's hardest sport climb and first-ever 8c+/9a route and named it Kraftio in her memory.[9]
See also
- Muriel Sarkany, Belgian rock climber
- Claudine van der Straten-Ponthoz, Belgian-French mountaineer
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