Chloé Graftiaux
Chloé Graftiaux (born July 18, 1987 in Brussels , Belgium ; † August 21, 2010 in Courmayeur , Italy ) was a Belgian sport climber .
Graftiaux started climbing when she was eight when her older sister Alice took her to the climbing gym . At the age of twelve, she took part in competitions in the youth class in 1999, and in 2001 she was fifth in the general class of the Belgian championships. In 2006 she received the Sports Prize of the French Community of Belgium, in the same year and in 2009 the Sports Prize of the City of Namur , where she lived for a long time. She was multiple Belgian champion in lead climbing (lead climbing).
In competitions of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) and the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA), Graftiaux first took part in the youth class from 2001, and from 2002 also in the general women's class in both lead climbing and bouldering . In 2008 she finished eighth in the annual ranking of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup, in 2009 she moved up to fourth place and finished the 2010 World Cup, during which she won the competitions in Vail (USA) and Sheffield (UK) as Third place. In January 2010 she also won the Ice Master World Cup in ice climbing in Valle di Daone (Italy).
From 2006 Graftiaux lived in Grenoble (France) and was aiming for a position as a mountain guide at the École Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme (ENSA) in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc . As her family announced on August 22, 2010, she had an accident the day before on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif when she fell into a rock fall while descending from the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey . Since it was unsecured at this technically not difficult point, it was carried around 600 m into the depth.
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Libre Belgique : Chloé Graftiaux trahie par 'sa' montagne , 23 August 2010
- ↑ IFSC: Ranking of the IFSC Boulder Worldcup 2010
- ↑ planetmountain.com: Goodbye Chloé Graftiaux , 23 August 2010
- ↑ Ice Master World Cup, Valle di Daone: Markus Bendler la conferma, Chloe Graftiaux la sorpresa, semifinali amare per Herbert Klammer ed Angelika Rainer , January 16, 2010
- ↑ BMC: Chloé Graftiaux tragically killed , 23 August 2010
- ↑ kairn.com: Décès de Chloé Graftiaux ( Memento of the original dated August 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 22, 2010
Web links
- Official website (French)
- Competition results (IFSC)
- Video of Graftiaux on the “ Separate Reality ” climbing route in Yosemite
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Graftiaux, Chloé |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian sport climber |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 2010 |
| Place of death | Courmayeur |