Mélissa Le Nevé
Mélissa Le Nevé (born July 8, 1989) is a French professional rock climber.[1]
Early life
Le Nevé grew up in the Vosges, and began climbing at age 15, at a gym near Bordeaux.
Climbing career
Le Nevé was the French women's bouldering champion in 2010 and 2013, placed fourth in the Bouldering World Cup standings in 2011, and has placed second at World Cup events in Slovenia, 2013, and Switzerland and Japan, 2016.[1][2][3] She retired from competitive climbing in 2016, after finishing third in that year's bouldering world cup.[4][5]
In outdoor climbing, she has climbed several boulders rated 8a+ and sport climbs rated 8c+.[1] In 2014, she made the first female ascent of Wallstreet, an 8c sport route in the Frankenjura.[6] In 2015, she became the first woman to climb a set of boulders in Fontainebleau called the "Big Five", one of which (Atrésie) is rated 8a.[7] She climbed an 8b boulder in Fontainebleau, La Cicatrice de L’Ohm, in December 2016.[8] In April 2020, she made the first female ascent of Wolfgang Güllich's iconic route Action Directe (XI, 9a) in Frankenjura.[9]
Personal life
She lives in Fontainebleau.[1][10]
References
- ^ a b c d Mélissa Le Nevé, Petzl, retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Shauna Coxsey and Alexey Rubtsov win Meiringen Bouldering World Cup", PlanetMountain, April 16, 2016.
- ^ Berry, Natalie (April 26, 2016), "Another Gold for Shauna Coxsey in Japan", UK Climbing.
- ^ "Mélissa Le Nevé retires from the World Cups", OnBouldering, November 10, 2016
- ^ Loury, Charles (November 8, 2016), "Interview exclusive de Mélissa Le Neve: elle tourne la page des compétitions", Planet Grimpe (in French)
- ^ "Mélissa Le Nevé, first female ascent of Wallstreet in the Frankenjura", PlanetMountain, May 14, 2014.
- ^ Pohl, Björn (March 2015), "Melissa Le Nevé climbs Big Five", UK Climbing.
- ^ "8B's for Le Nevé and Sinnhuber", OnBouldering, December 13, 2016. See also video of her climb, Relais Vertical, December 19, 2016.
- ^ "Mélissa Le Nevé Sends Action Directe (9a/5.14d) - Climbing Magazine". www.climbing.com. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ "Melissa Le Nevé, Rock Climber", Athletes & ambassadors, Adidas, retrieved 2016-04-30.