Mélissa Le Nevé (born July 8, 1989) is a French professional rock climber specializing in competition bouldering, but and also in outdoor sport climbing and bouldering.
Early life Le Nevé grew up in the Vosges until she was 10, and later began climbing at age 15, at a gym near Bordeaux.
Climbing career
Competition climbing
Le Nevé focused her competition climbing career on the discipline of bouldering. Le Nevé was the French women's bouldering champion in 2010 and 2013, placed fourth in the 2011 IFSC Bouldering World Cup overall standings, and placed 2nd at individual IFSC World Cup events in Slovenia (2013), Switzerland (2016), and Japan (2016)... She retired from competitive climbing in 2016, after finishing third in that year's IFSC Bouldering World Cup.
Rock climbing
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 .. In December 2016, she climbed an boulder in Fontainebleau, La Cicatrice de L'Ohm.. See also video of her climb, Relais Vertical, December 19, 2016. In 2017, she climbed the problem, Mécanique élémentaire, at Fontainebleau.
Le Nevé has also climbed some of the hardest outdoor sport climbing routes. In 2014, she made the first female free ascent (FFFA) of , an sport climbing route in the Frankenjura. In April 2020, she made the first free female ascent of Wolfgang Güllich's iconic route Action Directe (XI, 9a) in Frankenjura.
Personal life She lives in Fontainebleau...
Filmography Petzl Roctrip Mexico 2010: The Fanatic Search 2 - A Girl Thing: Petzl Roctrip China 2011: Vivid Landscapes: Petzl Roctrip Argentina 2012: Rockin' Cuba: Gimme Kraft!: The Warm Heart of Africa: Bouldering in Malawi: Pad Party: Paris la nuit: Petzl Roctrip 2014 - On the road: Le Nevé's 2020 ascent of Action Directe: Swissway to Heaven:
References
External links MELISSA LE NEVE, IFSC Database VIDEO: What Gets Melissa Le Nevé Out Of Bed In The Morning, Rock & Ice (February 2021)