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.
In 2017, he won both the Climbing European Championships and the Climbing World Cup in the competition lead climbing discipline.
Rankings Climbing World Championships Discipline 2009 2011 2012 2014 2016 Lead 15 14 6 7 5
Climbing European Championships Discipline 2004 2006 2008 2010 2013 2015 2017 Lead 18 - 12 19 1 4 1
Climbing World Cup 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
Season Gold Silver Bronze Total2011 1 12012 2 22013 02014 1 2 32015 1 1 22016 1 1 22017 3 32018 1 2 3 Total 6 4 6 16
Rock climbing Boulder problems : The Kaizer Sauzé - Walid Wood (FRA) - 2011 - First ascent
: Radja - Branson (Monthey, SUI) - November 2009 Underground Paradise - Fionnay (SUI) - First ascent
: La danse des Balrogs - Branson (Monthey, SUI) - November 2009 Seveso - Fionnay (SUI) - September 2009 - First ascent Permanent Midnight - Fionnay (Switzerland) - September 2009
Redpointed routes : Haribal Lecter - Chamonix (FRA) - March 2011 - First ascent
El intento - Cuenca (ESP) - April 2016
See also List of grade milestones in rock climbing History of rock climbing Rankings of most career IFSC gold medals Fred Rouhling, climbing partner of Romain Desgranges
References
External links
L'équipe de France aux Jeux mondiaux de 2009