Oriane Bertone (born March 10, 2005) is a French rock climber, who specializes in competition climbing, but is also noted for her sport climbing and her bouldering.
Climbing career
Rock climbing In 2018, when she was 12 years old, Bertone became the youngest climber to send a graded boulder problem when she solved Golden Shadow in Rocklands (South Africa). In 2020, aged 14, she redpointed the sport climbing route, Panonoramix et les cyclopes, in Saint Léger at grade .
Competition climbing In 2019, she started competing in international youth competition climbing events, where she won multiple gold medals in both competition lead climbing and competition bouldering.
In 2021, Bertone made her IFSC Climbing World Cup debut at age 16 at the Boulder World Cup in Meiringen, where she advanced to the final and won a silver medal.
In 2023, Bertone won her first IFSC Climbing World Cup gold medal at the Boulder World Cup in Prague, beating Janja Garnbret in doing so. She went on to win a silver medal in bouldering at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships and secure a spot for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris by placing first in the European Boulder and Lead Climbing Olympic Qualifier.
In 2024, Bertone finished in eighth place in the combined bouldering and lead climbing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
In Feb 2026, she won the inaugural Pro Climbing League in London, beating Janja Garnbret in the final.
Personal life Bertone was born in Nice in 2005, and grew up on the island of Réunion, a territory of France, to an Italian father and French mother.
Her younger brother is also a climber who has competed at World Cup level since 2024.https://www.worldclimbing.com/athlete/12480/max-bertonehttps://www.instagram.com/max.bertone/?hl=en
Rankings Source:
European Youth Championships Discipline2019 Youth BBoulder 1Lead 1
Youth World Championships Discipline2019 Youth BBoulder 1Lead 1
European Championships Discipline2022Boulder 3
IFSC Climbing World Cup Overall Ranking Discipline20212022202320242025Boulder 36410 1
IFSC World Cup Source:
Podiums Season First Second Third Total 2021 2 2 2022 1 1 2023 1 2 32024112025134202611 Total 29 1 12
Notable ascents
Boulder problems
: Satan I Helvete - Bas, Fontainebleau (France) - 2020
: Golden Shadow - Rocklands (South Africa) - 2018 Super Tanker - Fontainebleau (France) - 2021
: Psychopad - Réunion - 2017 Le Spartiate direct assis - Réunion - 2018 Fragile Steps - RockLands (South Africa) - 2017 Trafic - Fontainebleau - 2018 The master Key - Rocklands (South Africa) - 2019 Bio Affinity - Rocklands (South Africa) - 2019 Ray of light - Rocklands (South Africa) - 2020 Leopard cave extended - Rocklands (South Africa) - 2020 Agamemnon - Rocklands (South Africa) - 2020 Fata I Helvete - Fontainebleau - 2020
Redpointed routes
: Panonoramix et les cyclopes - Saint Léger - 2020 : Chykungunya - Réunion - 2018 Stay Kratom, stay home - Saint Léger - 2020 Panonoramix - Saint Léger - 2020
References