Alizée_Dufraisse
Alizée Dufraisse
French rock climber (born 1987)
Alizée Dufraisse (born 13 June 1987 in Pessac, France) is a French professional rock climber who specializes in competition lead climbing and competition bouldering, and also in outdoor sport climbing.
 Alizee Dufraisse in qualifying at the Boulderin Worldcup in Vienna, Austria, May 28, 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1987-06-13) 13 June 1987 (age 36) Pessac, France | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Alizée Dufraisse | ||||||||||||||
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Rock climbing
Dufraisse has been climbing since the age of seven. In 2003, she first redpointed the sport climbing grade of 8a (5.13b).[1]
In January 2012, she climbed the sport climbing route, La Reina Mora 8c+/9a ,[2] which had been only climbed by Ramón Julián Puigblanque, Daniel Andrada, and Nicolas Favresse, and was considered to be close to a full 9a, which would have been the fourth-ever female ascent of a 9a in history).[3]
Competition climbing
In 2008, she was a gold medalist in the French competition climbing championship. In 2009, she won the bouldering competition at Rock Master.[4] In 2010, she won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Imst Austria.[5]
Dufraisse is also interested in other sports, including the pole vault.[6]
She lives in Aix-en-Provence.
- "Alizée Dufraisse" (in French). pyrenees-pireneus.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- "Alizée Dufraisse sends La Reina Mora 8c+/9a at Siurana". PlanetMountain. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- "9a for Alizee Dufraisse". Rock and Ice. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- "Rock Master 2009: Czech Libor Hroza wins speed". czechclimbing.com. 6 September 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- "3ème journée de Championnat d'Europe, 1ère médaille pour la France" (in French). ffme.fr. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- Fred Guston (22 December 2010). "Alizée Dufraisse, toujours haut perchée" (in French). Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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