Julia Chanourdie

Julia Chanourdie (born 25 June 1996) is a French professional rock climber who specialises in competition lead climbing. She also climbs outdoors as a sport climber, and on 7 November 2020, she became the second-ever female in history to climb a 9b (5.15b) route, Eagle–4 in Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux, France. Chanourdie won the bronze medal at The World Games 2017 in Wrocław, Poland.

Julia Chanourdie

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1996-06-25) 25 June 1996 (age 29) France
Occupation	Professional rock climber
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Climbing career
Type of climber	Competition climbing Sport climbing Bouldering
Highest grade	Redpoint: 9b (5.15b) On-sight: 8b (5.13d)
Known for	Second-ever female to climb at 9b (5.15b)
Medal record Women's competition climbing Representing  France World Youth Championships 2013 Lead 2014 Lead 2015 Lead European Youth Championships 2014 Lead Rock Masters 2017 Duel French Championships 2012 Lead 2013 Lead 2015 Lead 2016 Lead 2017 Lead 2017 Bouldering World Games 2017 Wrocław Lead
Updated on 30 July 2023

Notable ascents

Redpoint

• 9b (5.15b)
  • Eagle–4, Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux, 7 November 2020, second-ever female in history to climb 9b (after Angela Eiter)
• 9a+ (5.15a)
  • Super Crackinette, Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux, 13 March 2020; became the fourth-ever female to climb above the grade of 5.15a (9a+).^[1]
• 9a (5.14d)
  • Ground Zero, Tetto di Sarre, 25 March 2017
  • Molasse'son, Mollans, 5 April 2018

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline[2]	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Lead	53	49	23	11	8	5	28	17
Bouldering	-	-	-	-	-	-	78	9
Speed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	47
Combined	-	-	-	-	-	11	unk.[A]	unk.[A]

A No total available as of 2 Mar 2021.

Climbing World Championships

Youth^[3]

Discipline	2010 Youth B	2011 Youth B	2012 Youth A	2013 Youth A	2014 Junior	2015 Junior
Lead	5	5	12	3	3	3

Adult^[3]

Discipline	2012	2014	2016
Lead	25	-	6
Bouldering	-	-	-
Speed	-	-	-

Climbing European Championships

Youth^[3]

Discipline	2012 Youth A	2013 Youth A	2014 Junior	2015 Junior
Lead	5	4	3	6

Adult^[3]

Discipline	2013	2015	2017
Lead	15	16	9
Bouldering	-	-	-
Speed	-	-	-

Rock Masters

Discipline	2017
Duel	1

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Lead

Season[3]	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2017			1	1
Total	0	0	1	1

See also

• History of rock climbing
• List of first ascents (sport climbing)