Laura Rogora

Climbing career

Competition climbing

In 2019, Rogora qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games,^[1] by finishing second in lead climbing at the IFSC Climbing European Championships^[2] and won 3 of 4 possible gold medals at the IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships, coming first in lead climbing, bouldering and the combined categories in the Junior age group.^[3]

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's combined Olympic climbing.^[4]^[5]

Sport climbing

In 2015, aged 14, she became the second youngest climber to redpoint a 9a (5.14d)–graded sport climbing route. In 2021, she became the third-ever female in history to redpoint a 9b (5.15b)-graded sport route.^[6]

In 2023, Rogora made the first female ascent (and, as it was a free ascent, the first female free ascent) of the Lapsus, a 9a+ (5.15a)–graded sport climbing route in Italy.^[7]

On July 28, 2025, she became the first woman to onsight a 8c+ (5.14c)–graded route, by climbing Ultimate Sacrifice at the Gorges du Loup in France.^[8]

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Notable ascents

Redpointed routes

9b (5.15b)
- Erebor, Italy, October 2021 (bolted and first ascended by Stefano Ghisolfi); only third-ever woman in history to climb a 9b route.
9a+ (5.15a)
- Lapsus, Italy, November 2023 (First female ascent of the route)^[7]
- Ali Hulk Sit Extension Total, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020 (was once considered potential 9b)^[9]^[10]
- Pure Dreaming Plus, Arco, Italy, 30 May 2020 (First female ascent and first repeat of the route, established by Adam Ondra)^[11]
- The Bow, Arco, Italy, November 2020^[12]
9a (5.14d)
- Grandi Gesti, Sperlonga, Italy, March 2016
- Joe-cita, Oliana, Spain, February 2017
- Esclatamasters, Perles [ca], Spain, January 2019
- La Bongada, Margalef, Spain, January 2020
- The Bomb, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020
8c+/9a (5.14c/5.14d)
- Pal Norte, Margalef, Spain, December 2019
- Underground, Massone, Italy, June 2020
8c+ (5.14c)
- Joe Blau, Oliana, Spain, January 2017
- Hulk Extension Total, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020
8c (5.14b)
- Ciccio Formaggio, Grotta dell’Aerenauta, Sperlonga, Italy, December 2014 (her first 8c at age 13).
- Il Corvo, Ferentillo, Italy, April 2015
- Wallstreet, Frankenjura, Germany, August 2016

First ascents

Tomorrowland extension, 8c+/9a (5.14c/5.14d), Cueva di Collepardo, November 2016
Supercrack, 8c+/9a (5.14c/5.14d), Cueva di Collepardo, December 2016
La Gasparata, 8c+/9a (5.14c/5.14d), Cueva di Collepardo, January 2017
Ercole, 8c+ (5.14c), Cueva di Collepardo, March 2017
It segid narg, 8c+ (5.14c), Grotta dell'Arenauta Sperlonga, December 2017
Sitting Bull, 8c+/9a (5.14c/5.14d), Cueva di Collepardo, April 2018
Rèveille-toi, 9a (5.14d), Cueva di Collepardo, June 2019

Onsighted routes

8b+ (5.14a)
- Ixeia, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020
- L-mens, Montsant, Spain, January 2020
8c+ (5.14c)
- Ultimate Sacrifice, the Gorges du Loup, France, July 2025^[8]

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Competition climbing highlights

IFSC Olympic qualifying

IFSC Combined Qualifier Toulouse 2019
- Women combined: 8th (qualified)

IFSC Climbing European Championships

2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup (Briançon)
- Women lead: 1st
2019 IFSC Climbing European Championships (Edinburgh)
- Women lead: 2nd

IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships

2019 IFSC Youth World Championships (Arco)
- Female Youth Juniors combined: 1st
- Female Youth Juniors boulder: 1st
- Female Youth Juniors lead: 1st
2018 IFSC Youth World Championships (Moscow)
- Female Youth A boulder: 1st
- Female Youth A lead: 6th
2017 IFSC Youth World Championships (Innsbruck)
- Female Youth A combined: 6th
- Female Youth A boulder: 4th
- Female Youth A combined: 5th

European Youth Championships

2017 European Youth Championships (Lead & Speed) (Perm)
- Female Youth A lead: 4th