French rock climber
- Competition climbing
- Sport climbing
- Bouldering
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Known for | - Won 5 Bouldering World Cups
- Won 5 Combined World Cups
- Won a Bouldering World Championship
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| Women's competition climbing | Representing France | IFSC Climbing World Cup | ![Bronze medal – third place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png) | 1999 | Bouldering | Winner | 2000 | Bouldering | ![Silver medal – second place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png) | 2000 | Combined | ![Bronze medal – third place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png) | 2001 | Lead | Winner | 2001 | Bouldering | Winner | 2001 | Combined | ![Silver medal – second place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png) | 2002 | Lead | Winner | 2002 | Combined | ![Silver medal – second place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png) | 2003 | Lead | Winner | 2003 | Bouldering | Winner | 2003 | Combined | Winner | 2004 | Bouldering | Winner | 2004 | Combined | Winner | 2005 | Bouldering | Winner | 2005 | Combined | ![Silver medal – second place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png) | 2006 | Lead | IFSC Climbing World Championships | ![Silver medal – second place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png) | 2001 | Bouldering | Winner | 2003 | Bouldering | Rock Master | Winner | 2002 | Lead | Winner | 2006 | Lead | |
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Updated on May 1, 2019 |
Sandrine Levet (born July 22, 1982) is a French professional rock climber, specializing in competition climbing and competition bouldering and competition lead climbing in particular. Levet is one of the most successful female competition climbers in history. Levet dominated competition bouldering in the early to mid-2000s, winning five IFSC Bouldering World Cups, and one IFSC Bouldering World Championship. Levet was also a strong competition lead climber, finishing second three times in the IFSC Lead Climbing World Cup, which also helped her to win the overall IFSC Combined Climbing World Cup five times. As of the end of 2022, Levet had won the second-most IFSC gold medals of any female competition climber in history.
Biographic notes
Daughter of mountaineers, she started climbing when she was five years old. In the following ten years, she also practiced cross-country skiing, ski mountaineering, gymnastics and swimming.
Rankings
Climbing World Cup[1]
Discipline | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
Lead | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 17 | |
Bouldering | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | 22 |
Combined | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
Climbing World Championships[2]
Discipline | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 |
Bouldering | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 |
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
Lead[2]
Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
2001 | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
2002 | | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2003 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
2004 | | | 1 | 1 |
2005 | | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2006 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Total | 5 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
Bouldering[2]
Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1999 | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2001 | 4 | 1 | | 5 |
2002 | | | 1 | 1 |
2003 | 5 | | | 5 |
2004 | 5 | | 1 | 6 |
2005 | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
Total | 17 | 5 | 4 | 26 |
See also
References
- ^ IFSC, ed. (July 20, 2017). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ^ a b c IFSC, ed. (July 20, 2017). "Levet's profile and rankings". Retrieved July 20, 2017.
External links
- "Sandrine Levet".
- "Palmarès on Youtube". YouTube. 21 August 2008.