| Chloé Graftiaux | |
| Birth Date: | 1987 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
| Death Place: | Courmayeur, Italy |
| Knownfor: | Bouldering World Cup winner |
| Updated: | 23 January 2022 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Chloé Graftiaux (18 July 1987 in Brussels, Belgium – 21 August 2010 in Courmayeur, Italy) was a Belgian competition climber and alpinist who fell to her death on the 3773m (12,379feet) Aiguille Noire de Peuterey in the Mont Blanc massif, aged 23.[1] [2]
In the 2010 season of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup, she won Gold at the World Cup events in Vail, and Sheffield, and finished third in the overall 2010 standings.[2] [3] Graftiaux was also a multiple lead climbing champion,[4] and had redpointed to, and boulder climbed to .[5] Graftiux was a strong alpinist, climbing to mixed grade M11 and ice climbing to grade WI6,[5] and the French Alpine Club selected her for the 2008-2009 Groupe Excellence Alpinisme.[6] In January 2010, she won the Ice Master-Worldcup ice climbing competition in Valle di Daone in Italy.[2] [7]
On 21 August 2010, she climbed the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey with her climbing partner, Nicolas. While descending the south face of the mountain a boulder came loose. She was not roped up and she fell to her death.[2] In 2011, a non-profit foundation, "Chloé Graftiaux Passion Together", was created to give scholarships to young climbers.[8] In June 2020, Belgian rock climber Anak Verhoeven established Belgium's hardest sport climb and first-ever 8c+/9a route and named it Kraftio in her memory.[9]