| Mélissa Le Nevé | |
| Birth Date: | 8 July 1989 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Professional rock climber |
| Height: | 169 centimetres |
| Weight: | 50 kg |
| Knownfor: | First female free ascent of Action Directe |
| Retired: | 2016 (competition) |
| Updated: | 20 January 2022 |
Mélissa Le Nevé (born July 8, 1989) is a French professional rock climber specializing in competition bouldering, but and also in outdoor sport climbing and bouldering.
Le Nevé grew up in the Vosges until she was 10, and later began climbing at age 15, at a gym near Bordeaux.
Le Nevé focused her competition climbing career on the discipline of bouldering. Le Nevé was the French women's bouldering champion in 2010 and 2013, placed fourth in the 2011 IFSC Bouldering World Cup overall standings, and placed 2nd at individual IFSC World Cup events in Slovenia (2013), Switzerland (2016), and Japan (2016).[1] [2] She retired from competitive climbing in 2016, after finishing third in that year's IFSC Bouldering World Cup.
In 2015, she became the first woman to climb a set of boulders in Fontainebleau called the "Big Five", one of which–Atrésie–is rated .[3] In December 2016, she climbed an boulder in Fontainebleau, La Cicatrice de L'Ohm.[4] In 2017, she climbed the problem, Mécanique élémentaire, at Fontainebleau.[5]
Le Nevé has also climbed some of the hardest outdoor sport climbing routes. In 2014, she made the first female free ascent (FFFA) of, an sport climbing route in the Frankenjura.[6] In April 2020, she made the first free female ascent of Wolfgang Güllich's iconic route Action Directe (XI, 9a) in Frankenjura.[7] [8] [9]
She lives in Fontainebleau.[10] [11]