| Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 8 May 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Occupation: | Rock climbing coach |
| Height: | 1.57 m |
| Weight: | 43 kg |
| Highestboulder: | [1] |
| Knownfor: | Winning 4 World Cups and 1 World Championship |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou (born 8 August 1963), is an American rock climber and rock climbing coach. In competition lead climbing, she is a 4-time World Cup champion (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995), and won the biennial World Championships in 1995. She is the third-ever woman in history to redpoint a graded sport climbing route. She has coached several competition climbers, including Megan Mascarenas, Margo Hayes and her daughter, Brooke Raboutou.[1] [2]
Erbesfield won the world's first Climbing World Cup (Leeds in 1989) as a relative unknown. She quickly gained sponsorship and traveled around the world to compete on the new World Cup circuit. She went on to win the overall title for four consecutive World Cups from 1992 to 1995.[1]
She founded the climbing gym ABC Kids Climbing in Boulder, Colorado which focuses on developing agility, balance, and coordination in young climbers. Many of its graduates are climbing 5.14, and performing well in national and international climbing competitions.[3] Two of the four American athletes who qualified for the 2020 Olympics in sport climbing, Brooke Raboutou and Colin Duffy, were both members of Team ABC, which also produced Margo Hayes, the first woman to climb a route, and Natalia Grossman, the 2021 bouldering world champion.[4]
In 2018 she was inducted into the Boulder Sports Hall of fame.[5]
Erbesfield married French rock climber in 1993, and their two children, Brooke Raboutou and Shawn Raboutou, are themselves accomplished rock climbers.[6]
See also: Best IFSC results.
| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1990 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1991 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1993 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1994 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Total | 14 | 10 | 4 | 28 |