Romain Desgranges Explained

Romain Desgranges
Nationality:	French
Birth Date:	12 October 1982
Birth Place:	Sainte-Colombe, France
Occupation:	Professional rock climber
Height:	174 cm
Weight:	56 kg
Knownfor:	Winning the European Championships in 2013 and 2017
Updated:	October 30, 2018
Show-Medals:	yes

Romain Desgranges, born on October 12, 1982, in Sainte-Colombe, is a French professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing, and in outdoor sport climbing and bouldering.

Biography

Romain Desgranges started climbing when he was 14 years old in his school.^[1]

In 2017, he won both the Climbing European Championships and the Climbing World Cup in the competition lead climbing discipline.

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Lead	44	18	14	24	14	11	12	11	5	5	6	4	5	3	1	3
Bouldering	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Combined	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Lead

Season	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2011			1	1
2012			2	2
2013				0
2014		1	2	3
2015	1		1	2
2016	1	1		2
2017	3			3
2018	1	2		3
Total	6	4	6	16

Rock climbing

• The Kaizer Sauzé - Walid Wood (FRA) - 2011 - First ascent^[2]

• Radja - Branson (Monthey, SUI) - November 2009^[3]

• Underground Paradise - Fionnay (SUI) - First ascent

• La danse des Balrogs - Branson (Monthey, SUI) - November 2009^[3]

• Seveso - Fionnay (SUI) - September 2009 - First ascent^[4]

• Permanent Midnight - Fionnay (Switzerland) - September 2009^[4]

Redpointed routes

• Haribal Lecter - Chamonix (FRA) - March 2011 - First ascent^[5]

• El intento - Cuenca (ESP) - April 2016 ^[6]

See also

• List of grade milestones in rock climbing
• History of rock climbing
• Rankings of most career IFSC gold medals
• Fred Rouhling, climbing partner of Romain Desgranges

External links

• L'équipe de France aux Jeux mondiaux de 2009

Notes and References

1. Web site: Outsportsteam: Romain Desgranges. https://web.archive.org/web/20121220155415/http://www.outdoorsportsteam.com/en/climbing/team/romain-desgranges/. dead. 20 December 2012. www.outdoorsportsteam.com. en. 8 June 2012. 26 July 2011.
2. Web site: Romain Desgranges, un Bloc extrême "The Kaiser sauzé".. Pierre Delas. www.kairn.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081228150341/http://www.kairn.com/article.html?id=1388. 2008-12-28.
3. Web site: Romain Desgranges s'offre Radja, 8B+. https://archive.today/20130629144718/http://www.kairn.com/news.html?ident=69985. dead. 2013-06-29. www.kairn.com.
4. Web site: Two 8B's by Romain Desgranges. Pierre Delas. www.ukclimbing.com. 17 September 2009 .
5. Web site: Nina Caprez encadena Full equip en Oliana y la decota de 8c a 8b. desnivel.com. 30 March 2011 . es.
6. Web site: Romain Desgranges repite 'El intento' de Cuenca en 1 hora. desnivel.com. 19 April 2016. es.