Chloé Graftiaux

Chloé Graftiaux
Chloé Graftiaux in Vienna 2010.

Chloé Graftiaux (18 July 1987, Brussels, Belgium – 21 August 2010, Courmayeur, Italy) was a Belgian sport climber, who fell to her death on the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (3,773 m) in the Mont Blanc massif, aged 23.[1]

In the 2010 season of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Bouldering World Cup, she won Gold at the World Cup events in Vail, United States and Sheffield, United Kingdom and finished third in the overall standings.[2]

She was a multiple champion lead climbing. In January 2010 she won the Ice Master-Worldcup ice climbing in Valle di Daone.[1][3]

On 21 August 2010 she climbed Aiguille Noire Peuterey with her climbing partner Nicolas. While descending the south face of the mountain a boulder came loose. Because this is not a technically difficult part she was not secured and she made a 600m fall to her death.[1]

  • Graftiaux during the IFSC Bouldering World Cup 2010 in Vienna.

  • The Aiguille Noire de Peuterey and Les Dames Anglaises as seen from Pointe Helbronner in July 2009

References

  1. ^ a b c "Goodbye Chloé Graftiaux". PlanetMountain.com. 2010-08-23. http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=37552. Retrieved 2010-08-23. 
  2. ^ "Climbing Worldcup 2010 Standing". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 2010-08-23. http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php?page_name=ranglist&cat=ICC_FB. Retrieved 2010-08-23. 
  3. ^ "Markus Bendler la conferma, Chloe Graftiaux la sorpresa, semifinali amare per Herbert Klammer ed Angelika Rainer" (in Italian). Ice Master-Worldcup, Valle di Daone. 2010-01-16. http://www.daoneicemaster.it/lang/IT/eventi/dettaglio/markus_bendler_la_conferma_chloe_graftiaux_la_sorpresa_semifinali_amare_per_herbert_klammer_ed_angelika_rainer,91.html. 

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