French rock climber
Sandrine Levet (born July 22, 1982) is a French professional rock climber, specializing in bouldering and lead climbing, and is one of the most successful female competition climbers in history. Levet dominated competition bouldering in the early to mid-2000s, winning five IFSC Bouldering World Cups, and one IFSC Bouldering World Championship. Levet was also a strong lead climber, finishing second three times in the IFSC Lead Climbing World Cup, which also helped her to win the overall IFSC Combined Climbing World Cup five times.
Biographic notes
Daughter of mountaineers, she started climbing when she was five years old. In the following ten years, she also practiced cross-country skiing, ski mountaineering, gymnastics and swimming.
Rankings
Climbing World Cup[1]
Discipline
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
Lead
|
24
|
9
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
13
|
12
|
2
|
17
|
|
Bouldering
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
15
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
33
|
22
|
Combined
|
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
Climbing World Championships[2]
Discipline
|
2001
|
2003
|
2005
|
2007
|
Bouldering
|
2
|
1
|
16
|
8
|
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
Season
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Total
|
2001 |
1 |
2 |
|
3
|
2002 |
|
2 |
2 |
4
|
2003 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
8
|
2004 |
|
|
1 |
1
|
2005 |
|
2 |
1 |
3
|
2006
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
Total |
5 |
11 |
9 |
25
|
Bouldering[2]
Season
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Total
|
1999 |
|
1 |
1 |
2
|
2000 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3
|
2001 |
4 |
1 |
|
5
|
2002 |
|
|
1 |
1
|
2003 |
5 |
|
|
5
|
2004 |
5 |
|
1 |
6
|
2005 |
2 |
2 |
|
4
|
Total |
17 |
5 |
4 |
26
|
References
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