François Petit (climber)

François Petit
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1975-03-27) March 27, 1975 (age 49)
Albertville, France
OccupationProfessional rock climber
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Climbing career
Type of climber
Known forWorld Cup winner and World Champion
Retired2004
Medal record
IFSC Climbing World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1993 Lead
Winner 1995 Lead
Silver medal – second place 1996 Lead
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Lead
Winner 1999 Lead
Winner 1999 Combined
IFSC Climbing World Championships
Winner 1997 Lead
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Lead
Updated on August 15, 2019

François Petit (born March 27, 1975) is a French professional rock climber who specialized in competition climbing, and who is known for winning the Lead Climbing World Championship in 1997 and the Lead Climbing World Cup in 1995 and 1999.

Career

Born in Albertville, near the Vanoise National Park, Petit started climbing when he was a child, encouraged by his passionate parents. He shared his passion with his older brother and also the 1996 Lead Climbing World Cup winner, Arnaud Petit [fr].

He sport climbed on routes up to 8c+ (5.14c), but primarily focused on indoor climbing. He retired from international competitions in 2004. Since 2010 he has been the trainer of the French bouldering team. He is also the director of Le Mur de Lyon,[1] one of the largest indoor climbing gyms in France, located in Lyon.

Rankings

See also: Best IFSC results

Climbing World Cup

Discipline 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Lead 25 7 2 5 1 2 3 6 1 - 13 5 33 39
Bouldering 5 23

[2]

Climbing World Championships

Discipline 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003
Lead 4 10 1 14 3 14

[3]

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Lead

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
1992 1 1
1993 1 1 2 4
1994 1 1
1995 2 1 3
1996 1 1 1 3
1997 2 2
1999 1 1
2002 1 1
Total 4 5 7 16

[3]

Rock climbing

Single-pitch routes

8c+/5.14c:

Multi-pitch routes

See also

References

  1. ^ Le Mur de Lyon
  2. ^ IFSC, ed. (July 20, 2017). "World Cup Rankings". Archived from the original on July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  3. ^ a b IFSC, ed. (April 30, 2019). "Petit's profile and rankings". Retrieved April 30, 2019.