Sandrine Levet

Sandrine Levet
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1982-07-22) 22 July 1982 (age 42)
Haute Savoie, France
OccupationProfessional rock climber
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Known for
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing  France
IFSC Climbing World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Bouldering
Winner 2000 Bouldering
Silver medal – second place 2000 Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Lead
Winner 2001 Bouldering
Winner 2001 Combined
Silver medal – second place 2002 Lead
Winner 2002 Combined
Silver medal – second place 2003 Lead
Winner 2003 Bouldering
Winner 2003 Combined
Winner 2004 Bouldering
Winner 2004 Combined
Winner 2005 Bouldering
Winner 2005 Combined
Silver medal – second place 2006 Lead
IFSC Climbing World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Bouldering
Winner 2003 Bouldering
Rock Master
Winner 2002 Lead
Winner 2006 Lead
Updated on 1 May 2019

Sandrine Levet (born 22 July 1982) is a French professional rock climber, specializing in competition climbing and competition bouldering and competition lead climbing in particular. Levet 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 competition 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. As of the end of 2022, Levet had won the second-most IFSC gold medals of any female competition climber in history.

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

See also: Best IFSC results

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

Lead[2]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ IFSC, ed. (July 20, 2017). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c IFSC, ed. (July 20, 2017). "Levet's profile and rankings". Retrieved July 20, 2017.