Chloé Graftiaux
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| Died | 21 August 2010 (aged 23) Courmayeur, Italy | ||||||||||||||
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| Known for | Bouldering World Cup winner | ||||||||||||||
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Chloé Graftiaux (18 July 1987 in
In the 2010 season of the
On 21 August 2010, she climbed the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey with her climbing partner, Nicolas. While descending the south face of the mountain a boulder came loose. She was not roped up and she fell to her death.[1][2] In 2011, a non-profit foundation, "Chloé Graftiaux Passion Together", was created to give scholarships to young climbers.[8] In June 2020, Belgian rock climber Anak Verhoeven established Belgium's hardest sport climb and first-ever 8c+/9a route and named it Kraftio in her memory.[9]
See also
- Muriel Sarkany, Belgian rock climber
- Claudine van der Straten-Ponthoz, Belgian-French mountaineer
References
- ^ a b c "Goodbye Chloé Graftiaux". PlanetMountain.com. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Chloe Graftiaux Dies in the Alps". Climbing. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Climbing Worldcup 2010 Standing". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "Born to Climb: Chloé Graftiaux". Millett.com. 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ a b Colton, Nick (28 March 2010). "Chloé Graftiaux tragically killed". British Mountaineering Council. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Ward, Meghan (24 August 2010). "Graftiaux Takes Fatal Fall on Mont Blanc". Alpinist. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Markus Bendler la conferma, Chloe Graftiaux la sorpresa, semifinali amare per Herbert Klammer ed Angelika Rainer" (in Italian). Ice Master-Worldcup, Valle di Daone. 16 January 2010. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "Passion Together, in memory of Chloé Graftiaux". PlanetMountain.com. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Anak Verhoeven frees Kraftio, the hardest climb in Belgium dedicated to Chloé Graftiaux". PlanetMountain.com. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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