Toby Roberts
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 15, 2005[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Education | Edgeborough School,[2] Surrey King Edward's School,[3] Surrey | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Website | Toby Roberts | |||||||||||||||||
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Toby Roberts (born 15 March 2005) is an English
rock climber who specializes in competition climbing and in outdoor sport climbing. He is the youngest British climber to redpoint a 9a
(5.14d)-graded sport climbing route, and in 2023 became the first British male climber to qualify for the Olympics.
Early life and education
Roberts comes from Elstead, Surrey, the son of Tristian and Marina Roberts, who were both climbers themselves.[4]
Roberts attended Edgeborough School, an independent preparatory school in Frensham (a village near Farnham) in Surrey, where he was introduced to climbing in 2013,[2] followed by King Edward's School, an independent boarding and day school in Wormley (a village near Witley), also in Surrey.[3]
Rock climbing
In 2015, at only ten years of age, he
Competition climbing
In June 2023, Roberts won his first gold medal in the
competition bouldering discipline at the senior level.[8] In October 2023, aged 18, he became the first male British climber–and the second British climber after Shauna Coxsey–to earn a place in the Olympics for climbing by winning at the European Olympic Qualifier in Laval, France for the 2024 Olympics.[9][10]
Rankings
IFSC World Cup[11]
Lead
| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Boulder
| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 |
IFSC Climbing Youth World Championships[11]
| Discipline | 2022
Youth A |
|---|---|
| Boulder | 2 |
| Lead | 2 |
Notable ascents
Redpointed routes
9a (5.14d):
- Batman – Malham Cove (UK) – 2021. Became the youngest British climber to redpoint a 9a/+-graded route at age 16.[6]
- Rainshadow – Malham Cove (UK) – 2020. Became the youngest British climber to redpoint a 9a-graded route at age 15.[6]
8c+ (5.14c):
Other:
- Revelations Raven Tor (UK) – October 2016. Became the youngest British climber to redpoint an 8b-graded route at age 11 by repeating Jerry Moffatt's historic sport climbing route.[12]
- Revelations
- Raindogs 8a (5.13b) – Malham Cove (UK) – October 2015. Became the youngest British climber to redpoint an 8a-graded route at age 10 by repeating the historic sport climbing route.[5][13]
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Toby Roberts.
- Will Bosi, British rock and competition climber
References
- ^ "Sport Climbing ROBERTS Toby". European Championships Munich 2022. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ a b "Toby climbs his way to the top". Farnham Herald. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Climbing Feat". King Edward's School, Witley. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ Peddy, Chris (3 April 2024). "Paris 2024: Team GB's first male Olympic sport climber Toby Roberts has sights on gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ a b c Sterling, Sarah (9 December 2020). "Toby Roberts becomes youngest Brit to climb 9a". BMC. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Toby Roberts repeats Hubble at Raven Tor in England". PlanetMountain.com. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Toby Roberts is Strongest Brit You Probably Haven't Heard Of". Gripped.com. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Britain's teenage sensation Toby Roberts". Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "British teenager Roberts seals historic Olympic place". BBC Sport. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ Berry, Nathalie (29 October 2023). "Toby Roberts Qualifies for Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Laval". UK Climbing Magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Toby Roberts". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ Berry, Nathalie (1 November 2016). "Revelations 8b by 11 year-old Toby Roberts". UK Climbing Magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ Berry, Nathalie (27 October 2015). "Youngest Ascent of Raindogs 8a for 10 year-old Toby Roberts". UK Climbing Magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2023.