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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 28, 2001 Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional rock climber | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Laura Rogora (born 28 April 2001) is an Italian rock climber who specializes in sport climbing and in competition climbing (and competition lead climbing in particular). In 2021, she became the third-ever female climber in history to redpoint a 9b (5.15b)-graded sport climbing route, with her ascent of Erebor in Italy.
In 2019, Rogora qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games,[1] by finishing second in lead climbing at the IFSC Climbing European Championships[2] and won 3 of 4 possible gold medals at the IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships, coming first in lead climbing, bouldering and the combined categories in the Junior age group.[3]
She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's combined Olympic climbing.[4][5]
In 2015, aged 14, she became the second youngest climber to redpoint a 9a (5.14d)–graded sport climbing route. In 2021, she became the third-ever female in history to redpoint a 9b (5.15b)-graded sport route.[6]
In 2023, Rogora made the first female ascent (and, as it was a free ascent, the first female free ascent) of the Lapsus, a 9a+ (5.15a)–graded sport climbing route in Italy.[7]
