Chloé Graftiaux
Chloé Graftiaux (18 July 1987, Brussels, Belgium – 21 August 2010, Courmayeur, Italy) was a Belgian sport climber, who fell to her death on the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (3,773 m) in the Mont Blanc massif, aged 23.[1]
In the 2010 season of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Bouldering World Cup, she won Gold at the World Cup events in Vail, United States and Sheffield, United Kingdom and finished third in the overall standings.[2]
She was a multiple champion lead climbing. In January 2010 she won the Ice Master-Worldcup ice climbing in Valle di Daone.[1][3]
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. Because this is not a technically difficult part of the mountain she was not roped up and she fell 600m to her death.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Goodbye Chloé Graftiaux". PlanetMountain.com. 2010-08-23. http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=37552. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ "Climbing Worldcup 2010 Standing". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 2010-08-23. http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php?page_name=ranglist&cat=ICC_FB. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ "Markus Bendler la conferma, Chloe Graftiaux la sorpresa, semifinali amare per Herbert Klammer ed Angelika Rainer" (in Italian). Ice Master-Worldcup, Valle di Daone. 2010-01-16. http://www.daoneicemaster.it/lang/IT/eventi/dettaglio/markus_bendler_la_conferma_chloe_graftiaux_la_sorpresa_semifinali_amare_per_herbert_klammer_ed_angelika_rainer,91.html.
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Graftiaux, Chloe |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
Belgian sport climber |
| Date of birth |
18 July 1987 |
| Place of birth |
Brussels, Belgium |
| Date of death |
21 August 2010 |
| Place of death |
Courmayeur, Italy |