Isabelle Patissier

Patissier rally driving in Morocco in 2011

Personal information

Nationality

French

Born

March 1, 1967
Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon

Height

1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

49 kg (108 lb)

Retired from competitions

1994

Website

IsabellePatissier.com

Climbing career

Type of climber

Sport climbing

Highest grade

Redpoint: 8b (5.13d)

Known for

First woman to climb 8b (5.13d)

Medal record

IFSC World Championships
	1991 Frankfurt	Lead
	1993 Innsbruck	Lead
IFSC European Championships
	1992 Frankfurt	Lead
IFSC Climbing World Cup
Winner	1990	Lead
Winner	1991	Lead

Updated on 29 March 2013.

Isabelle Patissier (born March 1, 1967) is a French world champion rock climber and more recently a rally driver.

Climbing

Patissier started climbing at age 5 or 6 with her parents. At 14 she practised mountaineering in Chamonix and also slalom and downhill skiing. In 1986 at the age of 19, she won the first French official climbing competition, taking place in the sportshall in Vaulx-en-Velin only steps from her highschool, climbing barefoot. After this she devoted herself full-time to climbing and in 1988 became both the first woman to climb an 8b (Sortilèges at Cimaï)^[1] and French champion. She subsequently won this title a further 3 times.

Between 1993 and 1996 she was married to Nicolas Hulot a TV presenter and writer. In 1995 she retired from climbing.

In 2000, she made her motorsport debut in the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles and in 2002 competed in her first Paris-Dakar rally.^[2] She later married her copilot/mechanic Thierry Delli-Zotti.

Notable Climbs

Patissier climbing in the Calanques area

8b/5.13d - Les sucettes à l'anis - Cimaï (FRA) - 1989
8b/5.13d - Sortilèges - Cimaï (FRA) - 1988 - First female ascent of an 8b climb
8a (ex 8b)3 - Échographie - Gorges du Verdon (FRA) - 1988
7c/5.12d - Katapult - Frankenjura (GER) - 1985

Climbing Competition Record

World Cup, Lead Climbing

1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
?	1	1	2	7	2

World Championship, Lead Climbing

1991	1993
2	3

European Championship, Lead Climbing

1992
2

Rock Master

1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
3	2	2	2	1	2

World Cup, lead climbing podiums

Seasons	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
1989
1990	2	2	1	5
1991	3	1		4
1992	1	3	2	6
1993	1		1	2
1994		2	1	3
Total	7	8	5	20

Rally results

2000 - 3Com Star Challenge - 2nd
2000 - Trophy des Gazelles - 3rd
2004 - 1st woman world champion (Production category), with Team Nissan Dessoude
2004 - Oman Desert Express - Winner
2004 - Rally of Tunisia - 9th
2006 - Rally of Tunisia - 7th
2007 - Rally of Tunisia - 4th
Dakar Rally - competed 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 (3rd in 2WD, 16th in overall ranking) and 2012^[2]

References

↑ Maurizio Oviglia (23 December 2012). "The evolution of free climbing". planetmountain.com. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
1 2 Dakar.com. "Fiche pilote Isabelle PATISSIER". Retrieved on 17 May 2013.

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