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Laura Rogora
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	April 28, 2001 (age 25); Rome, Italy
Occupation	Professional rock climber
Height	152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight	43 kg (95 lb)
Climbing career
Type of climber	Competition climbing; Sport climbing; Bouldering;
Highest grade	Redpoint: 9b (5.15b); Onsight/Flash: 8c+ (5.14c);
First ascents	Rèveille-toi (9a); Sitting Bull (8c+/9a); Ercole (8c/+); La Gasparata (8c+/9a); Supercrack (8b+/8c); Tomorrowland Ext (8c+/9a);
Known for	Second youngest ever (at age 14) to climb at 9a (5.14d); Third-ever female to climb at 9b (5.15b); First-ever female to onsight at 8c+ (5.14c);
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing Italy
World Championships
World Cup (Overall)
World Cup
European Championships
	Updated on 30 June 2025

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 only 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 2025, she became the first-ever female climber in history to onsight a 8c+ (5.14c)-graded sport climbing route, with her ascent of Ultimate Sacrifice in France.

Climbing career

Competition climbing

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]

Sport climbing

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]

On July 28, 2025, she became the first-ever woman to onsight a 8c+ (5.14c)–graded climbing route, by ascending Ultimate Sacrifice at the Gorges du Loup in France.^[8]

Notable ascents

Redpointed routes

9b (5.15b)
- Erebor, Italy, October 2021 (bolted and first ascended by Stefano Ghisolfi); only third-ever woman in history to climb a 9b route.
9a+ (5.15a)
- Punt'X, France, November 2025
- La Castagne, France, November 2025 (First female ascent. Established by Adam Ondra)
- Super Crackinette, France, October 2025
- Bombardino, Italy, November 2024 (First female ascent)
- Trofeo dell’Adriatico, Italy, November 2024 (First female ascent)
- Goldrake, Italy, September 2024 (First female ascent)
- Lapsus, Italy, November 2023 (First female ascent of the route)^[7]
- Ali Hulk Sit Extension Total, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020 (was once considered potential 9b)^[9]^[10]
- Pure Dreaming Plus, Arco, Italy, 30 May 2020 (First female ascent and first repeat of the route, established by Adam Ondra)^[11]
- The Bow, Arco, Italy, November 2020^[12]
9a (5.14d)
- Le Cadafist, France, October 2025
- Il Terzo Occhio, Italy, October 2025 (First female ascent)
- Just Two Fix, France, July 2025
- Trip Tik Tonik, France, July 2025
- Tre Mou Polacche, Italy, March 2025
- Martin Krpan, Slovenia, January 2025
- Xaxid Hostel, Slovenia, January 2025
- Sanjski Par (Extension), Slovenia, January 2025
- Estado Crítico, Spain, November 2024
- Flipping the Bird Direct, Italy, October 2024
- Prima Classe, Italy, October 2024
- Grandi Gesti, Sperlonga, Italy, March 2016
- Joe-cita, Oliana, Spain, February 2017
- Esclatamasters, Perles [ca], Spain, January 2019
- La Bongada, Margalef, Spain, January 2020
- The Bomb, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020
8c+/9a (5.14c/5.14d)
- Pal Norte, Margalef, Spain, December 2019
- Underground, Massone, Italy, June 2020
8c+ (5.14c)
- Joe Blau, Oliana, Spain, January 2017
- Hulk Extension Total, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020
8c (5.14b)
- Ciccio Formaggio, Grotta dell’Aerenauta, Sperlonga, Italy, December 2014 (her first 8c at age 13).
- Il Corvo, Ferentillo, Italy, April 2015
- Wallstreet, Frankenjura, Germany, August 2016

First ascents

Tomorrowland extension, 8c+/9a (5.14c/5.14d), Cueva di Collepardo, November 2016
Supercrack, 8c+/9a (5.14c/5.14d), Cueva di Collepardo, December 2016
La Gasparata, 8c+/9a (5.14c/5.14d), Cueva di Collepardo, January 2017
Ercole, 8c+ (5.14c), Cueva di Collepardo, March 2017
It segid narg, 8c+ (5.14c), Grotta dell'Arenauta Sperlonga, December 2017
Sitting Bull, 8c+/9a (5.14c/5.14d), Cueva di Collepardo, April 2018
Rèveille-toi, 9a (5.14d), Cueva di Collepardo, June 2019
Iron Man, 9a (5.14d), Trentino, September 2021
L’Ultimo Ruggito, 9a (5.14d), Gole del Melfa, October 2025

Onsighted routes

8c+ (5.14c)
- Ultimate Sacrifice, the Gorges du Loup, France, July 2025^[8]
8b+ (5.14a)
- Ixeia, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020
- L-mens, Montsant, Spain, January 2020

Competition climbing highlights

IFSC Olympic qualifying

IFSC Combined Qualifier Toulouse 2019
- Women combined: 8th (qualified)

IFSC Climbing European Championships

Discipline	Edinburgh 2019	Munich 2022	Villars 2024
Lead	2	26	1
Boulder & Lead	-	-	1

IFSC Climbing World Championships

Discipline	Innsbruck 2018	Hachioji 2019	Moscow 2021	Bern 2023	Seoul 2025
Lead	10	20	3	7	9

IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships

Discipline	2017 Youth A	2018 Youth A	2019 Juniors
Lead	4	6	1
Boulder	4	1	1
Combined	6	-	1

European Youth Championships

2017 European Youth Championships (Lead & Speed) (Perm)
- Female Youth A lead: 4th

References

↑ "SIX WOMEN QUALIFY FOR OLYMPICS IN TOULOUSE". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
↑ "Lučka Rakovec and Adam Ondra crowned European Climbing Champions in Edinburgh". Planet Mountain. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
↑ "IFSC YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - ARCO (ITA) 2019". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
↑ "Laura Rogora, arrampicando verso Tokyo". VanityFair.it (in Italian). 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
↑ "Sport Climbing ROGORA Laura - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
↑ "Fifteen-Year-Old Laura Rogora Sends Joe-Cita (5.14d)". Rock & Ice. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
1 2 "Laura Rogora makes first female ascent of Lapsus (9a+) at Andonno". PlanetMountain.com.
1 2 "Laura Rogora claims historic first female 8c+ onsight, 'Ultimate Sacrifice' at the Gorges du Loup". PlanetMountain.com.
↑ Climber News. "Laura Rogora Second Woman To Climb 9b "Ali Hulk Sit Extension Total"". Climber News.
↑ "Ali Hulk extensión total sit start 9a+ (b) by Alex Garriga". 8a.nu. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
↑ "Pure Dreaming Plus 9a+ by Laura Rogora (18)". www.8a.nu. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
↑ "Laura Rogora Sends The Bow 5.15a". Retrieved 2020-11-25.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2025/07/first_female_8c+_onsight_for_laura_rogora-74017

External links

[IFSC_Toulouse-1] "SIX WOMEN QUALIFY FOR OLYMPICS IN TOULOUSE". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-13.

[2] "Lučka Rakovec and Adam Ondra crowned European Climbing Champions in Edinburgh". Planet Mountain. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-13.

[IFSC_Arco-3] "IFSC YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - ARCO (ITA) 2019". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-13.

[4] "Laura Rogora, arrampicando verso Tokyo". VanityFair.it (in Italian). 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-09-25.

[5] "Sport Climbing ROGORA Laura - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-25.

[age_14-6] "Fifteen-Year-Old Laura Rogora Sends Joe-Cita (5.14d)". Rock & Ice. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-13.

[auto-7] 1 2 "Laura Rogora makes first female ascent of Lapsus (9a+) at Andonno". PlanetMountain.com.

[auto1-8] 1 2 "Laura Rogora claims historic first female 8c+ onsight, 'Ultimate Sacrifice' at the Gorges du Loup". PlanetMountain.com.

[:0-9] Climber News. "Laura Rogora Second Woman To Climb 9b "Ali Hulk Sit Extension Total"". Climber News.

[10] "Ali Hulk extensión total sit start 9a+ (b) by Alex Garriga". 8a.nu. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[Pure_Dreaming-11] "Pure Dreaming Plus 9a+ by Laura Rogora (18)". www.8a.nu. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-01.

[The_Bow-12] "Laura Rogora Sends The Bow 5.15a". Retrieved 2020-11-25.

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