Laura Rogora

Laura Rogora
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (2001-04-28) April 28, 2001 (age 25)
Rome, Italy
OccupationProfessional rock climber
Height152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight43 kg (95 lb)
Climbing career
Highest grade
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 person (at age 14) to climb at 9a (5.14d)
  • Third woman to climb at 9b+ (5.15c)
  • First woman to onsight at 8c+ (5.14c)
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 MoscowLead
World Cup (Overall)
Third place2021Lead
Third place2025Lead
World Cup
Gold medal – first placeBriançon 2020Lead
Gold medal – first placeChamonix 2021Lead
Silver medal – second placeVillars 2021Lead
Silver medal – second placeChamonix 2022Lead
Silver medal – second placeBriançon 2024Lead
Silver medal – second placeInnsbruck 2025Lead
Silver medal – second placeMadrid 2025Lead
Silver medal – second placeSantiago 2026Lead
Bronze medal – third placeKoper 2025Lead
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 VillarsLead
Gold medal – first place2024 VillarsCombined
Silver medal – second place2019 EdinburghLead
Updated on 30 June 2025

Laura Rogora (born 28 April 2001) is an Italian rock climber who specializes in extreme sport climbing and in competition climbing (and in the competition lead climbing event in particular). Rogora is known for her onsights of routes, including the 2025 onsight of the 8c+ (5.14c) graded sport-climbing route, Ultimate Sacrifice, which was the first time a woman onsighted a climbing route at that grade. In 2026, she redpointed the 9b+ (5.15c) graded sport-climbing route, Bibliographie, making her only the third woman to ascend a 9b+ graded route. Rogora has won medals in competition lead climbing at both the biennial World Climbing Championship (in 2021) and for the overall annual World Climbing Series (in 2021, 2025).

Early life and education

Rogora was born in Rome, Italy, and was introduced to climbing by her father. She studied mathematics at university, but paused her degree to focus on climbing.

Climbing career

Competition climbing

In 2019, Rogora qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, by finishing second in lead climbing at the IFSC Climbing European Championships 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.

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's combined Olympic climbing finishing 15th, and the 2024 Olympics, finishing 18th.

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 female to redpoint a 9b (5.15b)-graded sport route.

In 2023, Rogora made the first female ascent/first female free ascent of Lapsus, a 9a+ (5.15a)–graded sport climbing route in Italy.

On July 28, 2025, she ticked Ultimate Sacrifice at the Gorges du Loup in France, becoming the first woman to onsight a 8c+ (5.14c).

In 2026, she climbed the sport climbing route, Bibliographie, which was her first 9b+ (5.15c) graded route. She only spent 6 days working on the route, which is the fastest anyone has completed a climb of that grade. In completing her ascent, she became only the third woman to ascend a 9b+ graded route.

Notable ascents

Rogora at the 2024 European Championships

Redpointed routes

First ascents

Onsighted routes

Competition climbing highlights

IFSC Olympic qualifying

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Poggi, Alessandro (15 October 2020). "Laura Rogora: How I've mixed my passions for maths and climbing". Olympics. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "SIX WOMEN QUALIFY FOR OLYMPICS IN TOULOUSE". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  3. ↑ "Lučka Rakovec and Adam Ondra crowned European Climbing Champions in Edinburgh". Planet Mountain. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  4. ↑ "IFSC YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - ARCO (ITA) 2019". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  5. ↑ "Laura Rogora, arrampicando verso Tokyo". VanityFair.it (in Italian). 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  6. ↑ "Sport Climbing ROGORA Laura - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  7. ↑ "Laura Rogora". Olympics. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Fifteen-Year-Old Laura Rogora Sends Joe-Cita (5.14d)". Rock & Ice. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  9. 1 2 "Laura Rogora makes first female ascent of Lapsus (9a+) at Andonno". PlanetMountain.com.
  10. 1 2 "Laura Rogora claims historic first female 8c+ onsight, 'Ultimate Sacrifice' at the Gorges du Loup". PlanetMountain.com.
  11. ↑ Pullan, Brandon (16 August 2026). "Laura Rogora Climbs Bibliographie 5.15c in a Mind-Blowing Six Days". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  12. ↑ Climber News. "Laura Rogora Second Woman To Climb 9b "Ali Hulk Sit Extension Total"". Climber News.
  13. ↑ "Ali Hulk extensión total sit start 9a+ (b) by Alex Garriga". 8a.nu. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "Pure Dreaming Plus 9a+ by Laura Rogora (18)". www.8a.nu. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  15. ↑ "Laura Rogora Sends The Bow 5.15a". Retrieved 2020-11-25.