Christian Core

Christian Core, born on 5 October 1974, is an Italian professional rock climber who specialises in bouldering and competition bouldering. In 2008 he made the first ascent of Gioia at Varazze, the first boulder in the world graded 8C+ (V16), which stayed the hardest boulder problem in the world for eight years; Adam Ondra repeated it in 2011 and confirmed the grade. As a competition climber he stopped entering the Lead Climbing World Cup in 1999 and moved to the Bouldering World Cup, then organised by the UIAA for the first time, which he won at once and won again in 2002. In 2003 he became Bouldering World Champion. He has climbed many hard boulders in Italy, Switzerland and Spain and is married to the climber Stella Marchisio.