Laura Rogora

Laura Rogora is an Italian rock climber, born on 28 April 2001 in Rome, who specialises in extreme sport climbing and in competition lead climbing. She was introduced to climbing by her father, studied mathematics at university and paused her degree to focus on climbing. In 2015, aged 14, she became the second youngest climber to redpoint a 9a route, and in 2021 she became the third woman to redpoint a 9b route, Erebor in Italy. In 2025 she onsighted the 8c+ route Ultimate Sacrifice in the Gorges du Loup in France, the first time a woman had onsighted that grade, and in 2026 she redpointed the 9b+ route Bibliographie in France, making her the third woman to climb a route of that grade. In competition she won three of the four junior gold medals at the 2019 IFSC World Youth Championships, took medals in lead at the 2021 World Championships and in the overall World Series, and represented Italy in the combined event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing 15th, and at the 2024 Olympics, finishing 18th. The account here rests on her English Wikipedia article, with the Olympedia athlete page as a second source.