Sasha DiGiulian

Sasha DiGiulian
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1992-10-23) October 23, 1992
Education Columbia University
Height 5 feet 2 inches (157 cm)[1]
Weight 97 pounds (44 kg)[1]
Website sasha-digiulian.com
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Known for
  • First American woman to climb 5.14d (9a) * Female Overall World Champion
Medal record
IFSC World Championships
2011 Arco Overall
2011 Arco Bouldering
2011 Arco Duell
Updated on March 27, 2013.

Sasha DiGiulian (born October 23, 1992) is an American rock climber who in 2012 became the first American woman to climb grade 9a (5.14d). In 2011 she finished three climbs of 5.14c (8c+), onsighted two of 5.14a (8b+) and four of 5.13d (8b). In 2015 she became the first woman to free climb Magic Mushroom (7c+), one of the most difficult routes on the north face of the Eiger.[2]

Biography

DiGiulian started her climbing career at the age of 6 and began competing at age 8. At age 11 she climbed her first 5.13. She attended the Potomac School, a K-12 near Washington, D.C. In March 2011, just before graduating from high school, she redpointed Southern Smoke (5.14c) and Lucifer (5.14c) in the Red River Gorge, Kentucky.

After leaving high school, DiGiulian took a gap year to travel and rock climb, concentrating on international competition and outdoor climbing. She won the Gold Medal at the World Championships in Arco, Italy. She returned to the Red River Gorge in October 2011 where she redpointed Pure Imagination, a route considered 5.14d at the time, but later downgraded to 5.14c.[3] On April 25, 2012 she became the first North American female, and third woman of all time (after Spain’s Josune Bereziartu and Charlotte Durif of France), to climb 9a (5.14d) by ascending Era Vella in Margalef. DiGiulian is a three-time National Champion in Female Open and she has won multiple Junior National Championships. From 2004 until the end of her Junior career, 2010, she was the undefeated Panamerican Champion. In 2010 and 2012 DiGiulian won the Adult Panamerican Championships. In 2012 DiGiulian earned three gold medals at the Panamerican Championships for Female Sport Climbing, Bouldering, and Overall Champion.

As of December 2013, DiGiulian is a full-time student of non-fiction creative writing and business at Columbia University,[4] a member of Kappa Alpha Theta,[5] and an athlete representative on the board of the International Federation of Sport Climbing.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "About @ Sasha DiGiulian". Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ "adidas Outdoor Athletes Sasha DiGiulian And Carlo Traversi Free Climb Magic Mushroom... - LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/". Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  3. ↑ "Two 5.14+ Onsights for Ondra". dpmclimbing.com. November 1, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ Erin Larson (December 3, 2013). "Sasha DiGiulian: Rock Climber Extraordinaire".
  5. ↑ "Notable Thetas - Heritage - Kappa Alpha Theta". Heritage.kappaalphatheta.org. 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  6. ↑ "Athletes Commission". ifsc-climbing.org. February 25, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
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