# Laura Rogora

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 the third-ever female climber in history to redpoint a 9b (5.15b)-graded sport climbing route, with her ascent of Erebor in Italy.

## 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.

### 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.
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.

## 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)
** Lapsus, Italy, November 2023 (First female ascent of the route)
** Ali Hulk Sit Extension Total, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020 (was once considered potential 9b)
** Pure Dreaming Plus, Arco, Italy, 30 May 2020 (First female ascent and first repeat of the route, established by Adam Ondra)
** The Bow, Arco, Italy, November 2020
* 9a (5.14d)
** 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

### Onsighted routes

* 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

* 2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup (Briançon)
** Women lead: 1st
* 2019 IFSC Climbing European Championships (Edinburgh)
** Women lead: 2nd

### IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships

* 2019 IFSC Youth World Championships (Arco)
** Female Youth Juniors combined: 1st
** Female Youth Juniors boulder: 1st
** Female Youth Juniors lead: 1st
* 2018 IFSC Youth World Championships (Moscow)
** Female Youth A boulder: 1st
** Female Youth A lead: 6th
* 2017 IFSC Youth World Championships (Innsbruck)
** Female Youth A combined: 6th
** Female Youth A boulder: 4th
** Female Youth A combined: 5th

### European Youth Championships

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