Laura Rogora


Laura Rogora is an Italian rock climber who specializes in sport climbing and in competition climbing. In 2021, she became only the third-ever female climber in history to redpoint a -graded sport climbing route, with her ascent of Erebor in Italy. In 2025, she became the first-ever female climber in history to onsight a -graded sport climbing route, with her ascent of Ultimate Sacrifice in France.

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 –graded sport climbing route. In 2021, she became the third-ever female in history to redpoint a -graded sport route.
In 2023, Rogora made the first female ascent of the Lapsus, a –graded sport climbing route in Italy.
On July 28, 2025, she became the first-ever woman to onsight a –graded climbing route, by ascending Ultimate Sacrifice at the Gorges du Loup in France.

Notable ascents

Redpointed">Redpoint (climbing)">Redpointed routes

  • 9b
  • *Erebor, Italy, October 2021 ; only third-ever woman in history to climb a 9b route.
  • * Punt'X, France, November 2025
  • * La Castagne, France, November 2025
  • * Super Crackinette, France, October 2025
  • * Bombardino, Italy, November 2024
  • * Trofeo dell’Adriatico, Italy, November 2024
  • * Goldrake, Italy, September 2024
  • * Lapsus, Italy, November 2023
  • * Ali Hulk Sit Extension Total, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020
  • *Pure Dreaming Plus, Arco, Italy, 30 May 2020
  • * The Bow, Arco, Italy, November 2020
  • *Le Cadafist, France, October 2025
  • *Il Terzo Occhio, Italy, October 2025
  • *Just Two Fix, France, July 2025
  • *Trip Tik Tonik, France, July 2025
  • *Tre Mou Polacche, Italy, March 2025
  • *Martin Krpan, Slovenia, January 2025
  • *Xaxid Hostel, Slovenia, January 2025
  • *Sanjski Par , Slovenia, January 2025
  • *Estado Crítico, Spain, November 2024
  • *Flipping the Bird Direct, Italy, October 2024
  • *Prima Classe, Italy, October 2024
  • *Grandi Gesti, Sperlonga, Italy, March 2016
  • *Joe-cita, Oliana, Spain, February 2017
  • *Esclatamasters,, Spain, January 2019
  • *La Bongada, Margalef, Spain, January 2020
  • *The Bomb, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020
  • 8c+/9a
  • *Pal Norte, Margalef, Spain, December 2019
  • *Underground, Massone, Italy, June 2020
  • *Joe Blau, Oliana, Spain, January 2017
  • *Hulk Extension Total, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020
  • *Ciccio Formaggio, Grotta dell’Aerenauta, Sperlonga, Italy, December 2014.
  • *Il Corvo, Ferentillo, Italy, April 2015
  • *Wallstreet, Frankenjura, Germany, August 2016

    First ascents

  • Tomorrowland extension, 8c+/9a, Cueva di Collepardo, November 2016
  • Supercrack, 8c+/9a, Cueva di Collepardo, December 2016
  • La Gasparata, 8c+/9a, Cueva di Collepardo, January 2017
  • Ercole,, Cueva di Collepardo, March 2017
  • It segid narg,, Grotta dell'Arenauta Sperlonga, December 2017
  • Sitting Bull, 8c+/9a, Cueva di Collepardo, April 2018
  • Rèveille-toi,, Cueva di Collepardo, June 2019
  • Iron Man,, Trentino, September 2021
  • L’Ultimo Ruggito,, Gole del Melfa, October 2025

    [Onsight]ed routes

  • * Ultimate Sacrifice, the Gorges du Loup, France, July 2025
  • * Ixeia, Rodellar, Spain, July 2020
  • * L-mens, Montsant, Spain, January 2020

    Competition climbing highlights

IFSC Olympic qualifying

[IFSC Climbing World Championships]

[IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships]

European Youth Championships

  • 2017 European Youth Championships
  • *Female Youth A lead: 4th