Stefano Ghisolfi
Stefano Ghisolfi is an Italian professional rock climber, who specializes in competition climbing, sport climbing, and bouldering. In competition climbing, he completes in competition lead climbing, competition bouldering, and competition speed climbing, with lead being his strongest discipline. As a sport climber, he has redpointed sport climbing routes of grade, onsighted routes of, and solved boulder problems at grade. In December 2018, after climbing Perfecto Mundo, he became the fourth climber in history to redpoint a route.
Climbing career
Competition climbing
In 2007, Ghisolfi participated in his first international competition: the IFSC European Youth Cup.Both in 2010 and 2011, he won the bronze medal in Lead climbing at the IFSC World Youth Championships.
In the same years, he also participated in the IFSC World Championships as a senior competitor, for all disciplines and placed tenth in the overall ranking.
On October 13, 2012, he first got on the podium in the World Cup, obtaining a bronze medal in Xining, China. He obtained gold medals in the World Cup stages at Wujiang, in 2014, Xiamen, in 2016, and then again at Wujiang, in 2017.
Rock climbing
On November 2, 2015, he made the first free ascent of Lapsus, in Andonno, a 70-hold sport climbing route for which he proposed a grade of.On December 7, 2018, after climbing the sport route Perfecto Mundo, he became the fourth climber in history to redpoint a route at that grade, after Adam Ondra, Chris Sharma, and Alex Megos.
On September 2, 2020, he made the second ascent of , in Flatanger Municipality, Norway; the first-ever 9b+ route in history, established by Adam Ondra in 2012.
On August 24, 2021, he made the second ascent of Bibliographie, in Céüse, France. Originally graded with a proposed 9c rating, the route was first established by Alex Megos. Ghisolfi then downgraded it to 9b+.
On February 2, 2023, made the FA of Excalibur, in Arco, in Italy, for which he proposed a grade of.
Rankings
Climbing World Championships
Youth| Discipline | 2008 Youth B | 2009 Youth A | 2010 Youth A | 2011 Juniors | 2012 Juniors |
| Lead | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Speed | 5 | 6 | 5 | - | 17 |
Adult
| Discipline | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 |
| Lead | 27 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| Bouldering | 25 | 16 | |||
| Speed | 30 | 33 |
Climbing European Championships
Youth| Discipline | 2012 Juniors |
| Lead | 3 |
Adult
| Discipline | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 |
| Lead | 37 | 16 | 7 | 10 |
| Bouldering | 37 | 35 | 35 | - |
| Speed | 18 | 32 | 26 | - |
Rock climbing
Boulder problems">Bouldering">Boulder problems
- Anam cara low - Silvretta Alps - June 2025
- Hazel Grace sit - Gotthard Pass - August 2025