Isabelle Patissier

Isabelle Patissier
	Patissier rally driving in Morocco in 2011
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	March 1, 1967; Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Website	IsabellePatissier.com
	Climbing career
Type of climber	Sport climbing
Highest grade	Redpoint: 8b (5.13d);
Known for	First woman to climb 8b (5.13d)
Sport
Retired	1994
World Cup
World Championships
European Championships
	Updated on 29 March 2013.

Isabelle Patissier (born March 1, 1967) is a French world champion rock climber and more recently a rally driver. She is known for winning two Lead Climbing World Cups (1990, 1991) and for being the first woman to climb an 8b (5.13d) route.

Climbing

Patissier started climbing at age 5 or 6 with her parents. At 14 she practised mountaineering in Chamonix and also slalom and downhill skiing. In 1986 at the age of 19, she won the first French official climbing competition, taking place in the sportshall in Vaulx-en-Velin only steps from her highschool, climbing barefoot. After this she devoted herself full-time to climbing and in 1988 became both the first woman to climb an 8b (Sortilèges at Cimaï)[1] and French champion. She subsequently won this title a further 3 times.

Between 1993 and 1996 she was married to Nicolas Hulot a TV presenter and writer. In 1995 she retired from climbing.

In 2000, she made her motorsport debut in the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles and in 2002 competed in her first Paris-Dakar rally.[2] She later married her copilot/mechanic Thierry Delli-Zotti.

Notable Climbs

Patissier climbing in the Calanques area

8b (5.13d)

Les sucettes à l'anis - Cimaï (FRA) - 1989
Sortilèges - Cimaï (FRA) - 1988 - First female ascent of an 8b climb

8a (5.13b)

Échographie - Gorges du Verdon (FRA) - 1988

7c (5.12d)

Katapult - Frankenjura (GER) - 1985

Rankings

Lead Climbing World Cups

1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
?	1	1	2	7	2

Lead Climbing World Championships

1991	1993
2	3

Lead Climbing European Championships

1992
2

Lead Climbing Rock Master

1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
3	2	2	2	1	2

Number of medals in Lead climbing World Cups

Seasons	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
1989
1990	2	2	1	5
1991	3	1		4
1992	1	3	2	6
1993	1		1	2
1994		2	1	3
Total	7	8	5	20

Rally results

2000 - 3Com Star Challenge - 2nd
2000 - Trophy des Gazelles - 3rd
2004 - 1st woman world champion (Production category), with Team Nissan Dessoude
2004 - Oman Desert Express - Winner
2004 - Rally of Tunisia - 9th
2006 - Rally of Tunisia - 7th
2007 - Rally of Tunisia - 4th
Dakar Rally - competed 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 (3rd in 2WD, 16th in overall ranking) and 2012[2]

References

Maurizio Oviglia (23 December 2012). "The evolution of free climbing". planetmountain.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
Dakar.com. "Fiche pilote Isabelle PATISSIER" Archived 2013-06-16 at Archive.today. Retrieved on 17 May 2013.

External links

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[1] Maurizio Oviglia (23 December 2012). "The evolution of free climbing". planetmountain.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

[Dakar_record-2] Dakar.com. "Fiche pilote Isabelle PATISSIER" Archived 2013-06-16 at Archive.today. Retrieved on 17 May 2013.