Isabelle Patissier

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.

Isabelle Patissier
Patissier rally driving in Morocco in 2011
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1967-03-01) March 1, 1967
Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
WebsiteIsabellePatissier.com
Climbing career
Type of climberSport climbing
Highest grade
Known forFirst woman to climb 8b (5.13d)
Sport
Retired1994
Updated on 29 March 2013.

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)

7c (5.12d)

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
19902215
1991314
19921326
1993112
1994213
Total78520

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

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