French rock climbers

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.

Oriane Bertone (born March 10, 2005 in Nice) is a French rock climber, sport climber and boulderer. In 2018, when she was 12 years old, Bertone became the youngest climber to send a V14 (8B+) boulder problem. In 2019 she started competing in international youth sport climbing events where she won multiple gold medals in both lead climbing and bouldering.

Catherine Monique Suzanne Destivelle (born 24 July 1960) is a French rock climber and mountaineer. In 1992 she became the first woman to complete a solo ascent of the Eiger's north face. She completed the climb in winter in 17 hours. Her other notable climbs include the Bonatti Route on the north face of the Matterhorn and the southwest pillar of the Aiguille du Dru (the Bonatti Pillar). Destivelle has been the subject of several documentaries, including French director Rémy Tezier's, Beyond the Summits (Au-delà des cimes), which won the award for best feature-length mountain film at the 2009 Banff Mountain Film Festival.

Alain Robert (born as Robert Alain Philippe on 7 August 1962) is a French rock climber and urban climber, from Digoin, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. Known as "the French Spider-Man" (after the comic character Spider-Man) or "the Human Spider," Robert is famous for his free solo climbing, scaling skyscrapers using no climbing equipment except for a small bag of chalk and a pair of climbing shoes.

Bassa Mawem (born 9 November 1984) is a French professional rock climber. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Alexandre Chabot (born December 27, 1981) is a French professional rock climber, specialising in lead climbing. He won three consecutive Lead Climbing World Cups and three consecutive Rock Masters. In France, he was awarded seven times the national Lead Climbing Champion title.

Mélissa Le Nevé (born July 8, 1989) is a French professional rock climber.

Alizée Dufraisse (born 13 June 1987 in Pessac, France) is a French professional rock climber. She lives in Aix-en-Provence. She has been climbing since the age of seven. In 2003, she first climbed the grade of 8a (5.13b).

Patrick Berhault (19 July 1957 – 28 April 2004) was a professional French free climber, mountaineer and mountain guide. He died while climbing Dom ridge, Switzerland, during his attempt to linkup all 82 Alps 4000 meter summits in 82 days.

Patrick Edlinger (15 June 1960 – 16 November 2012) was a professional French free climber. He died in his home at La Palud-sur-Verdon in 2012. Edlinger is considered a pioneer and a legend of sport climbing.