Anak Verhoeven

Rock climbing

In September 2017, she did the first free ascent (FFA) of the route Sang neuf, at Pierrot Beach in France, becoming the first woman in history to do an FFA at that grade.

Rankings Climbing World Cup Discipline 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Lead 34 9 4 4 2 3 11 Combined - - - - - 7 - No Pain No Gain – Rodellar, Spain – 25 October 2022. First female free ascent (FFFA). Joe Mama – Oliana, Spain – 7 November 2019. First female free ascent (FFFA). Ciudad de Dios pa la Enmienda – Santa Linya, Spain – 10 December 2017. First free ascent (FFA); first-ever woman in history to create (i.e. an FFA) a new graded sport climbing route. Joe Cita – Oliana, Spain – December, 2021. La prophétie des grenouilles – Rocher des Brumes, France – July, 2021. Sang Neuf – Pierrot Beach, France – 4 September 2017 – FFA, and first-ever creation of a new 9a route by a female in history. Kraftio, Belgium – 4 June 2020 – First ascent and Belgium's hardest climbing route at the time; named in memory of Chloé Graftiaux.