Toby Roberts

Climbing career

Rock climbing

In 2015, at only ten years of age, Roberts redpointed the historic graded British sport climbing route, Raindogs, at Malham Cove in North Yorkshire. In October 2023, he became the first male British climber–and the second British climber after Shauna Coxsey–to secure a spot in the Olympics for climbing by winning the 2023 European Qualifier in Laval.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Roberts won a gold medal in the combined bouldering and lead climbing event, becoming the first British climber to win an Olympic medal related to climbing since members of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition in 1924. Subsequently, he finished first overall in the 2024 Lead World Cup series and first overall in the 2024 Lead rankings and Combined rankings.

Roberts was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2026 New Year Honours for services to sport climbing.

Rankings

IFSC Climbing World Cup

IFSC Climbing World Championships

Youth

Senior

Number of medals at the IFSC Climbing World Cup

Lead

Number of medals at the Summer Olympics

Combined

Notable ascents

Redpointed routes Gancho Perfecto – Margalef (Spain) – 2024. Months after winning his Olympic gold medal, Roberts repeated the popular Chris Sharma route, marking his hardest send to date. Batman – Malham Cove (United Kingdom) – 2021. Became the youngest British climber to redpoint a 9a/+-graded route at age 16.

Rainshadow – Malham Cove (United Kingdom) – 2020. Became the youngest British climber to redpoint a 9a-graded route at age 15.

Other:

Revelations – Raven Tor (United Kingdom) – October 2016. Became the youngest British climber to redpoint an 8b-graded route at age 11 by repeating Jerry Moffatt's historic sport climbing route.

Raindogs – Malham Cove (United Kingdom) – October 2015. Became the youngest British climber to redpoint an 8a-graded route at age 10 by repeating the historic sport climbing route.