At 37 years old and after almost a quarter-century of training & competing, the great Chamoniard professional rock climber announced his retirement.
Romain Desgranges participated in 130 Climbing World Cups, having won 6 gold, 4 silver & 6 bronze medals, is five times French champion, twice European champion and winner of the World Cup in 2017.
The biggest French climbing champion in the last ten years, Romain Desgranges announced on his social networks that he is retiring from competitions.
"After 18 seasons, 130 stages of the World Cup, it is time for me to put away my competition shoes", wrote the Chamonix climber on his Facebook page.
TRANSLATION: "Armband to give up 🇨🇵!
Seeking climber (s) viscerally in love with the French team to take up the torch! ??
After 18 international seasons, 130 world cups and countless aches, it's time for me to put away my competition shoes. A quarter of a century to climb, train, repeat, over and over, work tirelessly hard ... JJG sang "there are only roads that are beautiful".
How good it was !!!
And the adventure is far from over 💪!"
Romain Desgranges took this decision after a past season that did not rise up to expectations and after failing to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
"I am 37 years old, the world numbers 1 are 17-18 years old", declared Romain Desgranges in November 2019.
An excellent athlete that brought joy and pride to all French and that will surely be missed by the whole climbing community. "You are a rock-climbing legend forever", said Fanny Gibert, third overall in the world at the moment.
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Romain Desgranges in the semi-final of the 2013 European climbing championship (difficulty) in Chamonix. Author O.Taris, licensed under CC BY 3.0.
