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Climbers from Italy

Ordered by the number of ascents recorded.

Climber Name # Ascents Recorded Notes
Laura Rogora 94

Laura Rogora is an Italian professional rock climber, known for excelling in both competition climbing and elite sport climbing. She rose to prominence as a youth competitor, winning multiple World and European Youth Championship titles and qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Rogora is one of the best sport climbers in the world, having climbed routes graded up to 9b+ and achieved several historic milestones. In 2021, she became only the third woman to redpoint a 9b route, and in 2025 she made history as the first woman to onsight an 8c+ route. Her 2026 ascent of Bibliographie (9b+) was done in just six days, by far the fastest ascent of a 9b+ at the time. She is also notable for her depth of experience in hard sport climbing, having climbed over 45 routes graded 9a or harder.

Rogora is one of the best onsight climbers in the world. Only Alex Megos and Adam Ondra have more hard onsights to their name, and the gap is closing.

Niccolò Ceria 76

Niccolò Ceria is an Italian boulderer. He is known for his aesthetic approach to bouldering which focuses on the quality of the problem and the movement, as well as the difficulty.

Stefano Ghisolfi 75
Pietro Vidi 52

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2025/10/pietro_vidi_on_the_grit-74044

Stefano Carnati 44
Michael Piccolruaz 37
Jacopo Larcher 36

References

[1] https://open.spotify.com/episode/5SisJOwqwhllLtqX0yZXrb?

[2] Podcast with Sonnie Trotter, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDX7_mDDTmE

Simone Tentori 34
Gabriele Moroni 31
Elias Iagnemma 30

Elias is an Italian boulderer and one of the world’s strongest.

In 2021/22 he made ascents of Gioia and Ganesh both at 8C+.

He was shot into the limelight in early 2024 with the fourth ascent of Burden of Dreams, using a unique beta. In 2025 Elias first ascented Italys hardest boulder in The Big Slamm giving it 9A/V17, taking him around 35 sessions.

In late 2025 Elias established Exodia, the first proposed 9A+/V18 in the world. He spent over 200 sessions on the boulder, starting in 2021.

References

[1] Profile with Josh Rundle (2026) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A2CP8QdYJE

Michele Caminati 19

References

[1] Michele's vimeo channel https://vimeo.com/michelecaminati

Giovanni Placci 17
Christian Core 15
Andrea Chelleris 12

References

[1] https://fanatic-climbing.com/portrait-andrea-chelleris-jeune-talent-italien-portrait-andrea-chelleris-italian-young-gun/

Marcello Bombardi 12
Francesco Berardino 11
Maurizio Zanolla 11
Stefan Scarperi 11
Camilla Moroni 7
Claudia Ghisolfi 7

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