Information about François Legrand
Personal facts
About him
- Rock climber
- Born March 26, 1970
- Grenoble, France
- 1.78 m (5 feet 11 inches)
- 66 kg (146 pounds)
Accomplishments
World championship
- Three times winner of the World Championship of rock climbing in Frankfurt, Germany (1992), Innsbruck, Austria (1993) and Geneva, Switzerland (1995).
World Cup
- Five times winner of the World Cup (overall ranking of the climbers): 1990 to 1993 and 1997.
Stages won at the World Cup
- Winner in Leipzig, Germany: 1999.
- Winner in Imst, Autria: 1997.
- Winner in Aix-les-Bains, France: 1995.
- Winner in Moscow, Russia: 1994.
- Winner in Villach, Austria: 1994.
- Winner in Laval, France: 1993.
- Winner in Nuremberg, Germany: 1993.
- Winner in Toulon, France: 1993.
- Winner in Zurich, Switzerland: 1993.
- Winner in Sankt Pölten, Austria: 1992.
- Winner in Kobe, Japan: 1992.
- Winner in Zurich, Switzerland: 1992.
- Winner in Nuremberg, Germany: 1991.
- Winner in Clusone, Italy: 1991.
- Winner in Vienna, Austria: 1991.
European championship
- Winner at the European Championship in Frankfurt, Germany: 1992.
France championship
- Two times winner at the French Championship in Aix-les-Bains, France (1992) and Toulouse, France (1993).
Other rock climbing victories
- Winner at the Internationals of Serre Chevalier, France: 2002.
- Winner at the Master Goldfinger, Belgium: 2000.
- Winner at the Master of Chamonix, France: 1999.
- Winner at the Rock Master in Arco, Italy: 1998.
- Winner at the Internationals of Serre Chevalier, France: 1998.
- Winner at the Rock Master in Arco, Italy: 1997.
- Winner at the Internationals of Serre Chevalier, France: 1997.
- Winner at the X Games in San Diego, United States: 1997.
- Winner at the Internationals of Serre Chevalier, France: 1996.
- Winner at the Rock Master in Arco, Italy: 1994.
- Winner at the Internationals of Serre Chevalier, France: 1994.
- Winner at the Pyrenees Games in Ainsa, Spain: 1993.
- Winner at the Internationals of Serre Chevalier, France: 1991.
- Winner at the Rock Master in Arco, Italy: 1990.
Rock climbing facts
Rock climbing
- More than 10,000 routes climbed.
- More than 1,000 routes of category 8a or more climbed.
- He founded the rock climbing school Urban Roc at Aix-en-Provence, France.
His most remarkable realizations
- Bachelor Party (category 9a) at Mount Potosi, near Las Vegas, United States.
- Combat de rue and Taillée pour l'aventure (two routes of category 8a) in Grenoble, France.
- Ghetto Booty (category from 8c+ to 9a) in Mount Charleston, near Las Vegas, United States.
- Injustice (category 8c) in Orgon, France.
- La rage de vivre (category 8b+) in Buoux, France.
- L'éperon des Américains (category from 5+ to 6a) in En Vau, France.
- Le plafond (category 8c) in Volx, France.
- Les liaisons dangereuses (category 8b) in Les Goudes, France.
- No man's land (category 7b) in Buoux, France.
- Ravage (category 8b+) in Chunisberg, Switzerland.
- Robi in the sky (category 9a) in Les Goudes, France.
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