Fred Rouhling

Fred Rouhling
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	January 24, 1970 (age 54); Le Panissaud, Charente.
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Spouse	Céline Rouhling
Climbing career
Type of climber	Sport climbing; Bouldering;
Highest grade	Redpoint: 9a+ (5.15a); ; Bouldering: V15 (8C);
Known for	First 9a in France (4th in the world); Akira 9b grading controversy (1995);
First ascents	UFO (8c, 1993); Hugh (9a, 1993); Spécialistes Direct (8c, 1994); Akira (9a, 1995); L'autre côté du Ciel (9a, 1996); Mandallaz Drive (9a, 2004); Salamandre (9a+, 2007);
	Updated on 22 June 2022

Fred Rouhling (born 24 January 1970) is a French rock climber and boulderer, noted for creating and repeating some of the earliest grade 9a (5.14d) sport climbing routes in the world, including Hugh in 1993, the first-ever French 9a (5.14d) sport route.^[a]^[1] Rouhling is also known for the controversy from his proposed grading of 9b (5.15b) for his 1995 route Akira [fr], which would have made it the world's first-ever 9b-graded sport route; 25 years later, it was graded at 9a (5.14d).^[1]

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