Mélissa Le Nevé
Mélissa Le Nevé is a French professional rock climber.
Le Nevé grew up in the Vosges, and began climbing at age 15, at a gym near Bordeaux. She is sponsored by Petzl, Adidas, and Five Ten Footwear. She lives in Fontainebleau.
She was the French women's bouldering champion in 2010 and 2013, placed fourth in the Bouldering World Cup standings in 2011, and has placed second at World Cup events in Slovenia, 2013, and Switzerland and Japan, 2016. She retired from competitive climbing in 2016, after finishing third in that year's bouldering world cup.
In outdoor climbing, she has climbed several boulders rated 8a+ and sport climbs rated 8c+.
In 2014, she made the first female ascent of, an 8c sport route in the Frankenjura. In 2015, she became the first woman to climb a set of boulders in Fontainebleau called the "Big Five", one of which is rated 8a. She climbed an 8b boulder in Fontainebleau, La Cicatrice d L’Ohm, in December 2016.
