Brooke Raboutou was the first woman to represent the United States in sport climbing when it made its Olympic debut at the Olymipc Games Tokyo 2020. In Team USA’s Woman to Woman series, Raboutou sits down with women’s sports personality Ari Chambers to discuss her inspirations outside of climbing, the women that empower her and more on the road to the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
"There's so many women in my life that empower me and motivate me. Obviously my mother is a huge one. I can't not say that. I have pretty much an older sister to me, Megan Martin. She's a rock climber, also ninja warrior."
"I call her my sister. And she's just shown me a lot of what it means to be a woman and live with balance and inspire others, do what's right, and also do what's right by yourself. So she's probably one of my biggest inspirations along with so many other athletes. I could go on forever."
"Simone Biles has definitely been a big inspiration to me as well as I think pretty much every athlete. Just her mix of power and grace is something that I've always strived to find that balance, and something that I like to bring to my own climbing and movement, and just the way she carries herself throughout life."
"I would say climbing is so beautiful because it's just a movement that you can make your own. And so that's what I love about it. When I'm on the wall, I feel like I can really express myself and show full strength and power, but also fluidity and movement and almost like a dance on the wall."
"To me, the climbing is for anyone. It's for everyone. And being a woman, it's like, yeah, I have the power to do whatever I want with the holds in front of me and my creativity, and just that, like I said, the fluid approach, the dance style that I think a lot of women can really bring to climbing."
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