david lama (; 4 august 1990 – 16 april 2019) was an austrian sport climber and mountaineer. he won the european championship in lead climbing in 2006 and the european championship in bouldering in 2007. he was also the winner of the ifsc climbing world cup in 2008. he retired from sport climbing in 2011 to focus on mountaineering. he is known for his 2012 first free ascent of the "compressor route" (south-east ridge) on cerro torre in the andes.