Laura Nolte

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Laura Nolte
Lillehammer 2016 Monobob women (25146484415)-Laura Nolte.jpg
Laura Nolte in 2016
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1998-11-23) 23 November 1998 (age 25) [1]
Unna, Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
Sport Bobsleigh
EventTwo-woman
ClubBSC Winterberg [2]
Medal record
Women's bobsleigh
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Beijing Two-woman
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 St. Moritz Monobob
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Winterberg Monobob
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 Winterberg Two-woman
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Alternberg Two-woman
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Alternberg Monobob
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Winterberg Two-woman
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Altenberg Monobob
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 AltenbergTwo-woman
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Sigulda Two-woman
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 St. Moritz Monobob
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 St. MoritzTwo-woman
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 SiguldaMonobob
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 St. Moritz Two-woman
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 St. Moritz Two-woman
Winter Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Lillehammer Monobob

Laura Nolte (born 23 November 1998) is a German bobsleigh pilot, [2] [3] who began competing for the national team in 2015 and won the gold medal in the two-woman bobsleigh event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the youngest in bobsleigh history to win the title. [1] In 2023 she has become the first European to win the Monobob World Champion title at the Sankt Moritz World Championships, while being also the winner of the 2023 European Monobob Champion title in Altenberg, Germany. In 2021, she won the gold medal in the two-woman event at the IBSF European Championships 2021 held in Winterberg, Germany. [4] [5] In the same season, she also won the gold medal in the two-woman event at the IBSF Junior World Championships 2021 held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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In 2016, she won the gold medal in the girls' monobob event at the Winter Youth Olympics held in Lillehammer, Norway. In 2020, she competed in the two-woman event at the IBSF World Championships 2020 held in Altenberg, Germany.

In February 2021, she won the bronze medal in the two-woman event at the IBSF World Championships 2021 held in Altenberg, Germany. [6] She also won the bronze medal in the monobob event.

In February 2022, she won the gold medal in the two-woman competition in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics, which was held on 18 February (heats 1 and 2) and 19 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing, achieving three track records during the four runs and becoming the youngest bobsleigh pilot in history to win the title. [7]

In December 2022, Laura Nolte has achieved her first World Cup win in Monobob in Lake Placid, while setting the track record during the first run. [8] In January 2023, the second Monobob World Cup win followed in Winterberg, [9] then a track record at the first Altenberg Monobob event [10] of the season and her first Monobob European Champion title in Altenberg. [11] At the Monobob event at the IBSF World Championships 2023, held at the Sankt Moritz Celerina Olympic Bobrun, on 28 and 29 January, Laura Nolte has won her first World Champion title by setting the fastest time in three of the runs and obtaining the track record during the second run. [12]

Career results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). [2]

Olympic Games

EventTwo-womanMonobob
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 1st4th

World Championships

EventTwo-womanMonobob
Flag of Germany.svg 2020 Altenberg DNF
Flag of Germany.svg 2021 Altenberg 3rd3rd
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2023 St. Moritz DNF1st
Flag of Germany.svg 2024 Winterberg 2nd1st

World Cup results

Two-woman

Season12345678PointsPlace
2019–20 Flag of United States.svg
Flag of United States.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
3
Flag of France.svg
1
Flag of Austria.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
6
Flag of Latvia.svg
10218th
2020–21 Flag of Latvia.svg
DNF
Flag of Latvia.svg
1
Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of Austria.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
6
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Austria.svg
10615th
2021–22 Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
6
Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
3
14862nd
2022–23 Flag of Canada.svg
4
Flag of United States.svg
2
Flag of United States.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Austria.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
1
16971st
2023–24 Flag of France.svg
1
Flag of Austria.svg
3
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
1
Flag of Norway.svg
2
Flag of Latvia.svg
2
Flag of Latvia.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
3
17201st

Monobob

Season12345678PointsPlace
2022–23 Flag of Canada.svg
7
Flag of United States.svg
4
Flag of United States.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Austria.svg
5
Flag of Latvia.svg
6
15902nd
2023–24 Flag of France.svg
5
Flag of Austria.svg
3
Flag of Austria.svg
8
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
2
Flag of Norway.svg
6
Flag of Latvia.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
4
15473rd

See also

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