Laura Nolte

Laura Nolte (born 23 November 1998) is a German bobsleigh pilot, 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 2021, she won the gold medal in the two-woman event at the IBSF European Championships 2021 held in Winterberg, Germany.[2][3] In the same month, she also won the gold medal in the two-woman event at the IBSF Junior World Championships 2021 held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Laura Nolte
Laura Nolte in 2016
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1998-11-23) 23 November 1998
Unna, Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportBobsleigh
Event(s)Two-woman
ClubBSC Winterberg
Medal record
Women's bobsleigh
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
2022 BeijingTwo-woman
World Championships
2021 AlternbergTwo-woman
2021 AlternbergMonobob
European Championships
2021 WinterbergTwo-woman
2022 St. MoritzMonobob
2022 St. MoritzTwo-woman
Junior World Championships
2021 St. MoritzTwo-woman
2018 St. MoritzTwo-woman
Winter Youth Olympic Games
2016 LillehammerMonobob

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.[4][5] 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.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Profile". International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Pavitt, Michael (9 January 2021). "Nolte and Levi win European two-woman bobsleigh title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 January 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Two-woman Results" (PDF). IBSF European Championships 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. "Two-woman" (PDF). IBSF World Championships 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Rowbottom, Mike (6 February 2021). "Humphries makes history with fourth women's world bobsleigh title as Friedrich tees up seventh gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 February 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "2022 Olympic Winter Games two-woman bobsleigh". International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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