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.
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Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1998-11-23) 23 November 1998 (age 23) Unna, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Bobsleigh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Two-woman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | BSC Winterberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[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]
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Youth Olympic champions in Bobsleigh – two-girls / girls' monobob | |
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Bold: Olympic medalists in Bobsleigh |
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