Lauriane Nolot

Lauriane Nolot (born 9 December 1998) is a French professional kitesurfer. She is a tree-time world champion in Formula Kite, winning in 2023, 2024 and 2026. Nolot won a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the inaugural women's Formula Kite event. She would visit beaches with her father and brother and they became her fist competitors as she trained to be able to match or exceed their abilities.

In 2021, Nolot became the French champion of France and she took the silver place at the 2021 European championships in Montpellier. In 2021 she took third place at that year's Formula Kite World Championships in Torregrande in Sardinia. However she was beaten by the British surfer Ellie Aldridge and Daniela Moroz who won the event.

The following year, she became the European champion 2022 in Greece. At the world championships in 2022 in Sardinia, she was beaten again by Daniela Moroz.

She won the Test Event (rehearsal for the Olympic Games) in Marseille.

Nolot won the World Championships in August 2023 in Bournemouth and Ellie Aldridge took the silver. There was a strong UK finish with third and fourth place also filled by British competitors, Lily Young and Katie Dabson.

In November 2023, she was nominated by World Sailing for the title of Rolex Sailor of the Year (International Sailor of the Year), and she gained the title of Sailor of the Year from the French Sailing Federation in December. She is part of the training centre near Paris. The top three finishers Nolot, Jessie Kampman and Poema Newland were all French riders competing intensely. It would have been an all French podium but Newland did not appear as she was "too emotional".

In May 2024 at the Formula Kite World Sailing Championships she took the World title again beating the British kitesurfer Ellie Aldridge into second place.

+Formula Kite World Championships Year Where Medal Event 2021 Torregrande Bronze Formula Kite 2022 Cagliari Silver Formula Kite 2023 La Haya Gold Formula Kite 2024 Hyères Gold Formula Kite European Championships Year Where Medal Event 2021 Montpellier Bronze Formula Kite 2022 Náfpaktos Gold Formula Kite 2024 Los Alcázares Gold Formula Kite