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

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, becoming the youngest in bobsleigh history to win the title. 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. In the same season, she also won the gold medal in the two-woman event at the

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held in St. Moritz, Switzerland. In 2016, she won the gold medal in the girls' monobob event at the

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held in Lillehammer, Norway. In 2020, she competed in the two-woman event at the

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held in Altenberg, Germany. In February 2021, she won the bronze medal in the two-woman event at the

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held in Altenberg, Germany. She also won the bronze medal in the

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event. In February 2022, she won the gold medal in the two-woman competition in

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at the

, which was held on 18 February (heats 1 and 2) and 19 February (heats 3 and 4), at the

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, achieving three track records during the four runs and becoming the youngest bobsleigh pilot in history to win the title. 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. In January 2023, the second Monobob World Cup win followed in Winterberg, then a track record at the first Altenberg Monobob event of the season and her first Monobob European Champion title in Altenberg. 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.

Career results

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

World Cup results

Two-woman

Monobob

References

External links

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German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (german: Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland e.V., BSD) is the official federation for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton in Germany. It is the German representative both to the International Bobslei ...