Hélène Noesmoen (born 31 December 1992)[1] is a French windsurfer who competes in the IQFoil class. She won the women's events at the 2021 IQFoil World Championships and the 2020, 2021 and 2022 IQFoil European Championships. Noesmoen also won the RS:X event at the 2018 Sailing World Cup in Miami, and multiple junior world championships.
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Personal life
editNoesmoen is from Les Sables-d'Olonne, France.[2] She started windsurfing at a young age, initially with an RS:X.[2] Her father Yves runs l'Ecole Nationale de Voile et des Sports Nautiques (National School of Sailing and Water Sports), and her two brothers and one sister have also won European windsurfing medals.[1] Noesmoen has a degree in civil and municipal engineering from the US Intelligence and National Security Alliance.[3]
Career
editNoesmoen won junior championships in the Techno 293 class in 2007 and 2008, and in the RS:X classification in 2012.[3] She won the women's RS:X competition at the 2018 Sailing World Cup event in Miami.[3][4] In 2020, she started training in Marseille, where the sailing events at the 2024 Summer Olympics were to be held.[2] That year she won the Formula Foil World Championships,[5] and the IQFoil European Championships.[6]
Noesmoen won the 2021 IQFoil World Championships, which was the first time the competition had been held.[7] She also won the 2021 IQFoil European Championships.[8]
In 2022, she won the IQFoil European Championships for the third time.[2] That year, she also won the IQFoil event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games,[2] the Trofeo Princesa Sofia competition, the IQFoil European Championships at Lake Garda,[9] and the Semaine Olympique Française competition.[10] Going into the IQFoil World Championships event in Brest, France, Noesmoen was unbeaten in 2022.[2] She finished 15th in the championships, and did not win any individual events.[11]
In February 2024, Noesmoen was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics,[12] where she came 7th.[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Hélène Noesmoen" (in French). Groupe Banque Populaire. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "iQFoil : Hélène Noesmoen, une avance sur la concurrence avant Paris 2024". Olympics.com (in French). 12 October 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ a b c "Hélène Noesmoen". SailGP. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Hélène Noesmoen, un temps de sacrifices". Ouest-France (in French). 27 February 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Arquin, Nicolas (24 August 2020). "Interview de Hélène Noesmoen, championne du monde de Formula Foil 2020". Wind Mag (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "THE CHAMPIONS". www.iqfoil.org. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "iQFOiL World Championships. The French Hélène Noesmoen and Nicolas Goyard super favorites in Brest". Ouest-France. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022 – via Voiles et Voiliers.
- ^ "2021 iQFOiL European Championships". iqfoilclass.org. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Planche à voile. Hélène Noesmoen au sommet de la vague en iQFoil..." Ouest-France (in French). 16 October 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères TPM Regatta - Overall". Sail World. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Voile. Hélène Noesmoen : "Ça a été une accumulation de frustrations"". Le Telegramme (in French). 23 October 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "JO de Paris 2024 : la Vendéenne Hélène Noesmoen sélectionnée pour une épreuve de voile". France Bleu (in French). 23 February 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Women's Windsurfing general classification after 3 August" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
External links
edit- Hélène Noesmoen at World Sailing
- Hélène Noesmoen at the Fédération Française de Voile (in French)
- Hélène Noesmoen at Olympics.com
- Hélène Noesmoen at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Hélène Noesmoen at Équipe de France (in French)
