Hélène Noesmoen

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 event in Miami, and multiple junior world championships.

Hélène Noesmoen
Personal information
Born (1992-12-31) 31 December 1992
Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
Sailing career
Class(es)
Medal record
Representing  France
Sailing World Cup
Gold medal – first place2018 MiamiRS:X
IQFoil European Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 SilvaplanaIQFoil
Gold medal – first place2021 MarseilleIQFoil
Gold medal – first place2022 TorboleIQFoil
IQFoil World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 SilvaplanaIQFoil

Personal life

Noesmoen 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

Noesmoen 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 will 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]

References
  1. "Hélène Noesmoen" (in French). Groupe Banque Populaire. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. "iQFoil : Hélène Noesmoen, une avance sur la concurrence avant Paris 2024". Olympics.com (in French). 12 October 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. "Hélène Noesmoen". SailGP. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  4. "Hélène Noesmoen, un temps de sacrifices". Ouest-France (in French). 27 February 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  5. Arquin, Nicolas (24 August 2020). "Interview de Hélène Noesmoen, championne du monde de Formula Foil 2020". Wind Mag (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  6. "THE CHAMPIONS". www.iqfoil.org.
  7. "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.
  8. "2021 iQFOiL European Championships". iqfoilclass.org. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  9. "Planche à voile. Hélène Noesmoen au sommet de la vague en iQFoil..." Ouest-France (in French). 16 October 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  10. "Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères TPM Regatta - Overall". Sail World. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  11. "Voile. Hélène Noesmoen : "Ça a été une accumulation de frustrations"". Le Telegramme (in French). 23 October 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
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