Laura Nolte

{{Short description|German bobsledder (born 1998)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| honorific_prefix =

| name = Laura Nolte

| image = Lillehammer 2016 Monobob women (25146484415)-Laura Nolte.jpg

| caption = Laura Nolte in 2016

| nationality = German

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|11|23}}{{cite web |title=Laura Nolte |url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/athletes/athlete/263501/Nolte |website=ibsf.org |publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |accessdate=8 February 2023 }}

| birth_place = Unna, Germany

| height = 1.80 m

| weight = 74 kg

| country = Germany

| sport = Bobsleigh

| event = Two-woman

| club = BSC Winterberg{{cite web |title=Laura Nolte |url=https://www.bsd-portal.de/sport/bob/athleten/#471 |website=bsd-portal.de |publisher=German Bobsleigh Luge, and Skeleton Federation |accessdate=8 February 2023 |language=German}}

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Women's bobsleigh}}

{{Medal|Country|{{GER}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Beijing|Two-woman}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2023 St. Moritz|Monobob}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Winterberg|Monobob}}

{{MedalGold|2025 Lake Placid|Two-woman}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Winterberg|Two-woman}}

{{MedalSilver|2025 Lake Placid|Monobob}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Alternberg|Two-woman}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Alternberg|Monobob}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2021 Winterberg|Two-woman}}

{{Medal|Gold|2023 Altenberg|Monobob}}

{{Medal|Gold|2023 Altenberg|Two-woman}}

{{Medal|Gold|2024 Sigulda|Two-woman}}

{{Medal|Gold|2025 Lillehammer|Monobob}}

{{Medal|Gold|2025 Lillehammer|Two-woman}}

{{Medal|Silver|2022 St. Moritz|Monobob}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2022 St. Moritz|Two-woman}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Sigulda|Monobob}}

{{Medal|Competition|Junior World Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2021 St. Moritz|Two-woman}}

{{Medal|Silver|2018 St. Moritz|Two-woman}}

{{Medal|Competition|Winter Youth Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2016 Lillehammer|Monobob}}

}}

Laura Nolte (born 23 November 1998) is a German bobsleigh pilot,{{cite web |title = Laura Nolte profile|url=https://www.teamdeutschland.de/team/details/laura-nolte|website=teamdeutschland.de |publisher=Team Deutschland |accessdate=2 February 2023}} 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. 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.{{Cite news|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|date=9 January 2021|title=Nolte and Levi win European two-woman bobsleigh title|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102823/nolte-levi-ibsf-bobsleigh-world-cup|access-date=10 January 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Two-woman Results|url=https://www.ibsf.org/images/api/download/competitions/bb089406-505b-4a21-851f-dbb8183e6728_ech_bobsleigh_2_women_winterberg_.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109123002/https://www.ibsf.org/images/api/download/competitions/bb089406-505b-4a21-851f-dbb8183e6728_ech_bobsleigh_2_women_winterberg_.pdf|archive-date=9 January 2021|access-date=10 January 2021|website=IBSF European Championships 2021}} In the same season, she also won the gold medal in the two-woman event at the IBSF Junior World Championships 2021 held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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.{{Cite web|title=Two-woman|url=https://www.ibsf.org/images/api/download/competitions/3386e742-acfa-4e15-9c6a-f93419a4e68f_final_result_wch_bobsleigh_2_women_altenberg.pdf|access-date=7 February 2021|website=IBSF World Championships 2021}} 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.{{Cite web|title=2022 Olympic Winter Games two-woman bobsleigh|url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/502280|access-date=2 March 2021|website=International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation}}

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.{{Cite web|title=IBSF World Cup 2022 Lake Placid Women's Monobob|url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/502715|access-date=17 February 2023|website=International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation}} In January 2023, the second Monobob World Cup win followed in Winterberg,{{Cite web|title=IBSF World Cup 2023 Winterberg Women's Monobob|url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/502729|access-date=17 February 2023|website=International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation}} then a track record at the first Altenberg Monobob event {{Cite web|title=IBSF World Cup 2023 Altenberg Women's Monobob|url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/502743|access-date=17 February 2023|website=International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation}} of the season and her first Monobob European Champion title in Altenberg.{{Cite web|title=IBSF European Championships 2023 Altenberg Women's Monobob|url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/502752|access-date=17 February 2023|website=International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation}} 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.{{Cite web|title=IBSF World Championships 2023 Women's Monobob|url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/502321|access-date=17 February 2023|website=International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation}}