# 2023 Sailing World Championships – Women's Formula Kite

The women's Formula Kite competition at the 2023 Sailing World Championships was the women's kiteboarding event and was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, 14–20 August 2023. The entries were limited to 60 boards. The competitors participated in an opening series that was planned to 20 races, followed by a medal series. The medal series was planned for 19 August.
The competition served as a qualifying event for the 2024 Olympic sailing competition with 8 out of 20 national quota being distributed at the event.

## Summary

The entry list included US sailor, six-time World champion Daniela Moroz. This included the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari. The entry list also included Lauriane Nolot of France, who had won the Trofeo Princesa Sofía in Palma, the Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères and the Paris 2024 Test Event earlier in the year. Moreover, in the Sailing World Cup, Jessie Kampman of France (not present) had won the Allianz Regatta.
In difficult conditions, Moroz started by winning two races out of three on the first day, recording an eighth place in the third. No wind limited the possibility to sail on 18 August.
Nolot took ten race wins of 16 throughout the opening series, resulting in that she only needed one race win in the final. From the opening series results, Nolot and Aldrigde qualified directly to the final; Nolot carrying two wins forward and Aldridge carrying one. Nolot also won the championship title ahead of Brits Ellie Aldridge and Lily Young.
With the final results, national quotas were awarded Great Britain, the United States, the Netherlands, China, Australia, Israel, Germany and Italy.

## Results
### Opening series

Results of individual races :
| Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV | XV | XVI | Tot | Pts |
| 1 | Lauriane Nolot | France | 7$^†$ | 1 | 1 | 2 | DNC 28$^†$ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4$^†$ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 18 |
| 2 | Ellie Aldridge | Great Britain | 13$^†$ | DNF 28$^†$ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7$^†$ | 72 | 24 |
| 3 | Lily Young | Great Britain | DNF 28$^†$ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | DSQ 28$^†$ | 2 | 3 | UFD 28$^†$ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 133 | 49 |
| 4 | Katie Dabson | Great Britain | 1 | DNF 28$^†$ | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | DSQ 28$^†$ | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20$^†$ | 6 | 3 | 137 | 61 |
| 5 | Daniela Moroz | United States | STP 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | DNF 28$^†$ | 5 | 10$^†$ | 5 | 1 | 3 | UFD 28$^†$ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 118 | 52 |
| 6 | Annelous Lammerts | Netherlands | 6 | 3 | UFD 28$^†$ | 3 | DNF 28$^†$ | 3 | 5 | 11$^†$ | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 130 | 63 |
| 7 | Chen Jingyue | China | 16$^†$ | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | DNF 28$^†$ | 1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 17$^†$ | 140 | 79 |
| 8 | Poema Newland | France | 17 | DNF 28$^†$ | DNC 28$^†$ | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | DNF 28$^†$ | 19 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 170 | 86 |
| 9 | Madeleine Anderson | Great Britain | 19$^†$ | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12$^†$ | 11 | 15$^†$ | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 129 | 83 |
| 10 | Liu Weidong | China | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14$^†$ | 7 | 7 | UFD 28$^†$ | 4 | 9 | 2 | 14$^†$ | 7 | 12 | 5 | 147 | 91 |
| 11 | Breiana Whitehead | Australia | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 11$^†$ | 4 | 20$^†$ | 3 | 19$^†$ | 11 | 12 | 145 | 95 |
| 12 | Maya Ashkenazi | Israel | 5 | 5 | 9$^†$ | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 12$^†$ | 5 | 21 | 6 | 23$^†$ | 15 | 142 | 98 |
| 13 | Gal Zukerman | Israel | 2 | 13$^†$ | 4 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | RDG 7.1 | 4 | 19$^†$ | 12 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 25$^†$ | 159.1 | 102.1 |
| 14 | Leonie Meyer | Germany | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14$^†$ | 6 | 12$^†$ | DNF 26$^†$ | DNC 26 | 18 | 22 | 158 | 106 |
| 15 | Maggie Pescetto | Italy | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 11$^†$ | 11$^†$ | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | DNF 26$^†$ | 16 | 19 | 19 | 163 | 115 |
| 16 | Gisela Pulido | Spain | DNF 28$^†$ | DCT 28$^†$ | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | DSQ 28$^†$ | 4 | 2 | DNF 28 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 200 | 116 |
| 17 | Alina Kornelli | Austria | 4 | 9 | 3 | 18$^†$ | 13 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 14$^†$ | 10 | 6 | 22$^†$ | 13 | 14 | 170 | 116 |
| 18 | Alexia Fancelli | France | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 12$^†$ | 12$^†$ | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | DNF 26$^†$ | 18 | 15 | 18 | 170 | 120 |
| 19 | Sofia Tomasoni | Italy | 6 | 4 | DNF 28$^†$ | 6 | DNF 28$^†$ | 6 | 9 | 12 | RDG 11.6 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 18$^†$ | 11 | 16 | 11 | 195.6 | 121.6 |
| 20 | Magdalena Woyciechowska | Poland | 11$^†$ | 4 | 11$^†$ | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 24$^†$ | 24 | 168 | 122 |
| 21 | Julia Damasiewicz | Poland | 8 | 10 | 10 | DNF 28$^†$ | DNF 28$^†$ | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 21$^†$ | 13 | 207 | 130 |
| 22 | Lysa Caval | France | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 13$^†$ | 4 | DNF 28$^†$ | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24$^†$ | 17 | 20 | 195 | 130 |
| 23 | Elena Lengwiler | Switzerland | 18 | 3 | 19$^†$ | 12 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 16 | DNF 28$^†$ | 6 | 17 | 23 | 25$^†$ | 16 | 217 | 145 |
| 24 | Justina Kitchen | New Zealand | 4 | 11 | RET 28$^†$ | 10 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 17$^†$ | 7 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 21$^†$ | 20 | 21 | 218 | 152 |
| 25 | Héloïse Pégourié | France | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 9 | UFD 28$^†$ | UFD 28$^†$ | 10 | DNC 28$^†$ | 16 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 236 | 152 |
| 26 | Wang Si | China | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 16$^†$ | DNC 28$^†$ | UFD 28$^†$ | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 175 | 103 |
| 27 | Izabela Satrjan | Poland | 7 | DNF 28$^†$ | 13 | 14$^†$ | 12 | 11 | 17$^†$ | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 170 | 111 |
| 28 | Chloé Revil | France | DNF 28$^†$ | DNF 28$^†$ | 12 | 15$^†$ | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 185 | 114 |
| 29 | Nina Arcisz | Poland | 12 | 14$^†$ | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14$^†$ | 14$^†$ | 10 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 161 | 119 |
| 30 | Derin Atakan | Turkey | 20 | 7 | UFD 28$^†$ | 11 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 15 | UFD 28$^†$ | UFD 28$^†$ | 8 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 217 | 133 |
| 31 | Noora Ruskola | Finland | 15 | 11 | 14 | 19$^†$ | 17$^†$ | 15 | 16$^†$ | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 191 | 139 |
| 32 | Catalina Turienzo | Argentina | 9 | 9 | 13 | 16 | DNF 28$^†$ | 17 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 19$^†$ | DNC 28$^†$ | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 214 | 139 |
| 33 | Mafalda Pires de Lima | Portugal | 16$^†$ | DNF 28$^†$ | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17$^†$ | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 219 | 158 |
| 34 | Maria do Socorro Reis | Brazil | 19 | DNF 28$^†$ | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | UFD 28$^†$ | UFD 28$^†$ | 7 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 254 | 170 |
| 35 | Anaïs Mai Desjardins | France | 13 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 19$^†$ | 18 | 20$^†$ | UFD 28$^†$ | 14 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 239 | 172 |
| 36 | Derin Deniz Sorguç | Turkey | 11 | 15 | DNF 28$^†$ | 16 | DNF 28$^†$ | 18$^†$ | 18 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 250 | 176 |
| 37 | Mariska Wildenberg | Netherlands | 14 | DNF 28$^†$ | 16 | DNF 28$^†$ | 14 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | DNF 28$^†$ | 16 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 278 | 194 |
| 38 | Benyapa Jantawan | Thailand | STP 15 | DNC 28$^†$ | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19$^†$ | 20$^†$ | 15 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 268 | 201 |
| 39 | Zoé Boutang | France | 10 | DNF 28$^†$ | 17 | 21$^†$ | 13 | 16 | 20$^†$ | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 271 | 202 |
| 40 | Dominika Braunová | Czech Republic | 21$^†$ | 17 | 18 | 20$^†$ | 16 | 21$^†$ | 19 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 273 | 211 |
| 41 | Karolina Larsson | Sweden | 15 | 15 | 17 | 25$^†$ | 20 | 22$^†$ | 22 | 20 | 16 | UFD 28$^†$ | 20 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 305 | 230 |
| 42 | Lizeth Loaiza | Colombia | DNF 28$^†$ | 14 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 21$^†$ | 21 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 17 | DNC 29$^†$ | 20 | 17 | 21 | 308 | 230 |
| 43 | Lee Young-eun | South Korea | 18 | 13 | 18 | 22$^†$ | 19 | 20 | 21$^†$ | 18 | 19 | 21$^†$ | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 299 | 235 |
| 44 | Julie Paturau | Mauritius | DNF 28$^†$ | DNF 28$^†$ | DNC 28$^†$ | 20 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 329 | 245 |
| 45 | Marie-Eve Mayrand | Canada | 20 | DNF 28$^†$ | DNC 28$^†$ | 21 | 21 | 25$^†$ | 24 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 334 | 253 |
| 46 | Emily Bugeja | Canada | 17 | DNF 28$^†$ | 19 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 21 | DNF 28$^†$ | DNC 28$^†$ | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 355 | 271 |
| 47 | Marija Dolenc | Croatia | 21 | DNF 28$^†$ | 21 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | DNF 28$^†$ | DNC 28$^†$ | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 360 | 276 |
| 48 | Monika Žižlavská | Czech Republic | DNF 28$^†$ | DNF 28$^†$ | DNF 28 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 21 | DNF 28 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 23 | DNF 29$^†$ | 24 | 23 | 389 | 304 |
| 49 | Aija Ambrasa | Latvia | DNF 28$^†$ | DNF 28$^†$ | DNF 28$^†$ | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 394 | 310 |
| 50 | Nataliya Leshko | Canada | DNF 28$^†$ | DNC 28$^†$ | 20 | 23 | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 23 | DNF 28 | DNF 29$^†$ | DNF 29 | DNF 29 | DNF 29 | 412 | 327 |
| 51 | Saki Kajiwara | Japan | DNF 28$^†$ | DNF 28$^†$ | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | 24 | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | UFD 28 | DNF 29$^†$ | 24 | DNF 29 | DNF 29 | 443 | 358 |
| 52 | Maria Ashida | Mexico | DNF 28$^†$ | DNF 28$^†$ | DNC 28 | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | DNC 28 | DNF 28 | DNC 28 | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | 21 | UFD 28 | DNC 29$^†$ | DNF 29 | DNF 29 | DNF 29 | 445 | 360 |
| 53 | Mareike Weber | Germany | DNF 28$^†$ | DNF 28$^†$ | DNC 28 | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | DNC 28 | DNF 28 | DNC 28 | DNF 28 | DNF 28 | DNC 28 | DNC 28 | DNC 29$^†$ | DNF 29 | DNC 29 | DNC 29 | 452 | 367 |
Scoring system: low-point system; Source: Legend: DCT – Disqualified after causing a tangle in an incident; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; RET – Retired; STP – Standard penalty imposed; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

### Medal series
#### Semi-final A

Results of individual races :
| Pos | Crew | Country | CF | I |
| 1 | Lily Young | Great Britain | WW | W |
| 2 | Annelous Lammerts | Netherlands | W | 3 |
| 3 | Chen Jingyue | China | | 2 |
| 4 | Liu Weidong | China | | 4 |
Scoring system: most wins; Source: Legend: – Advance to final;

#### Semi-final B

Results of individual races :
| Pos | Crew | Country | CF | I | II | III | IV |
| 1 | Katie Dabson | Great Britain | W | 2 | 4 | W | W |
| 2 | Poema Newland | France | | STP W | W | UFD 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Daniela Moroz | United States | WW | 3 | 2 | 2 | RET 5 |
| 4 | Madeleine Anderson | Great Britain | | 4 | 3 | UFD 5 | 3 |
Scoring system: most wins; Source: Legend: – Advance to final; RET – Retired; STP – Standard penalty imposed; UFD – "U" flag disqualification;

#### Final

Results of individual races :
| Pos | Crew | Country | CF | I |
| | Lauriane Nolot | France | WW | W |
| | Ellie Aldridge | Great Britain | W | 2 |
| | Lily Young | Great Britain | | 3 |
| 4 | Katie Dabson | Great Britain | | 4 |
Scoring system: most wins; Source: