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Formula Kite is the kitesurfing class chosen by World Sailing for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [ 2 ][ 3 ] The class features a foil kite and a board with a hydrofoil. The equipment is not one-design, but instead competitors use their choice of approved production equipment. [ 4 ] The International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) manages the class.
Formula Kite. World Championships. 2022 Cagliari. Formula Kite. Toni Vodišek (born 7 June 2000) is a Slovenian kitesurfer. Vodišek won the Formula Kite World Championship in 2022. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the inaugural men's Formula Kite event, where he reached the finals and won the silver medal.
[43] [44] That same year, Maeder debuted at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, competing in the Men's Formula Kite. [45] There, he won a bronze medal on 9 August 2024, Singapore's National Day , becoming the youngest Olympic medalist of Singapore at the age of 17. [ 46 ]
Representing Austria. Olympic Games. 2024 Paris. Formula Kite. Valentin Bontus (born 1 February 2001) is an Austrian kitesurfer. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the inaugural men's Formula Kite event, where he reached the finals and won the gold medal.
Occupation. Ice Hockey player turned kitefoiler. Spouse. Jonas. Elena Lengwiler born Elena Bosshard (born 1 June, 1996) is a Swiss Ice Hockey player and a nominated kitefoiler for the 24 Olympics. She was fourth in the 2024 European championships and she represents Switzerland in Formula Kite at the 2024 Olympics.
Huang Qibin OLY (Chinese: 黄齐滨, born July 5, 2006) [1] is a Chinese Formula Kite professional sailing athlete. [2] [3] He became the Asian & Oceania champion In 2023.[4]In August 2023, Huang qualified for the Paris Olympics by finishing 7th overall and entering the men's medal series at the 2023 Sailing World Championships.
Representing Turkey. Youth World Championships. 2023 Búzios. Y Formula Kite. 2022 The Hague. Y Formula Kite. Derin Atakan (born 16 June 2006) is a Turkish female kitesurfer competing in the Formula Kite class. [1] She qualified to participate at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. [2]
She took to kitefoiling as the sport was in line to be an Olympic sport. [3] At the Formula Kite European Championship in 2022 she took a silver medal. She won a bronze medal at the 2024 Formula Kite World Championship and another silver medal at the Formula Kite European Championship in Mar Menor in Spain. [4]