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German kitesurfer

Leonie Meyer Born (1993-02-03) February 3, 1993 (age 33)[1] Education Kiel University Occupations medical student and kitefoiler

**Leonie Meyer** (born February 3, 1993) is a German sailor, medical student and prospective Olympic kitesurfer.

## Life

Meyer had been interested in sailing as a child. She was raised by sporting parents in Osnabrück[2] and her initial success was with a [49er](/source/49er_(dinghy)) .[3] In 2014 she and [Elena Stoffers](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elena_Stoffers&action=edit&redlink=1) won a bronze medal in Helsinki at the [European 49er Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_49er_Championship&action=edit&redlink=1) [[es](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_49er_Championship)]. They had both been kitesurfing together in 2013.[4]

Meyer moved to Kiel in 2012 as part of her unsuccessful plan to compete at the 2016 Olympics. In Kiel she started to study at Kiel University to become a doctor and she changed her main sailing interest to kitesurfing.[2]

In 2020 she and [Florian Gruber](/source/Florian_Gruber) formed a Mixed Relay Formula Kite team who won silver at the Formula Kite Championships in Traunsee in Austria.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] She had a child in 2021 and she is supported by the Deutsche Sporthilfe foundation and Deutsche Bank.[2] She receives funding targeted at German athletes, like her and [Paul Kohlhoff](/source/Paul_Kohlhoff), who are parents by the German Sailing Association.[5]

In the European Formula Kite Championships in 2023 she was a semi-finalist and she was ranked ninth.[6]

Meyer was third in the [53rd Trofeo Princesa Sofia](/source/53rd_Trofeo_Princesa_Sofia) which is part of the 2024 [Sailing World Cup](/source/Sailing_World_Cup), receiving the bronze medal in Women's [Formula Kite](/source/Formula_Kite). She was beaten by the American [Daniela Moroz](/source/Daniela_Moroz), who took silver, and the Australian [Breiana Whitehead](/source/Breiana_Whitehead), who won the event.[7]

In April she was competing in [Hyères](/source/Hy%C3%A8res) in France at "Olympic Week", the last-chance event where kitesurfers were competing for the last five places for the [2024 Paris Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics). Meyer was there, but she was one of the [sailors who had already been given a place](/source/Sailing_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Qualification).[8]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/leonie-meyer_1891985](https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/leonie-meyer_1891985)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-kiel_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-kiel_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-kiel_2-2) ["Surfing on a wave of success"](https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/unizeit/uz/news/leonie-meyer). *Uni Kiel*. 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2024-07-17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Leonie Meyer"](https://flysurfer.com/project/leonie-meyer/). *FLYSURFER*. Retrieved 2024-07-17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Injury Report - Germany's Meyer/Stoffers forced to Withdraw from Injury - International 49er Class Association"](https://49er.org/injury-report-germany-s-meyer-stoffers-forced-to-withdraw-from-injury/). 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2024-07-17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Gasser, Tatjana Pokorny, Max. ["Parental support: German Sailing Association remains the only pioneer in elite sport"](https://www.yacht.de/en/olympic-games/parental-support-german-sailing-association-remains-the-only-pioneer-in-elite-sport/). *YACHT - Everything about sailing*. Retrieved 2024-07-17.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["2023 Europeans"](https://www.formulakite.org/2023europeans). *Welcome to the IKA Formula Kite Class*. Retrieved 2024-07-17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Nalwala, Ali Asgar (6 April 2024). ["Trofeo Princesa Sofía 2024 sailing: Australia's Breiana Whitehead wins gold medal; Zoe Thomson bags silver"](https://olympics.com/en/news/trofeo-princesa-sofia-2024-sailing-australia-results-medal-winners). *Olympics*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Giovannini, Mauro. ["Catalina Turienzo completa el rompecabezas rumbo a los Juegos Olímpicos"](https://www.lanueva.com/nota/2024-4-20-20-52-0-catalina-turienzo-completa-el-rompecabezas-rumbo-a-los-juegos-olimpicos). *La Nueva* (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-17.

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