{{Short description|French sailor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox sailor|name=Pauline Courtois|image_size=|caption=|birth_name=|nickname=|country={{FRA}}|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1989|04|27|df=yes}}|birth_place=|weight=|club=|medaltemplates={{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2018 Ekaterinburg |Match racing}} {{Medal|Bronze|2019 Lysekil |Match racing}} {{Medal|Gold|2021 Cherbourg|Match racing}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Auckland|Match racing}} {{Medal|Gold|2023 Middelfart|Match racing}} {{Medal|Gold|2024 Jeddah|Match racing}} {{Medal|Gold|2025 Chicago|Match racing}}|show-medals=yes|updated=}} '''Pauline Courtois''' ({{IPA|fr|pɔlin kuʁtwa}}; born 27 April 1989) is a French sailor competing in match racing. She won the Women's Match Racing World Championship five years running, from 2021 to 2025.
Courtois began sailing at the age of seven in Optimist dinghies.<ref name="wmrt"/>
She has competed in the Women's Match Racing World Championships, finishing second in 2018 and third in 2019<ref name="wmrt">{{Cite web |date=27 April 1989 |title=PAULINE COURTOIS - World Match Racing Tour |url=https://wmrt.com/skipper/pauline-courtois/,%20https://wmrt.com/player/pauline-courtois/ |access-date=17 February 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> before her five consecutive wins between 2021 and 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Sailing - WMRT: Pauline Courtois wins third match racing world title in a row |url=https://www.sailing.org/2023/07/11/wmrt-pauline-courtois-wins-third-match-racing-world-title-in-a-row/ |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=World Sailing |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chicago welcomes Women's Match Racing World Championships |url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/290051/Chicago-welcomes-Womens-Match-Racing-Worlds |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=www.sail-world.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Women's Match Racing World Championship |url=https://www.matchracingresults.com/2025/womens-world-championship/ |website=Match Racing Results |access-date=20 September 2025}}</ref> In Jeddah in 2024, she and her team of Maelenn Lemaitre, Louise Acker, Sophie Faguet, and Laurane Mettraux claimed the championship after winning all their 21 races.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Sailing Women's Match Racing World Championship 2024 - Overall |url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/281997/2024-Womens-Match-Racing-Worlds-overall |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=www.sail-world.com}}</ref>
{{As of|2023}}, her favourite match racing yacht is the Elliott 6m.<ref name="sailingscuttlebutt">{{Cite web |date=13 November 2022 |title=Courtois wins Women's Match Racing World Champs |url=http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2022/11/13/courtois-wins-womens-match-racing-world-champs/ |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Scuttlebutt Sailing News |language=en-US}}</ref>
In addition to inshore sailing, she competed in the two-handed 2023 Paprec Transat with Corentin Horeau, finishing in third place.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 May 2023 |title=Ocean Racing News: Transat Paprec, ProSailing Tour, The Ocean Race, Everest, ArMen Race |url=https://www.boatnews.com/story/43313/ocean-racing-news-transat-paprec-prosailing-tour-the-ocean-race-everest-armen-race |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=BoatNews.com |language=en}}</ref>
When not sailing competitively, Courtois works as a sports teacher in Brest.<ref name="sailingscuttlebutt"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}{{Footer World Champions Women's Match Racing}}{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Courtois, Pauline}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:World champions in sailing for France Category:Women's Match Racing World Champions Category:French female sailors (sport) Category:21st-century French sportswomen
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