Noëlie Lacour

Noëlie Lacour
Personal information
Full nameNoëlie Annette Suzanne Lacour[1]
NationalityGabonese
Born (2006-12-01) 1 December 2006
Bergerac, Dordogne, France
Sport
Country Gabon
SportSwimming

Noëlie Annette Suzanne Lacour (born 1 December 2006) is a Gabonese swimmer, specializing in the women's 50m freestyle.[2] She carried the Gabonese flag at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She holds the national record in the event.[3]

Biography

Noélie Annette Lacour was born in France in the commune of Bergerac in Dordogne to a French father and Gabonese mother.[1][4][5] Her mother is Gabonese and her father French. Passionate about sports, she enjoys triathlon, horse riding and basketball but is a professional swimmer. She lives in France with her parents.[6]

Sports career

2024 African Swimming Championships

Although born and raised in France, Lacour made her swimming debut for Gabon at the Pan African Games held in March 2024 in Accra, Ghana, thanks to a special invitation from the Gabonese Swimming Federation.[6][7] She participated in the 50-meter freestyle and finished in 6th place with a time of 28.08 seconds. In May 2024, during her participation in the 2024 African Swimming Championships held in Luanda, Angola, she finished sixteenth twice in the 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly.[8]

2024 Summer Olympics

She was the female flag bearer for Gabon at the Parade of Nations at the 2024 Summer Olympics during the opening ceremony alongside athlete Wissy Frank Hoye Yenda Moukoula.[9][10] She swam in the 50-meter freestyle qualifying round. She competed in the fourth qualifying group, swimming in lane 4, and with a time of 27.68 seconds, she took first place in her qualifying group, but this time was insufficient to qualify her for the semifinals.[11][12][13] To do so, she would have needed to be among the top sixteen overall.[14]

2024 African Nations Junior and Senior Zone 2 Championship

At the Zone 2 African Junior and Senior Swimming Championships in Accra, Ghana, in 2024, she became African vice-champion, winning a silver medal in the 100-meter freestyle.[15] This was reported as a source of national pride for Gabon.[16] At this championship, she won a total of five medals, including three bronze and two silver medals.[17]

National meeting X’Eau Grand-Cognac

At the 6th edition at the X'Eau Grand-Cognac in the Charente department, she won her first gold medal in the final of the 50 meters freestyle.[18]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Noëlie Annette Suzanne Lacour : "Représenter dignement le Gabon aux Jeux africains"". union.sonapresse.com.
  2. ↑ Nzuey, Griffin Ondo (30 July 2025). "Noélie Lacour, 19 ans, l'étoile gabonaise qui plonge dans l'arène mondiale à Singapour". Gabonreview.com | Actualité du Gabon (in French). Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Noélie Lacour : L'espoir de la natation gabonaise - AfricaCoeurNews" (in French). 2 August 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "La nageuse de Dordogne Noélie Lacour éliminée lors des séries pour ses premiers Jeux Olympiques - France Bleu". ici par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 3 August 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Eurosport is not available in your region". eurosport.it. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Noëlie Annette Suzanne Lacour : "Représenter dignement le Gabon aux Jeux africains"". preprod.union.sonapresse.com (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "Une jeune Bergeracoise aux Jeux Africains qualificatifs pour les JO Paris 2024". cd24natation.com (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "Noelie Annette LACOUR | Results | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "NOÉLIE LACOUR: L'UN DES FERS DE LANCE DE LA SÉLECTION GABONAISE AUX JO 2024 DE PARIS". tv plus afrique (in French). 15 July 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  10. ↑ Ouest-France (11 August 2024). "JO 2024. Qui sont les porte-drapeaux des 205 pays qui défileront lors de la cérémonie de clôture ?". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  11. ↑ "50 m nage libre - femmes, séries Résultats". olympics.com (in French). 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "JO de Paris 2024. Natation : la Bergeracoise Noëlie Lacour éliminée en séries". SudOuest.fr (in French). 3 August 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  13. ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle - Heats results" (PDF). Olympics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  14. ↑ Essone, Lyonnel Mbeng (3 August 2024). "JO Paris 2024 : Noélie Lacour et Wissy Yenda éliminés à leur tour !". Gabon Media Time (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  15. ↑ Essone, Lyonnel Mbeng (22 October 2024). "Natation : la Gabonaise Noëlie Lacour, vice-championne d'Afrique !". Gabon Media Time (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  16. ↑ MEDIAPOSTE (18 October 2024). "Noëlie Lacour, fierté nationale du Gabon : Vice-championne d'Afrique en natation". MEDIAPOSTEGABON (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  17. ↑ Media, Binto (19 October 2024). "Accra 2024 : Noélie Lacour décroche le titre de vice-championne d'Afrique de natation". Gabon Matin (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  18. ↑ "[Gabon]/ Sport : Une médaille d'or pour la nageuse gabonaise Noëlie Lacour". news africaines (in French). 6 November 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
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