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.