Overview
“Just continue training. At times it’s super hard, but just continue doing it and it’s going to be okay.”
Capucine Delannoy is a French professional kitesurfer. After earning her first World Championship title at the age of 16, she went on to secure five world titles by 2026. She is an absolute top athlete leading the global scene in the strapless freestyle and wave riding disciplines.
Career
Born in France, Capucine moved to Prea, Brazil, with her family at the age of seven. Known as the “paradise of strapless freestyle,” Prea’s consistent strong winds provided the perfect training ground where she honed her skills alongside her brother, Camille Delannoy. She attended an online school to balance her education with the world tour.
In 2018, at just 12 years old, she made her tour debut as a wildcard at an event in Prea. In 2021, at the GKA Sylt, she made history by becoming the first female rider to land a “double front roll” in competition. She further etched her name in the history books at the 2024 Sylt event, where she executed a “front roll shove it,” scoring the first-ever perfect 10.0 in women’s strapless freestyle competition history.
At 16, she claimed the 2022 GKA Kite-Surf World Championship, securing the Big Air world title the same year.
At the 2025 Cape Verde (Punta Preta) event, she wore a communication device on her helmet to strengthen her wave riding tactics. Showcasing a progressive approach by receiving instructions from legend Mitu Monteiro on the beach, she claimed her first victory at the location.
At the 2026 GKA Sylt event, she emerged victorious after a fierce battle with rival Camille Losserand, achieving her fifth consecutive win at the event. Hailed locally as the “Queen of Sylt,” she secured her fifth career World Championship title.
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Personality and Relationships
Known for her constant big smile and positive energy, she likes to clear her mind by listening to music before heats. She grew up in a kitesurfing family: her father (coach and former hang gliding world champion), sister (5-time Jiu-Jitsu world champion), pro kitesurfer brother Camille Delannoy, and younger brother Teva. A dinner conversation where they joked about how amazing it would be if she became a world champion in kitesurfing—just like her dad and sister in their sports—became her greatest drive.
She receives tactical support from wave riding legend Mitu Monteiro. She shares fierce and mutually inspiring rivalries with Moona Whyte from Hawaii and Camille Losserand from Switzerland.
Quotes and Episodes
- “My goal for now is to keep pushing the sport, winning other world titles and just pushing my limits every time.”
- “Well I’m so happy, I’m so stoked, I’ve been training since more than a year every day in freestyle and yeah, being women in the 7th, it’s quite so cool.”
- “This event in the north of Brazil was really important to me because for me this is where everything started. It’s where I had my first competition, I did my first jumps and it’s a really important place to me so for me it was really important to win this competition and I really wanted this win.”
Tournament Results
- 2018 GKA Ceara Kite Pro (Brazil): Tour debut at age 12
- 2020 GKA Distance Battle (Strapless): 1st Place
- 2020-2021 GKA World Tour: Vice World Champion (2nd overall)
- 2021 GKA Sylt (Germany): 1st Place Main Event & Best Trick (First female double front roll)
- 2022 GKA World Championship: 1st Place Overall (First World Title), GKA Big Air World Champion
- 2023 GKA World Tour: Vice World Champion, Copa Kitley 1st Place
- 2024 GKA Sylt (Germany): 1st Place (First perfect 10.0 in women’s strapless freestyle history, 3rd consecutive Sylt win)
- 2025 GKA Cape Verde (Punta Preta): 1st Place (Achieved her long-awaited first victory at the Cape Verde event by defeating Moona Whyte, who had previously beaten her multiple times)
- 2025 GKA Dakhla (Morocco): Secured her 3rd overall (4th including Big Air) World Championship title with this event’s result
- 2025 GKA Taiba (Brazil): 2nd Place
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- 2026 GKA Sylt (Germany): 1st Place (Defeated Camille Losserand for her 5th consecutive Sylt win, claiming her 5th World Championship title)
Search Aliases: Capucine Delannoy, CapucineDelannoy