Charlotte Bankes

Charlotte Anne Bankes (born 10 June 1995) is an English snowboarder who competes in the snowboard cross. In 2021, she became the first ever Briton to win at the FIS Snowboard World Championships. She is also a two-time overall World Cup champion. In the 2026 Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal in the mixed team event with Huw Nightingale.

Born in England, Bankes moved with her family to France at the age of four. She began competing internationally for France at the age of 15, and represented them at both the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. In search of a fresh start following a serious injury and a seventh-place finish at the 2018 Games, Bankes switched allegiance to Great Britain. She won a silver medal in the 2019 World Championships, before becoming the snowboard cross world champion for the first time in 2021. She won back-to-back World Cup titles in 2021–22 and 2022–23 and became a world champion with Huw Nightingale in the mixed team event at the 2023 World Championships. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Bankes and Nightingale won gold in the mixed team snowboard cross, the first ever Olympic gold medal won by Great Britain in a snow sport.