Nouria Newman (born 9 September 1991 in Chambéry is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2007 to 2015.
She won two medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2014 (K1 team) and a silver in 2013 (K1).
She also won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 2014 European Championships in Vienna.
She paddled down the Tsarap - Zanskar - Indus River in 7 days, covering 375 km; and was, in her own words, after getting hung up on a rock at one point, lucky to be alive.
[2] She was the first female to paddle a 100 foot waterfall (Pucono Falls, Ecuador)[3] Nouria's life and accomplishments were the focus of the 2022 Red Bull film, Wild Waters.