Latvian athlete
Rūta Kate Lasmane
Nationality Latvian Born (2000-12-17 ) 17 December 2000 (age 24) Sport Athletics Event(s) Long jump Triple jump Personal best(s) Long Jump : 6.42m (Lubbock, 2022)Triple Jump : 14.20m (Raleigh, 2021)
Rūta Kate Lasmane (born 17 December 2000) is a Latvian track and field athlete. She is a multiple time Latvian national champion in the triple jump and long jump .[ 1]
Early life
Born and raised in Ventspils , Latvia, she began jumping at twelve years-old. She began at Florida State University in September 2020 to study psychology.[ 2]
Career
She was a bronze medalist in the triple jump at the European U20 Athletics Championships in Boras in 2019. She was a bronze medalist in the triple jump at the European U23 Athletics Championships in Tallinn in 2021.[ 3]
She won a bronze medal in the triple jump competition of the 2021 NCAA Division 1 Indoor Athletics Championships, breaking the Latvian indoor record held by Gundega Sproģi from 1999, with a jump of 14.15 metres.[ 4] [ 5]
Lasmane made her senior international debut at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in the triple jump, but did not reach the final.[ 6] [ 7]
In May 2023, she finished second in the triple jump in division two of the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships competition.[ 8]
She won the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts .[ 9]
She competed in the triple jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics .[ 10]
Personal life
Her father is Olympic rower Uģis Lasmanis and her brother is Latvian Olympic basketball player Kārlis Lasmanis .[ 11] [ 12]
References
^ "Ruta Lasmane" . World Athletics . Retrieved June 11, 2023 .^ Bernāns, Jānis (September 12, 2020). "Lasmane, a young triple jumper, is happy to start her studies in Florida, training under the guidance of the US national coach" . lsm.lv . Retrieved 17 August 2023 . ^ Tisnes, Gabriel. "Lasmane jumps into the collegiate scene" . fsunews.com . Retrieved 17 August 2023 . ^ "Rūta Kate Lasmane breaks the Latvian indoor triple jump record and wins bronze at the NCAA Championships" . jauns.lv . 14 March 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023 .^ "Rūta Kate Lasmane corrects the Latvian record in three-jump indoor indoors and wins bronze at the NCAA Championship" . Archysport.com . March 14, 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023 .^ "The triple jumper Lasmane does not make it to the finals of the European Championship in the qualification competition" . lsm.lv . 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2023 .^ Narogs, Gints (18 August 2022). "Ventspilniecei Rūtai Lasmanei debijā finālam pietrūka" . la.lv . Retrieved 17 August 2023 . ^ "Rūta Kate Lasmane izcīna sudraba medaļu Eiropas komandu čempionātā" . Ventspils.lv . 23 June 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023 .^ "Texas Tech and Arkansas win men's, women's titles at 2024 NCAA DI indoor track and field championships" . ncaa.com . 9 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024 .^ "Women's Triple jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics" . Watch Athletics . 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024 .^ "Stāsts par ventiņu sportisko ģimeni" . Sporto (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-03-14 .^ "Lasmane, who fixed the Latvian record: It would be unthinkable to meet his brother at the Olympic Games" . Baltics.news . March 16, 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023 .
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