Rūta Kate Lasmane

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]

Rūta Kate Lasmane
Personal information
NationalityLatvian
Born (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long jump
Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Long Jump: 6.42m (Lubbock, 2022)
Triple Jump: 14.20m (Raleigh, 2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Latvia
European Athletics U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 TalinnTriple jump
European Athletics U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 BoråsTriple jump

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]

Personal life

Her father is Olympic rower Uģis Lasmanis and her brother is Latvian Olympic basketball player Kārlis Lasmanis.[9][10]

References
  1. "Ruta Lasmane". World Athletics. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. Tisnes, Gabriel. "Lasmane jumps into the collegiate scene". fsunews.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. Narogs, Gints (18 August 2022). "Ventspilniecei Rūtai Lasmanei debijā finālam pietrūka". la.lv. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  8. "Rūta Kate Lasmane izcīna sudraba medaļu Eiropas komandu čempionātā". Ventspils.lv. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  9. "Stāsts par ventiņu sportisko ģimeni". Sporto (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  10. "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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