Rūta Kate Lasmane

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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 (age 23)
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 Tallinn Triple jump
European Athletics U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Borås Triple jump

Early life

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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

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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]

Personal life

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Her father is Olympic rower Uģis Lasmanis and her brother is Latvian Olympic basketball player Kārlis Lasmanis.[10][11]

References

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  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. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Stāsts par ventiņu sportisko ģimeni". Sporto (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  11. ^ "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.