Rūta Kate Lasmane
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| Nationality | Latvian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long jump Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Long Jump: 6.42m (Lubbock, 2022) Triple Jump: 14.47m (Boston, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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. She won the triple jump at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships and competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.[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, Germany, 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 in Chorzow, Poland.[8]
She won the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts with a personal best distance of 14.47 metres.[9][10] She competed in the triple jump at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, where she jumped 13.76 metres but did not qualify for the final.[11]
She suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in 2025 which required surgery, and prevented her from attempting to retain her NCAA Indoor title in March 2025.[12]
Personal life
Her father is Olympic rower Uģis Lasmanis and her brother is Latvian Olympic basketball player Kārlis Lasmanis.[13][14]
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.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "Women's Triple jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Williams, Don. "Texas Tech track and field loses NCAA champion Ruta Lasmane to injury". Lubbockonline.com. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "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.