Lucas Eguibar

Lucas Eguibar
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Spain
FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships
2013 Erzurum Snowboard cross
2014 Valmalenco Snowboard cross

Lucas Eguibar Bretón (born February 9, 1994) is a Spanish snowboarder.

He won the Europa Cup in season 2011/2012. In 2013 he won a gold medal at the 2013 FIS Junior World Championships in Erzurum, Turkey.

His first world cup podium was in Arosa, Switzerland on March 9, 2013.[1] He made another podium at the world cup, finishing in 2nd position in Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorra on January 12, 2014. His first World Cup victory was in Veysonnaz, Switzerland on March 14, 2015, becoming the first Spanish snowboarder to win a snowboard world cup event. He has 2 world cup victories, and 7 podiums, at the time.

He won the 2014-15 FIS Snowboard cross World Cup, becoming the first spanish snowboarder that win a Cristal Globe. He finished third un the next season.

Lucas competed in his first Olympic Winter Games in 2014. He won all his races except semifinal, where he fell and he was disqualified by missing a gate. Eguibar won small final and finished 7th in his very first Olympics.

World Cup podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2013 9 Mar 2013 Switzerland Arosa, Switzerland Snowboard cross 3rd
2014 12 Jan 2014 Andorra Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorra Snowboard cross 2nd
2015 14 Mar 2015 Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard cross 1st
15 Mar 2015 Snowboard cross 2nd
2016 21 Feb 2016 Russia Sunny Valley, Russia Snowboard cross 3rd
6 Mar 2016 Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard cross 1st
20 Mar 2016 Spain Baqueira-Beret, Spain Snowboard cross 3rd

Olympic results

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2014 18 Feb 2014 Russia Sochi, Rusia Snowboard cross 7th

References


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